ALCO C-855 Skylab

	ALCO C-855 Skylab
			Statistics
			Type	Common Diesel  (140%)
			Power	23
			Slot	1
			Tax	200
			Dispatch XP	135
			Set	Lunar Program II (+15%)
Offer Information
Offer Type	Offer Date	Cost	Buy XP	Level	Restrictions
Special	25 Sep 2012	Data Missing
Vintage	31 Jul 2013	200	72,000	50	Limit: 3
Other Information
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Museum
The ALCO Century 855 was ALCO's most powerful diesel-electric locomotive and, at the time, the most powerful diesel locomotive ever built. Powered by a pair of ALCO 251C diesel engines, and rated at 5,500 horsepower, it was ALCO's answer to the EMD DD35 and the GE U50. The trucks and bolsters of the 855 were similar to those under UP's earlier turbine locomotives. Only two A units and one B unit were built, all for Union Pacific Railroad, which had also requested double-engined locomotives from EMD and GE in order to replace the turbines, which had become uneconomical to operate. They spent their lives in the genereal freight pool at North Platte, however poor performance led to their early retirement and eventual scrapping by February 1972. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALCO_Century_855