Allis Chalmers plant St Thomas Ontario CA
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Topic: Allis Chalmers plant St Thomas Ontario CA
Posted By: bigal121892
Subject: Allis Chalmers plant St Thomas Ontario CA
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2023 at 5:06pm
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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 By: DMiller
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2023 at 5:45pm
| Probably ALCO. |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2023 at 7:18pm
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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" rel="nofollow - https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/General_Motors_Diesel_Division |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date 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 |
Posted By: bigal121892
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2023 at 6:57pm
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Thanks, that's interesting. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2023 at 7:06pm
| Yet the Box Cab pictured is Solid total electric, No Diesel there at all. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2023 at 7:37pm
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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. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2023 at 7:39am
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If it's powered by inturnal combustion it's an engine. If it's powered by electricity it's a motor. ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2023 at 9:24am
Sometimes..................... when i look something up on GOOGLE, why do i use a Search ENGINE ??  ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: bigal121892
Date 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. |