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Alco/MLW S1 Somebody's Large Digital 
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Revised: 31 December 2022 Photo by: Jonathan Spurlock
- Info from: John Komanesky
Original owner Road Numbers Qty. Bldr Numbers Bldr Dates
Alabama Great Southern(Southern) 6500-6502 2 69508-69510 10/1941
Alameda Belt Line D-1, D-2 2 69678, 69679 3/1942
D-3 1 73915 8/1946
Alco 590 (NYC) ** 1 69193 3/1941
** Alco 69193 was originally Schnectady's 1940 World Fair exhibit; it was displayed as New York Central 590
5 (Plant switcher) 1 75225 5/1947
660 (Demonstrator) 1 77790 3/1950
Demo 660 sold to Tacoma Municipal Belt as #905
American Steel & Wire 2 1 69402 1/1941
Ann Arbor 2, 3 2 70051, 71663 7, 9/1944
Armco Steel E106 1 77106 10/1949
E107, E108 2 77980, 77981 5/1950
Arthur G. McKee & Co. DPC-25-23, DP-25-24 2 69843, 69844 3/1943
McKee was a contractor who built plants for the wartime Defense Plant Corporation. These two locomotives most likely were used at Indiana Harbor IN to build a major expansion of the Inland Steel facility. After the war, they were transferred to Inland Steel ownership as 67 and 68, and it is presumed the Alcos were scrapped or converted to slugs. (Info from Andre Kristopans and Larry Russell)
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 2303, 2304 2 71991, 71992 6/1944
Baltimore & Ohio 251 1 72694 9/1944
252 & 253 2 72835, 72836 11/1944
254 & 255 2 72840, 72841 11/1944
250 1 70057 8/1944
Belt Ry of Chicago 304 1 69501 8/1941
305, 306 2 69810, 69811 7/1942
Birmingham Southern 100, 101 2 69502, 69503 8/1941
Boston & Maine 1163, 1164 2 70050, 71662 7, 8/1944
1165 1 72837 10/1944
1166, 1167 2 75895, 75896 8/1948
1168, 1169 2 76153, 76154 1/1949
1170, 1171 2 76568, 76569 3/1949
1172 1 76737 5/1949
Broward County Port Authority 410 1 71260 9/1943
Central of Georgia 4, 6 2 69380, 69512 9/1940, 10/1941
Central RR of New Jersey 1024, 1025 2 69602, 69603 12/1941
Champlain Paper & Fibre 25 1 75124 1/1947
Chicago & Eastern Illinois 103 1 69593 10/1941
104, 105 2 69827, 69828 8/1942
Chicago & North Western 1202, 1203 2 69203, 69460 11/1940, 5/1941
1204, 1205 2 69480, 69601 5, 11/1941
1213 1 69829 9/1942
1223, 1224 2 70048, 70049 8/1944
1225, 1226 2 71660, 71661 8/1944
1227, 1228 2 71669, 72693 10/1944
1229 1 72838 10/1944
1232 - 1235 4 72845-72848 12/1944
1236 1 73084 1/1945
1247, 1248 2 73904, 73905 6, 8/1946
1249, 1250 2 73909, 73910 8/1946
1251, 1252 2 73912, 73913 8/1946
1253, 1254 2 75648, 75884 4/1948
1255 - 1258 4 75885-75888 5/1948
Chicago Great Western 11 - 15 5 75890-75894 6/1948
Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha(C&NW) 56, 57 2 72842, 72843 11/1944
69 1 75889 5/1948
Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific(Southern) 6000, 6001 2 69506, 69507 9/1941
City of Prineville 101 1 77079 4/1950
Day & Zimmerman 3-100 1 69469 6/1941
#3-100 initially assigned to Iowa Army Munitions Ordnance Depot; then re-assigned as US Army 7277
Delray Connecting 66, 68 2 73347, 73351 4, 5/1945
70, 72 2 73354, 73575 6, 9/1945
Des Moines Union 1 - 3 3 69190-69192 5/1940
4 1 73914 8/1946
Detroit & Mackinac 646 1 74437 6/1946
