Designated as a "DL721" by ALCO, the 2,000 hp RS-32 was intended to compete with EMD's GP20 and GE's U25B locomotives.[1] Only 35 units were produced, with 25 units ordered by New York Central in 1961 and 10 units by Southern Pacific in 1962.[2] New York Central’s RS-32s were commonly seen in both road and local freight assignments. Southern Pacific's units were initially used in road service, but later settled into local freight service in San Francisco's "commute" territory. Here they were sometimes called upon to rescue stalled commuter trains. They later migrated across the system, ending their SP careers in Texas during the late 1970s with various other ALCo models.
alco, designated, dl721, alco, intended, compete, with, gp20, u25b, locomotives, only, units, were, produced, with, units, ordered, york, central, 1961, units, southern, pacific, 1962, york, central, were, commonly, seen, both, road, local, freight, assignment. Designated as a DL721 by ALCO the 2 000 hp RS 32 was intended to compete with EMD s GP20 and GE s U25B locomotives 1 Only 35 units were produced with 25 units ordered by New York Central in 1961 and 10 units by Southern Pacific in 1962 2 New York Central s RS 32s were commonly seen in both road and local freight assignments Southern Pacific s units were initially used in road service but later settled into local freight service in San Francisco s commute territory Here they were sometimes called upon to rescue stalled commuter trains They later migrated across the system ending their SP careers in Texas during the late 1970s with various other ALCo models ALCO RS 32Southern Pacific 7302 in February 1966Type and originPower typeDiesel electricBuilderALCOModelRS 32 specification DL 721Build dateJune 1961 June 1962Total produced35SpecificationsConfiguration AARB BGauge4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm Prime moverAlco 251CCylindersV12Cylinder size9 in 10 5 in 229 mm 267 mm TransmissionElectricPerformance figuresPower output2 000 hp 1 500 kW CareerLocaleUnited States Contents 1 Original owners 2 Surviving RS32s 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksOriginal owners editRailroad Quantity Road numbers NotesNew York Central Railroad 25 8020 8044 renumbered 2020 2044 Southern Pacific Railroad 10 7300 7309 renumbered 4000 4009Total 35Surviving RS32s editOriginal owner Owner Road number StatusNew York Central Railroad Arkansas amp Missouri 32 ex A amp M 42 ex NYC PC CR 2031 nee NYC 8031 OperatingNew York Central Railroad Genesee Valley Transportation DL 2035 ex DL 212 ex NYC PC CR 2035 nee NYC 8035 Operating FRR Southern Pacific Railroad Genesee Valley Transportation DL 211 ex SP 4002 nee 7302 Operating DL Southern Pacific Railroad Fillmore and Western Railway 4009 nee SP 7309 OperatingSouthern Pacific Railroad Pacific Southwest Railway Museum 4004 nee 7304 Un restored ServiceableSee also editList of ALCO diesel locomotivesReferences edit Foster Gerald L 1996 A field guide to trains of North America Boston Houghton Mifflin p 26 ISBN 0 395 70112 0 Sarberenyi Robert RS32 36 Roster www trainweb org Retrieved 23 August 2021 External links edit nbsp Media related to ALCO RS 32 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons Sarberenyi Robert Alco RS32 and RS36 Original Owners nbsp This diesel locomotive related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ALCO RS 32 amp oldid 1164106341, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
