The ALCO boxcabs were the first diesel-electric switchers in which the American Locomotive Company took part, a partnership sometimes called AGEIR after its three builders. ALCO supplied the chassis and running gear, General Electric the generator, motors and controls, and Ingersoll Rand the diesel engine. There were three models, a 60-ton unit with a 300 horsepower six-cylinder engine, a 66-ton unit and a 100-ton unit with two engines, and 33 were built between 1925 and 1928. ALCO then left the arrangement, bought the engine builder McIntosh and Seymour, and started its own switchers. Five early boxcabs survive in museums.
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ALCO (American Locomotive Company) built the chassis and running gear
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A total of 33 units were produced between 1925 and 1928.
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A total of 33 units were produced between 1925 and 1928.
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The ALCO boxcabs were diesel-electric switcher locomotives, otherwise known as AGEIR boxcabs as a contraction of the names of the builders.
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the 60-Ton with a six-cylinder four-stroke in-line engine of 300 hp (220 kW) of which twenty were produced
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ALCO (American Locomotive Company) built the chassis and running gear
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