Donner Hanna Coal Co. 2 1 69496 7/1941
East St. Louis Junction 100 1 75901 10/1948
Elgin Joliet & Eastern 213, 214 2 69208, 69209 10/1940
215 1 69391 12/1940
216, 217 1 69404, 69405 1/1941
Erie 306 1 74959 9/1946
307, 308 2 74962, 74963 10, 11/1946
309 1 75119 12/1946
310, 311 2 75121, 75122 1/1947
312 - 316 5 75353-75357 8-9/1947
317 1 77488 4/1950
318 - 320 3 77977-77979 4-5/1950
321 1 77080 4/1950
Ford Motor Co. 6601 1 74958 9/1946
6602, 6603 2 74960, 74961 10/1946
6604 1 74964 11/1946
Great Lakes Steel 32 1 73086 3/1945
Green Bay & Western 102 1 76152 1/1949
Gulf Mobile & Ohio 661 - 664 4 69386-69389 12/1940
Hunkin Conkey Construction 1001, 1002 2 69461, 69462 5, 4/1941
Locos were lettered DPC #1001 & 1002. The two units were apparently used to build the Holabird Ordnance Depot at what before the war was Ft Holabird (and later reverted to that name again) in Maryland. The 1001 later became USAF 7370 at Griffiss AFB, Rome NY. The 1002 was re-#d US Army 7371 then donated to Western Pennsylvania RR Historical Society, and lastly to Ashtabula Carson & Jefferson Railroad 7371.
Inland Steel 53, 56 2 69392, 69513 10/1940, 10/1941
61, 62 2 71264, 71265 4/1944
64 - 66 3 73344-73346 4/1945
Inland Waterway 1 1 69681 3/1942
Iowa Transfer 2 1 77441 4/1950
Johns-Manville 1 1 69684 3/1942
Built for Kansas Ordnance Plant; re-lettered and re-#d US Army 7134
John Morrel Co. 7 1 72849 12/1944
Kewaunee Green Bay & Western 103 1 69403 1/1941
Kansas City Terminal 40 1 69204 10/1940
41 - 43 3 69598-69600 11/1941
44 1 69606 12/1941
Lehigh Valley 117 1 77998 6/1950
Lone Star Defense Corp. 100 1 69514 11/1941
Built for Lone Star Ordnance Plant; re-lettered and re-#d US Army 7372; later re-assigned as USAF 1673
Long Island RR 404 - 406 3 74434-74436 6/1946
407, 408 2 73906, 73911 6, 7/1946
413 - 420 8 76738-76745 6-7/1949
421 1 76327 7/1949
Louisville & Nashville 16, 17 2 69516, 69517 10/1941
18, 19 2 69591, 69592 10/1941
24 - 26 3 73586-73588 9/1945
27 - 29 3 74350-74352 10-11/1945
34 - 37 4 74353-74356 11-12/1945
38 1 74358 1/1946
39, 40 2 74359, 74360 4/1946
41, 42 2 74363, 74364 5/1946
43 - 46 4 74428-74431 5/1946
47 1 76570 4/1949
48 - 51 4 76328-76331 8/1949
52, 53 2 76921, 76922 8/1949
54 - 56 3 76923-76925 9/1949
57, 58 2 77114, 77115 11/1949
59, 60 2 77116, 77117 12/1949
61 - 64 4 77782-77785 2/1950
65, 66 2 77788, 77789 3/1950
67, 68 2 77442, 77443 4/1950
Maine Central 953, 954 2 69411, 73085 1/1941, 1/1945
955, 956 2 73589, 75350 10/1945, 7/1947
957 - 960 4 77107-77110 10/1949
Massena Terminal 8, 9 2 69385, 69869 10/1940, 7/1943
Minnesota Transfer 60, 61 2 69482, 69485 3, 5/1941
62 1 69499 7/1941
63, 64 2 74956, 74957 9/1946
Missouri Pacific 9007, 9008 2 69197, 69198 8/1940
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 1, 2 2 69470, 69478 7/1941
3, 4 2 74362, 74432 4, 5/1946
Newburg & South Shore 3, 4 2 69382, 69383 11/1940
5, 6 2 69489, 69490 6/1941
7 1 69493 6/1941
9, 10 2 69862, 69863 10/1942
New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois 1 1 69196 2/1940
New Orleans & Lower Coast(MP) 9013 - 9015 3 75525-75527 10/1947
New York Central 693, 694 2 69825, 69826 9/1942
695 - 698

