Winter Chill

	Winter Chill
			Statistics
			Type	Common Diesel  (140%)
			Power	46
			Slot	1
			Tax	Free
			Dispatch XP	335
			Set	Winter Chill (+30%)
Offer Information
Offer Type	Offer Date	Cost	Buy XP	Level	Restrictions
Special	13 Dec 2013	325	317,000	90	Limit: 2
Other Information
This was the first tax-free given for this common diesel locomotive, since having no tax imposed from dispatching it.
Museum
The ALCO RSD-15 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type built by ALCO (the American Locomotive Company) of Schenectady, New York between August 1956 and June 1960, during which time 75 locomotives were produced. The RSD-15 was powered by an ALCO 251 16-cylinder four-cycle V-type prime mover rated at 2,400 horsepower (1.79 MW). The locomotive rode on a pair of three-axle Trimount trucks, in an AAR C-C wheel arrangement, with all axles powered by General Electric model 752 traction motors. These trucks have an asymmetrical axle spacing due to the positioning of the traction motors. The six-motor design allowed higher tractive effort at lower speeds than an otherwise similar four-motor design. The RSD-15 could be ordered with either a high or low short hood; railfans dubbed the low short hood version "Alligators", on account of their unusually long low noses. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsd-15