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Gold Medal of Horsepower - ALCO C-855 & C-855B

  • Writer: bjlarosa96
    bjlarosa96
  • Mar 18, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 22, 2023

The Gold Medal of Horsepower goes to two of the only ALCO C-855 diesel-electric locomotives ever built as well as the lone cabless C-855B unit! Union Pacific was the only railroad experimenting with this unusual A-B-A set. With all six diesel engines onboard (2,750 hp each), the three C-855 locomotives could produce up to a jaw-dropping 16,500 hp!



ALCO C-855 photo property of American-Rails.com


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