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This page owes its existence to my enthusiasm for Alco locomotives.
(American Locomotive Company)

This fan type of interest stems from my years of service as, initially a fireman,
and later as engineman (engineer) on the locomotives of the South Australian Railways,
which later became Australian National Railways and recently again changed name and ownership.

A lot of the SAR locomotives were Alco's, built under licence in Australia by Goodwin.

I was particularly fond of the "World Series" Alco, but certainly also of the smaller,
900 HP C-C hood units.
They rode well and were very comfortable to work on.
They also produced a lot less noise than most other diesel locomotives.
They did, however, tend to be a bit "sooty" and if the throttle was advanced a bit too quickly,
they tended to produce enough black smoke to present a nightmare to any unfortunate housewife,
who had just hung out her fresh washing to dry nearby....!

Below some Alco pictures taken during my years as lococrew with the South Australian Railways.
(Please click on the photos to enlarge them, then on the "back" button to return here))

Twin Alco's just arrived in Mile End East Yard (1966):

Alco/Goodwin 845 in charge of a train unloading rails on the line from Riverton to Clare in Sth. Australia.:

World class series Alco 964 still "almost like new" Mile End Yard, near Adelaide, South Australia (1966):

In later years the yards at Mile End were decimated and most of the freight sidings were
relocated to either Islington, or Dry Creek and only the Interstate Passenger Terminal
(Shifted from the Adelaide Railway Station) at the Keswick end of Mile End yard,
is a remainder of the once bustling Freightyards of days gone by!

Yours truly in the "saddle" on 900 hp Goodwin Alco 845 at the head of a work train on the Riverton - Clare Line. 1971?:

947 B-end leading, entering the Snowtown Yard in Sth. Australia.:

NSW (Sydney) 4891 resting untill next turn of duty:

The New South Wales Government Railways variety of the SAR 830 class Alco seen resting
at Sydney CS, the NSWGR 48 class. There were a few minor differences in details,
twin MU plugs being a very obvious one on the NSW 48 class.
This photo was taken during my early years as an engineman (engineer in the USA),
looking back along the side of the Alco Worldseries D-E locomotive of the
South Australian Railways 930 class, and the long train it is hauling through the curve
out of Two Wells, on its way to Mallala, with destination Port Pirie.

The rear end of the train is just to the left of the left hand telephone pole.
(Taken in 1975, when the line was still broadgauge)