N SP&S Alco RS-3 - 2
Almost all survived into the 1970 Burlington Northern merger,
and several received four-digit BN numbers without being
repainted. They were routinely operated with other EMD and
Alco locomotives on the SP&S, and also often appeared with
Great Northern units.
Available are road numbers 95 and 98, as well as an unnum-
bered version so modelers can add their own numbers. The 95
was the last SP&S engine to be repainted into the broad stripe
scheme introduced in the summer of 1964.
The models come with body-mounted couplers, directional
lighting, low-friction drive and are DCC-ready.
Well over 1,300 RS-3
road-switcher loco-
motives were built by
Alco between 1950
and 1956. These
locomotives were
powered by an Alco
244 V-12 engine
which was comple-
mented by rugged
GE electrical compo-
nents. Nationwide,
the RS-3 could be
found in virtually
every type of service
from passenger and
commuter runs to
heavy-haul and local
freight assignments.
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2. Lettering follows prototype practice.
MRH-Aug 2014
