ALCO 300

The ALCO 300 was an early diesel-electric switcher built by the American Locomotive Company at Schenectady, New York, between 1931 and 1938. After ALCO bought the engine maker McIntosh and Seymour in 1929 it built a 300 horsepower box cab demonstrator, followed by an end cab demonstrator in July 1931 that used General Electric electrical equipment and was sold to the Lehigh Valley Railroad. More 300 horsepower end cab units followed, including three stock demonstrators in 1932 that were not sold until 1935, when they and two newer units went to the United States Navy. The last two were built in 1938 for the United Fruit Company narrow gauge line in Panama. None were preserved.