The ALCO RSC-3 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at , that rode on three-axle trucks, having an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement.
Used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, the ALCO RS-3, though the axle load was spread out for operation on light rail such as are found on branch lines. This locomotive had much better success as an export unit than in the domestic market.
Original owners Locomotives built by ALCO Railroad Quantity Road numbers NotesAlgerian Railways 5 DG1–DG5 Ferrocarril Central del Uruguay 3 1601–1603 gauge (last one, 1602, withdrawn in 1993)North Western Railway of Pakistan 26 3301–3326 to Pakistan Railways gaugePanama Railroad 3 901–903 gauge São Paulo Railway, Brazil 12 550–561 gaugeCaminhos de Ferro Portugueses 5 1521–1525 gaugeConsolidated Railways of Cuba 6 1606-1611Seaboard Air Line Railroad 7 1537–1543 to Seaboard Coast Line 1111–1117Soo Line Railroad 4 372–374, 2380 2380 owned by Wisconsin Central Railway Total 71
Locomotives built by Montreal Locomotive Works Railroad Quantity Road numbers NotesNew South Wales Government Railways 20 4001–4020 NSW 40 classPacific Great Eastern Railway 8 561–568 to British Columbia RailwayTotal 28
Preserved This list is incomplete. Please help expand it.
Australia 4001 Preserved at the NSWRTM Thirlmere 4002 Preserved at the PRHS Western Australia 4006 On static display Wickham WA
Brazil 7653 operating in Supervia
Canada PGE 561 operating in Squamish at the Railway Museum of British Columbia
Portugal 1525 operating in SOMAFEL
See also List of ALCO diesel locomotives List of MLW diesel locomotives
References
External links http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/modelthumbs.aspx?mid=977 Pictures of RSC3's http://www.northeast.railfan.net/diesel64.html ALCo RSC-3