MON Alco RS3 #59 - Monon RR

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Vincent Syrek	General	By manufacture date and appearance (fuel filler on cab wall, battery box under frame), the unit is actually an RS-2. It was upgraded to 1600 HP around 1964 and passed to L&N in the merger, but wasn't renumbered, and was traded in to GE	7/18/2019 3:33:16 PM

Vincent Syrek	General	By manufacture date and appearance (fuel filler on cab wall, battery box under frame), the unit is actually an RS-2. It was upgraded to 1600 HP around 1964 and passed to L&N in the merger, but wasn't renumbered, and was traded in to GE	7/18/2019 3:33:35 PM

MON Alco RS3 #59 - Monon RR
Spotted here at the Lafayette roundhouse is the Alco RS3 unit built in January of 1947 as Alco demonstrator #1500. Unknown photographer and the date is approximate.
Date: 6/1/1960	Location: Lafayette, IN	Views: 491	Collection Of: Gary Everhart
Locomotives: MON 59(RS2)			Author: Gary Everhart

Picture Categories: Roster		This picture is part of album: Monon Diesels

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