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ALCO 300

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-Electric
Builder	ALCO
Build date	1931-1938
Total produced	11

Specifications
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Fuel type	Diesel fuel
Prime mover	Alco Model 330
Traction motors	General Electric

Performance figures
Power output	300 hp (224 kW)

Career
Operators	Lehigh Valley Railroad US Navy United Fruit Company
Numbers	101-103 (Lehigh Valley Railroad)
Delivered	1931-1938
Disposition	All scrapped

Two locomotives were rebuilt McIntosh & Seymour switchers.

The ALCO 300 was an early diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York between 1931 and 1938.

Following purchase of the engine manufacturer McIntosh & Seymour in 1929, ALCO built a 300 horsepower (220 kW) box cab locomotive. This was the #300, an ALCO demonstrator. The engine used was the Model 330 and GE electrical transmission was used. Another demonstrator #300 was built as an end cab switcher in July 1931 also using General Electric electrical equipment. This unit was sold to the Lehigh Valley Railroad as its #102. A subsequent 300 horsepower (220 kW) end cab switcher was sold to the Lehigh Valley as its #103 in December 1931. A McIntosh and Seymour Box cab Lehigh Valley #125 was rebuilt with an ALCO 330 engine in 1931 and then renumbered Lehigh Valley #101.

Three more end cab 300 horsepower (220 kW) switchers were built in 1932 for stock demonstrators, but they were not sold until 1935. An additional two 300 horsepower (220 kW) end cab switchers were built in 1935. All these stock units and the two new end cab switchers were sold to the US Navy in 1935. The final two 300 horsepower (220 kW) end cab switchers were built in 1938 for the United Fruit Company's narrow gauge railroad in Panama.

None have been preserved.

References

Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, WI. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.
Steinbrenner, Richard (2003) The American Locomotive Company A Centennial Remembrance. Chapter VI subchapter "ALCO's First Production Diesels".

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Media related to ALCO 300 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Diesel–electric locomotives built by ALCO
Switchers	ALCO 300 ALCO 600 HH600 HH660 HH900 HH1000 S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4 DL420 S-5 S-6 T-6 SB-8/SSB-9
RS, RSC and RSD series	RS-1 RS-2 RS-3 (RS-3M) RS-11 RS-27 RS-32 RS-36 RSC-1 RSC-2 RSC-3 RSD-1 MRS-1 RSD-4 RSD-5 RSD-7 RSD-12 RSD-15
Cab units	Rebel power car DL-103b DL-105 DL-107 DL-108 DL-109 DL-110 DL-202 DL-203 FA FB PA PB
Century series	C415 C420 C424 C425 C430 C628 C630 C636 C855
Diesel–hydraulics	DH643
Export locomotives	DL560C RSD-39
Unproduced locomotives	C428 C620 C624 C636F C636P C650DH
List of ALCO diesel Locomotives

v t e Diesel and gas turbine locomotives built by MLW
Early switchers	S-2 S-3 S-4 S-7 S-10 S-11 S-12 S-13
Cab units	FA-1 FB-1 FA-2 FB-2 FPA-2 FPB-2 FPA-4 FPB-4
Roadswitchers	RS-1 RS-2 RS-3 RSC-3 RS-10 RS-11 RSD-12 RS-13 RSC-13 RSC-14 RSD-17 RS-18 RS-23 RSC-24 RSD-35
Century series	C-415 C-424 C-630M
M series	M-420 M-420B M-420R M-420TR M-420TR-2 M-424 M-630 M-636 M-640
Other designs	DL500S DL535E M420 TURBO LRC-2 LRC-3 E-1800
Bombardier designs	HR-412 HR-616
(See also: List of MLW diesel locomotives)

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