1949 ALCO RS2 SWITCHER LOCOMOTIVE ON TURNTABLE

SEEN AT THE EXPORAIL MUSEUM IN ST CONSTANT QUEBEC.

[@thomasabramson100]

Amazing 72-year-old Alco RS2

[@Shane-Singleton]

Beautiful old Alco.

[@kman-mi7su]

Looks like the guys who operated that turntable for a living back in the day got a very good daily leg workout.

[@iBackshift]

Im pretty sure that RS2 used to be a switcher for a Paper Mill [Domtar] in Red Rock ontario. Man that yellow and the striped looks just like the one I used to watch when I was a kid in that town.

[@xristo702]

If I could buy one of these I would haha.

[@michaeleggleston6873]

That's not a GM RS switcher, it is an Alco or MLW RS2. And that shiny turntable is what is called an "Armstrong" turntable, because it is unpowered and you need "strong arms" to operate it. In most cases, the engine has to be spotted perfectly centered on the turntable to balance it so the turntable, if the engine is to far one way or another, the table is much more difficult to move by hand.

[@retroolschool]

+Michael Eggleston thanks for that Micheal.

[@christophercoleman1895]

i never seen anything like this before elton it don,t look it belongs to c,n or c,p

[@ernestpassaro9663]

That’s 115 ton locomotive they are moving !

[@NormanJaquemotRebel]

That Armstrong turn table comes from Saint-Lin Qc. It was at the end of the CP line ( Saint-Lin sub ) that was dismantled in 1963. There was another one just like it in Rawdon, Qc. as well.

[@charleskesner1302]

Love Alco RS 2 and RS 3's.

[@thomasabramson100]

AMAZING a RS 2 and a hand-operated turntable worth the trip there

[@NathanaelNewton]

You definitely have a lot of cool videos

[@retroolschool]

+Nathanael Newton Thanks, I dedicate a lot of time for filming.

[@henglongtanks1]

Sounds like the class 36's we had here in England.

[@TrainboyRR]

that looks like fun to drive

[@alcobufff]

Hi, I'm putting together a KZbin video on the alco rs-2. could i use some of this footage?

[@andrewsinatra5145]

2992 views and no likes? OK, Mr. 2993 gives you one.

[@nightmarefredcat2352]

Dat's ginormis for a switch locomotive.

[@thebrantfordrailfan]

how loud was the horn on that locomotive?