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Owner: Gulf Mobile & Ohio
Model:Alco RS1Built As:DSSA 105 (RS1)
Serial Number:75219Order No:20055
Frame Number:prime mover # 4766Built:2/1947
Notes:GMO Class RS-1.
Other locos with this serial:  SOO 105(RS1) GMO 1113(RS1)
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"The Story Of Alco," Page 47, 1965
Title:  "The Story Of Alco," Page 47, 1965
Description:  Here is page eight of a 14-page article by Jerry A. Pinkepank entitled "How To Survive In The Diesel Biz: The Story Of Alco ~ The Durable Competitor." It was published originally in the December 1965 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 47. Bottom-Right Photo Caption: "'Built specifically to operate 1 million miles before a major overhaul,' said Alco blurbing postwar 1500 h.p. freight units which incorporated the builder's 244-model V-12."
Photo Date:  12/1/1965  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 12:25:24 PM
Location:  Cairo, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  GMO 271(DL-105) GMO 1113(RS1) GMO 710(FA1)
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