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1950 FA-2 Diesel Locomotives

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F200

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

Available in A- and B-units.


(image copyright © American Models)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F211

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

801

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

Available in A. A-B. or A-B-A configurations.


(image copyright © American Models)

(image copyright © Alan Evans; used by permission)

(image copyright © Jace Kahn; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F201

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)

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Ext. Reference:

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

4082, 4044, 4464, 4465

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

Available in A. A-B. A-B-A, or A-B-B-A configurations.


(image copyright © Rich Gajnak; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F202

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Great Northern (GN)

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

277A

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

Available in A. A-B. A-B-A, or A-B-B-A configurations.


(image copyright © American Models)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F204

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

New York Central (NYC)

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2000

Road Number:

1120, 1122

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

Available in A. A-B. or A-B-A configurations.


(image copyright © Ron Kemp; used by permission)

(image copyright © Ron Kemp; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F203

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

0401, 0402, 0428, 0469

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

Available in A. A-B. A-B-A, or A-B-B-A configurations.


 (image copyright © Holt Apgar; used by permission)
Holt's model has had the cab side window filed down, and Woodland Scenics decals applied for the numberboards.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F214

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Rock Island (RI/ROCK)

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

158

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

Available in A. A-B. or A-B-A configurations.


(image copyright © American Models)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F205

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Union Pacific (UP)

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

1600, 1602, 1622B, 1624B

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

Available in A. A-B. or A-B-A configurations.


(image copyright © American Models)

(image copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)

(image copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)

(image copyright © Alan Evans; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Locomotive Workshop

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

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Ext. Reference:

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Product Type:

Etched-brass Kit

Finish:

unpainted

Power:

No Chassis

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

Each kit consisted of etched brass components, white-metal trucks, and some wire. Additionally, the A unit kit contained a soft-metal casting that comprised the top of the nose and the windshield. Cascade Hobby Products provided the power chassis for this model, which used a Sagami motor, gearbox with Delrin chain and gears, Hobbytown universals, and Lindsay truck gearboxes.


 (image copyright © Dick Karnes; used by permission)
The models in the photo were built by Dick, and he used Enhorning decals, MV lenses, and HO-scale Kadee couplers.

 (image copyright © Bob Werre; used by permission)
The original kit parts.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Overland Models

Manufacturer ID:

OMI-1763

Factory:

Ajin Precision, Korea

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1985

Product Type:

Brass Kit

Finish:

unpainted

Power:

DC

Wheels:

scale

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © Bill Winans; used by permission)

 (image copyright © Bob Werre; used by permission)
While this is a photo of a collection of secondhand parts, it does show what the original kit consisted of.

(image copyright © Bob Werre; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Overland Models

Manufacturer ID:

1765

Factory:

Ajin Precision, Korea

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Ext. Reference:

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1985

Product Type:

Brass Kit

Finish:

unpainted

Power:

DC

Wheels:

scale

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

With PRR's Trainphone antenna.


(image copyright © Bill Lane; used by permission)

(image copyright © Bill Lane; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © Ken Garber; used by permission)

(image copyright © Ken Garber; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Chicago & North Western (CNW)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Great Northern (GN)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Lehigh Valley (LV)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

This paint scheme was never run by AM later on.


(image copyright © Bill Roberts; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Missouri Pacific (MP)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © Rich Gajnak; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

New York Central (NYC)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © Holt Apgar; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Union Pacific (UP)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Western Maryland (WM)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)
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