ALCO FA
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The ALCO FA was a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New York, between January 1946 and May 1959. Designed by General Electric's Ray Patten, they were of a cab unit design; both cab-equipped lead FA and cabless booster FB models were built. A dual passenger-freight version, the FPA/FPB, was also offered. It was equipped with a steam generator for heating passenger cars.
An ALCO FA-2 of the Long Island Rail Road in May 1976
A MLW FPA-4 of the Canadian National Railway in September 1965
A pair of MLW FPA-4s on the Napa Valley Wine Train
American Locomotive Company
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The American Locomotive Company was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants.
The Alco Schenectady plant in 1906
An Alco builder's plate on Lake Superior and Ishpeming 2-8-0 No. 24 at the National Railroad Museum
Milwaukee Road 261, a 1944 American 4-8-4 steam locomotive
American No 75214 Tr2 1319 at the Finnish Railway Museum