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Locomotive profile: PA-1 type diesel electric locomotive

By Angela Cotey | March 6, 2020

| Last updated on November 3, 2020


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Nickel Plate Road PA-1 type diesel electric locomotive No. 190 called the Oregon Rail Heritage Center home.
Nickel Plate Road PA-1 type diesel electric locomotive No. 190 called the Oregon Rail Heritage Center home.
Jim Wrinn
PA-1

•YEARS BUILT: 1946-1950

•MANUFACTURER: Alco

•OPERATED ON: Santa Fe; Denver & Rio Grande Western; Erie; Gulf, Mobile & Ohio; Lehigh Valley; Missouri-Kansas-Texas; Missouri Pacific; New Haven; Nickel Plate;
New York Central; Pennsylvania; Cotton Belt; Southern Pacific; Union Pacific; Wabash

•NAME: PA-1, PB-1 (cabless booster unit)

•QUANTITY: 208 (169 A units; 39 B units)

•HORSEPOWER: 2,000

•KNOWN FOR: Unique profile and elongated nose

•STATUS: Privately owned unit under restoration as Nickel Plate Road No. 190; Santa Fe No. 59 under restoration in Frisco, Texas

2 thoughts on “Locomotive profile: PA-1 type diesel electric locomotive

  1. I forgot to mention the PA,s on the D & H were numbered 16,17,18,19, hay check out the paint scheme and I think you would agree it was the best under the D & H.

  2. They forgot the Delaware & Hudson had these PA,s also and I must say the paint scheme was by far the best with the LIGHTNING STRIP with the blue and silver, and I do would have liked if it was done in the D &H colors !

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