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The Alco T6 (DL 440) was a diesel-electric locomotive of the switcher type rated at 1,000 horsepower (750 kW), that rode on two-axle trucks, having a B-B wheel arrangement.

ALCO T-6
Arkansas and Missouri Railroad #16
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder ALCO Model T-6 (Specification DL440) Build date March 1958 – January 1969 Total produced 57
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Prime mover Alco 251B Cylinders Straight 6
Performance figures Power output 1,000 hp (750 kW)

The 'T' stood for 'Transfer', meaning this locomotive was capable of faster transition and higher sustained speeds than the regular 'S' - type yard switcher series.

Original Owners

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A.	2	126–127
Brewster Phosphate	2	16–17
Kaiser Steel	2	1022–1023
Monongahela Connecting Railroad	1	400	Hi-Ad trucks [1]
Newburgh and South Shore Railroad	2	1016–1017	Last locomotives built by Alco; 1016 and 1017 are known to survive.
Norfolk and Western Railway	40	10–49	40–41 to Chesapeake Western Railway renumbered 10 and 11
Pennsylvania Railroad	6	8424–8429	8427 is known to survive.
Portland Terminal Railroad (formerly Northern Pacific Terminal) (Oregon)	2	46–47

Survivors

The Delaware Coast Line Railway, the Ohio Central Railway and the Arkansas & Missouri operate the T-6. Ohio Central's T-6 is unique because it was the only one built (for Monongahela Connecting Railroad) with Hi-Ad trucks.[1] 14 T-6's survive in all.

Pennsylvania RR 8427 survives as Georges Creek Railway 101. It was that railroad's first locomotive acquisition and is often used to switch the NewPage paper mill at Luke, Maryland.[2]

Newburg and South Shore Railroad 1017 survives on the West Michigan Railroad. As of 1-16-2016, the stack bagged, and restensiled GLLX 1017.

Newburg and South Shore Railroad 1016 survives as Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad 1016.[3]

Norfolk and Western Railway #40 survives as a static display in the Virginia Museum of Transportation. It has been restored to Chesapeake and Western #10 paint.[4]

Norfolk and Western Railway #41 is operated by the Roanoke Chapter, NRHS. It has been restored to Norfolk and Western lettering and makes operating appearances at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

See also

• List of ALCO diesel locomotives
• List of MLW diesel locomotives

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20140220043646/http://www.gckrail.com/

External links

• Preserved diesels
• Sarberenyi, Robert. Alco T6 Original Owners.

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