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bigal121892 
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 Topic: Allis Chalmers plant St Thomas Ontario CA
Posted: 03 Apr 2023 at 5:06pm |
I was looking at the Wiki page for Allis Chalmers, and among the list of manufacturing plants, in listed a plant in St Thomas Ontario Canada, where Allis manufactured "Electric Motor and Diesel Locomotive Control" What diesel locomotives, would have had Allis controls?
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Posted: 03 Apr 2023 at 5:45pm |
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Probably ALCO.
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Gary
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Posted: 03 Apr 2023 at 7:18pm |
GM use to own a Diesel Locomotive Manufacturing and Assembly Plant nearby in London, Ont. https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/General_Motors_Diesel_Division
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Posted: 04 Apr 2023 at 8:14am |
Compliments of Classic Trains (trains.com) list of Pennsylvania Railroad electric locomotives by Robert S McGonigal January 14, 2021
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Posted: 04 Apr 2023 at 6:57pm |
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Thanks, that's interesting.
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Posted: 04 Apr 2023 at 7:06pm |
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Yet the Box Cab pictured is Solid total electric, No Diesel there at all.
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Posted: 04 Apr 2023 at 7:37pm |
Allis made ELECTRIC MOTORs, GENERATORS, and the Control systems..
The photo above takes 11,000 v overhead line power to the loco and runs thru the "control system " to electric motors on the drive wheels......Another version is to use an ON BOARD diesel motor to run a generator, to develop the power to the control system and drive wheels..... same control system, same electric drive motors... just a different INPUT power.
Im not sure ALLIS ever made the "diesel motor" for the loco... just the Controls and Elect motors.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Posted: 05 Apr 2023 at 7:39am |
If it's powered by inturnal combustion it's an engine.
If it's powered by electricity it's a motor.
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917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express"
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Posted: 05 Apr 2023 at 9:24am |
Sometimes..................... when i look something up on GOOGLE, why do i use a Search ENGINE ?? 
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Posted: 05 Apr 2023 at 1:29pm |
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On a locomotive, the engine that provides power for the propulsion, would be called a prime mover.
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