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Trains Magazine 2001 September American locomotive Company 100 years
Trains September 2001
FEATURES
30 American Experience Reflections on the American Locomotive Company 100 years after it was founded.Bill Withuhn
34 Death by Diesel Alco beat the odds for 30 years-until General Electric began building the second-best diesels in the business.Albert Churella
46 Alco Steam Photo Section Some of Alco's greatest steam creations, from New York Central Hudsons and Niagaras to Delaware & Hudson Challengers.
50 Size Matters "Build us the biggest," said Union Pacific. "Here is Big Boy," said Alco. The rest, as they say, is history.Steve Lee
62 Cover Story: American Beauty When Alco needed a passenger diesel with sizzle, it turned to GE designer Raymond Patten.John Gruber
70 Alco Diesel Photo Section Through the years, from an EJ&E HH660 through a New Haven RS3, Utah Railway RSD4's, a Nickel Plate RS11, to LV Centurys.
78 Big Trouble It didn't take long for a young fireman to learn the many eccentricities of Illinois Central's big C636's.Steve Lee
82 Heart of Steel It's not how an Alco looks on the outside, but what's on the inside that makes it the stuff of legend.Greg McDonnell
9Are Virtual Railroads More Fun?
Train Dispatcher, Train Master, and the newly released Microsoft Train Simulator bring railroading to home computers. David Lustig
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