@dumbasscracker It's an ALCO MRS-1. ALCO and EMD MRS1's are pretty easy to tell apart once you know what you are looking for. The EMD MRS1's have almost a triangular peaked longhood and cab roof. ALCO's didn't.
Diggin the old PCC car. Just a couple days ago here in San Francisco 2 old streetcars on market streets historic F-line sandwiched an SUV and did quite a fantastic crunch job sending 6 folks to the hospital. apparently the operator on the rear streetcar was distracted talking to a passenger... hahaha, you should have seen it, that SUV is now 4 feet shorter.
@pgmoser Maybe someday we can get a flag stop here for Amtrak. So I don't have to drive a car humdreds of miles so I'd have it for a two mile drive from the hotel. ;(
@dumbasscracker It's an ALCO MRS-1. ALCO and EMD MRS1's are pretty easy to tell apart once you know what you are looking for. The EMD MRS1's have almost a triangular peaked longhood and cab roof. ALCO's didn't.
rocketdude1979 6 months ago
@dumbasscracker MRS-1 ALCO and EMD both made them they can be hard to tell apart from each uther unles you know what to look for.
onrr1726 6 months ago
That is a cool place
Rtchugg 1 year ago
Diggin the old PCC car. Just a couple days ago here in San Francisco 2 old streetcars on market streets historic F-line sandwiched an SUV and did quite a fantastic crunch job sending 6 folks to the hospital. apparently the operator on the rear streetcar was distracted talking to a passenger... hahaha, you should have seen it, that SUV is now 4 feet shorter.
vanness5 2 years ago
oh god i had to turn the damn sound off
murphman42 2 years ago
Why, cuz its loud?
bigboy4016 2 years ago
How does adjustable wheel gauge work? Does it have sliding axles?
douro20 3 years ago
Military Road Switcher
bovlch 3 years ago
wow, what class is that
maidenthorpeDMD 4 years ago
hopeful they let'er out on a good section of track and let'er open up
crackhead350455 4 years ago
Cool train/tram combination.
dutchtrainmanserie22 4 years ago
St. Louis Museum of Transportation
pgmoser 4 years ago
@pgmoser Maybe someday we can get a flag stop here for Amtrak. So I don't have to drive a car humdreds of miles so I'd have it for a two mile drive from the hotel. ;(
intercityrailpal 1 year ago
Where is this place?
railbum 4 years ago
It sounds somewhat different than a "newer" Alco. Is it a 244 engine ?
JonFinnerud 5 years ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that one of those old ARMY ALCOs that had an adjustable wheel gage?
mafarnz 5 years ago
244 prime mover Alco MRS-1 with adjustable wheel gauge
jay611 4 years ago
Wow, cool stuff!
mafarnz 4 years ago