An ALCO on the Pennsy: West Chester Railroad

[@gemmyboi3143]

I'm glad you like our RS-18! Me and my friend volunteer there, so if you ever go to the yard, ask for Nolan, Ashton, or José.

[@gemmyboi3143]

That thing is bouncing like crazy on that one stretch of track

[@thepozfromoz5166]

Nice vintage Alco! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@DrFruikenstein]

It looks to be in excellent condition. Besides looking at it's general condition, I can tell the engine is in pretty good condition by the good amount of smoke. An Alco that doesn't smoke has engine problems.

[@CoalChrome]

DrFruikenstein the hilarious thing is that your actually right

[@Bigjimvideo]

That is right! ALCO's are smoking engines - in this case, smoke = good!

[@CoalChrome]

What I would do, is just before a grade, bring it to idle, let the RPMs die down, then notch 8 it

[@Bigjimvideo]

There you go!! Then again you might get more slippage and flat-spot the wheels, but it will smoke good...

[@Jason-Rose]

Great stuff, Jim. Well done.

[@Bigjimvideo]

Thank you very much!

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

nice video bro

[@Bigjimvideo]

Thank you!

[@chendersonrailproductions704]

As always great video! Thanks for letting me know when it was up. 1803 reminds me a lot of her sister 1847. Similar sounding horn to.

[@Bigjimvideo]

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Gaz3801]

Excellent Jim. Got to love the sounds of an ALCO, that subtle idling, the power up and the gentle rumble when running ! Cheers, Gary.

[@Bigjimvideo]

Thanks Gary! There's nothing like the sound of an ALCO, either when idling or running...

[@daciatravel.647]

👍👍

[@CoalChrome]

MLW RS-18u?

[@Bigjimvideo]

RS-18, not sure about the "u"?

[@gemmyboi3143]

Also, we are selling no.4 , the ALCO S2, for $200,000 dollars. If you are interested, got out my channel and let me know or go to the WC yard and ask for "Skip".