The ALCO PA is a streamlined diesel-electric passenger locomotive that the American Locomotive Company built from 1946 into the early 1950s, recognizable for its long, sculpted nose and set of cooling louvers running the length of its carbody. Used by major American railroads to power premier long-distance passenger trains in the postwar streamliner era, it is remembered today as one of the most distinctively styled diesel locomotives of its time despite a production run cut short by mechanical reliability problems.
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SignificanceCab-unit passenger diesel designed by General Electric's Ray Patten, six examples preserved 1 Manufacturer or BuilderAmerican Locomotive Company (ALCO) and General Electric (GE) 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: ALCO PA
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The locomotives were built in Schenectady, New York, in the United States, by a partnership of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and General Electric (GE) between June, 1946 and December, 1953.
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