ALCO S-6

The Alco S-6 was a diesel–electric switcher locomotive constructed by ALCO of Schenectady, New York; a total of 126 locomotives were built between May 1955 and December 1960. The S-6 was an improved version of the earlier S-5.

Design

Visually indistinguishable from the S-5, the S-6 used an ALCO 251A or 251B prime mover rated at. The locomotive rode on two-axle AAR trucks, giving a B-B wheel arrangement. ALCO produced a cow–calf variant for the Oliver [Iron Mining Company] designated SB-8/SSB-9, two sets were produced of this version.

In popular culture

In Back to [the Future Part III], two double headed S-6 locomotives destroyed the DeLorean time machine, when it returned to 1985. The lead engine is currently in the possession of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad