UNION PACIFIC PA CAB UNIT 606 AND B UNIT 606B
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BOTH UNITS ARE POWERED WITH DCC SOCKETS

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A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE REAL THING

ALCO PA refers to a family of A1A-A1A diesel locomotives built to haul passenger trains built in Schenectady, New York in the United States by a partnership of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and General Electric (GE) between September, 1946 and December, 1953. They were of a cab unit design, and both cab-equipped lead A unit PA and cabless booster B unit PB models were built.

Two different models were offered: the 2,000 hp (1,490 kW) PA-1/PB-1 (built between September, 1946 and June, 1950); the 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) PA-2/PB-2 (built between April, 1950 and December, 1953)

It should be noted that models popularly termed the PA/PB-3 were in fact only an upgrade of the PA/PB-2. The true PA/PB-3 model would have boasted 2,400 hp (1,790 kW), though none were ever built. Aside from the small power increase between the PA-1 and the PA-2, differences between the models were minor. Externally, PA-3s could be distinguished by the absence of the "eyebrow" trim piece on the grille behind the cab and the porthole window behind the radiator shutters. Internally, later PA-2 and PB-2 production featured a water-cooled turbocharger and other engine compartment changes, but these were frequently added to older models undergoing major repairs and/or overhauls.

Like its smaller cousin, the ALCO FA, the PA had distinctive styling, with a long, straight nose tipped by a headlight in a square, slitted grille, raked windshields, and trim pieces behind the cab windows that lengthened and sleekened the lines. The overall design owed something to the Fairbanks-Morse Erie-built design, which had been constructed by ALCO's electrical equipment partner General Electric at their Erie, Pennsylvania plant. GE's industrial designer Ray Patten styled the PA and PB, and some believe it possible that he took drawings of the Erie-built as a starting point, lengthening and squaring the nose and giving it a more aggressive look. The majority of PA components were compatible with the FA.

The ALCO 244V16 diesel prime mover proved to be the undoing of the PA, as the locomotives failed to capture a marketplace dominated by EMD. Some units were retrofitted with EMD 1,750 hp (1,305 kW) engines in an attempt to improve the PA's service record. The later 251-series engine, a vastly improved prime mover, was not available in time for ALCO to recover the loss of reputation caused by the unreliability of the 244. By the time the ALCO 251 engine was accepted into widespread use, General Electric (which ended the partnership with ALCO in 1953) had fielded their entries into the diesel-electric locomotive market. General Electric eventually supplanted ALCO as a manufacturer of locomotives. ALCO's loss of market share led to its demise in 1969.

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