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69830-69833 10/1942
699 - 703 5 69834-69838 7-8/1943
704 - 707 4 69839-69842 10/1943
708, 709 2 71262, 71263 1, 2/1944
710-712 3 71266-71268 4/1944
713, 714 2 72172, 72173 4/1944
715, 716 2 71270, 71990 2, 5/1944
717 - 719 3 71993-71995 6/1944
720 - 724 5 70042-70046 7/1944
725 - 729 5 70052-70056 8/1944
730 1 73082 1/1945
731 - 736 6 73087-73092 2-3/1945
737 - 741 5 73338-73342 4/1945
742 - 744 3 73348-73350 5/1945
864 - 868 5 77791-77795 3/1950
869 - 873 5 77074-77078 3/1950
685 1 69200 8/1940
686, 687 2 69458, 69459 4/1941
688, 689 2 69462, 69463 5/1941
690-692 3 69466-69468 6/1941
New York, Chicago & St. Louis(Nickel Plate) 85 1 78139 6/1950
New York, New Haven & Hartford 0931, 0932 2 69472, 69473 4/1941
0933, 0934 2 69476, 69477 4/1941
0935, 0936 2 69483, 69484 5/1941
0937, 0938 2 69487, 69488 6/1941
0939, 0940 2 69491, 69492 7/1941
0941 - 0947 7 69814-69820 6-7/1942
0948 - 0950 3 69821-69823 8/1942
0951, 0952 2 69850, 69851 3/1943
0953 - 0955 3 69852-69854 8-9/1943
0956 - 0960 5 69855-69859 11/1943-3/1944
0961 - 0967 7 71983-71989 3-5/1944
0968, 0969 2 71996, 71997 6/1944
0970 1 70047 7/1944
0971 - 0976 6 75528-75533 11-12/1947
0977 - 0983 7 75539-75545 1-3/1948
0984 - 0987 4 75897-75900 9/1948
0988, 0989 2 75902, 75903 11/1948
0990 - 0995 6 76146-76151 12/1948-1/1949
Northern Pacific 131 1 73585 8/1945
Northern Pacific Terminal 30, 31 2 69199, 69201 7, 10/1940
32 - 34 3 69608-69610 12/1941
Pennsylvania 5661, 5662 2 77982, 77983 5/1950
5663 - 5668 6 77992-77997 5-6/1950
5669, 5670 2 77984, 77985 5/1950
5954 - 5956 3 75231-75233 5-6/1947
9100 1 76155 2/1949
9101 - 9103 3 76562-76564 2-3/1949
9237 - 9239 3 76565-76567 3/1949
9240 1 76571 4/1949
9241 - 9246 6 76731-76736 4-5/1949
Point Comfort & Northern 5 1 73583 8/1945
Port Huron & Detroit 51, 52 2 73352, 73578 5, 8/1945
Portland Terminal(Maine) 1005, 1006 2 69494, 73083 7/1941, 1/1945
1007, 1008 2 77111, 77112 10/1949
Proctor & Gamble 9 1 75534 1/1948
Proctor & Gamble Defense Corp. 500, 501 2 69486, 69680 5/1941, 2/1942
Built for Wolf Creek Ordnance Plant; relettered & re-#d to US Army 7141 & 7142
Pullman RR 20, 21 2 69497, 69498 7/1941
Reading 50 - 52 3 69205-69207 9/1940
53, 54 2 69504, 69505 8/1941
Republic Steel 15, 16 2 69864, 69865 5/1943
17 1 69867 6/1943
312, 313 2 73576, 73577 8/1945
314 1 73584 9/1945
RSCX-D840, RSCX-D810 2 71261, 71269 10/1943, 4/1944
RSCX-D841 1 71271 2/1944
River Terminal 52 1 69409 1/1941
St. Louis & O'Fallon 51 1 73908 7/1946
Sanderson & Porter Co. 100, 101 2 69594, 69595 8/1941
Built for Elwood Ordnance Plant; relettered and re-#d Us Army 7374 & 7375
Seaboard Air Line 1201 1 69406 1/1941
Sheffield Steel Corp. 11, 12 2 69866, 71259 7/1943, 4/1944
13 1 77119 10/1949
Sherwin-Williams Defense Corp. 40, 41 2 69812, 69813 4/1942
Built for Illinois Ordnance Plant; relettered and re-#d Us Army 7132 & 7133
Solvay Process. Corp. 1, 2 2 74357, 74361 12/1945, 4/1946
3 1 74433 8/1946
South Buffalo 51, 52 2 69202, 69384 10, 12/1940
60, 61 2 69390, 69410 1/1941
Southern Pacific 1017, 1018 2 69465, 69471 4/1941
1019, 1020 2 69474, 69481 4/1941
Southern Ry 2000, 2001 2 69378, 69379 5/1940
2006 1 69511 10/1941
South Omaha Terminal 1 1 73353 4/1945
2, 3 2 73355, 73356 4/1945
4, 5 2 73579, 75358 8/1945, 10/1947
Spokane Portland & Seattle 10, 11 2 69596, 69597 10/1941
Studebaker Corp. 2, 3 2 73581, 73582 9/1945
Tennessee Central 51 1 69515 11/1941
Tennessee Coal & Iron 700, 701 2 69682, 69683 3/1942
702 1 73916 8/1946
Tennessee Copper 104, 105 2 75120, 75123 1/1947
Terminal RR Association of St. Louis 521, 522 2 69194, 69195 6/1940
523, 524 2 69604, 69605 12/1941
Texas & New Orleans(SP) 10 1 69475 4/1941
Texas Co.(Texaco) 19 1 77113 11/1949
Texas City Terminal 30, 31 2 75125, 75126 1/1947
Texas Pacific-MP Terminal 3, 4 2 69381, 69500 11/1940, 8/1941
Timken Rolling Bearing Co. 5911, 5912 2 77486, 77487 5/1950
Toledo Angola & Western 101 1 77118 10/1949
Traux Truer Coal 10 1 72844 11/1944
Union RR 451, 452 2 75234, 75349 6/1947
453, 454 2 75351, 75352 8/1947
Upper Merion & Plymouth 54 1 73580 8/1945
U.S. Army 7135, 7136 2 69860, 69861 5/1943
U.S. War Dept. 10042, 10041 2 69407, 69408 1/1941
Assigned to Quartermasters Corps; relettered and re-#d Us Army 7459 & 7460
GT1304 1 69868 10/1942
Locomotive was assigned to Schenectady Yard; re-#d 2576 (same location) and then drops off the radar.
Wabash 151, 152 2 69495, 69607 7, 12/1941
153, 154 2 72695, 72696 9/1944
155 1 72839 10/1944
156, 157 2 75127, 75128 1/1947
158, 159 2 75646, 75647 4/1948
Weirton Steel 200 1 73343 4/1945
203, 204 2 73907, 74965 7, 11/1946
Western Maryland 102 1 69479 7/1941
Western Pacific 504 - 511 8 69685-69692 4-5/1942
Youngstown Sheet & Tube 661 - 665 5 75226-75230 5/1947
CANADA
Canadian Car & Munitions 5 1 69824 12/1941

EXPORT

BRAZIL

Central do Brazil 3001 - 3005 5 69845-69849 11/1942
MEXICO
National de Mexico 5000 - 5004 5 71664-71668 9/1944
UNITED KINGDOM, Wales
Margam Steel Works 801 1 77120 10/1949
802 - 805 4 77776-77779 2/1950

Sources of information: Extra 2200 South, Diesel Era, The Short Line and The Canadian Trackside Guide.

Additional info / corrections provided by R. Craig, Andre Kristopans and Keith Robinson. Many of the notes were provided by Andre Kristopans


Technical Data Somebody's Large Digital Image Here
Data Sheet and drawing by: JEAN-DENIS BACHAND
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New: 12 Oct. 2017 Drawing by: Jacques Belanger
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Engine Builder: Alco Engine: 4-cycle Model 539 6L
Bore & Stroke 12.5" X 13.0"
RPM (Maximum / Minimum) 740 / 315
Main Generator: GE - GT552A Horsepower: S1: 600
Gear Ratio: 74:18 Speed: 60 mph
Trucks: Blunt 4-Wheel Configuration: B-B
Traction Motor Blowers: Mechanical Driven (2) Model: ?
Weight: 210,000 lbs Traction Motors: GE 731 (four)
Tractive Effort (starting) 52,500 @ 25% Tractive Effort (continuous): 41,800 lbs @ 5 mph
Multiple Unit Capability: No Dynamic Braking: Yes
Auxilary Generator: GE SMG139 Alternator: --
Air Brake: Westinghouse Model: 14EL
Compressor: Westinghouse Model: 3CD
Boiler Type: -- Lbs/hr: --
Quantity Built: 555 (Dates: S-1: 5/1940 to 6/1950)
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Total Length 44'-05"
Pilot to Pilot 36'-00"
Wheel Diameter 40"
Truck Wheel Base 8'-00"
Height to Top Engine Hood 12'-01"
Height to Top Cab Hood 14'-05"
Cab Width 10'-00"
Walkway Width 4'-01"
Engine Hood Width 6'-10"
Center Bolster 22'-00"
Center Front Truck to Front Pilot 7'-00"
Center Rear Tucrk to Rear Pilot 7'-00"
Distance between Truck Centers 30'-00"
Minimum Turning Radius 39 degrees
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Fuel Oil: 635 Lubricating Oil: 80
Engine Cooling Water: 200 Sand Capacity: 27 cu. ft.
Options: Dynamic Brakes
  • Air Signal Lines
  • Hump Control
  • Stanley Heater
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Drawing by: Jean-Denis Bachand
Reference Sources:
  • Alco Design Data
  • Canadian Pacific Mechanical Data
  • Erie Lackawana Mechanical Data

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