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Burlington
(No.5010C)
(No.5010-03)
Burlington Northern
(No.5010-08)
Photo courtesy Bob O'Brien Collection
Chesapeake & Ohio
(No.5010B)
(No.5010-02)
Erie Lackawanna
(No.5010-13)
Illinois Central Gulf
(No.5010-10)
Milwaukee Road
(No.5010-11)
Pennsylvania
(No.5010D)
(No.5010-04)
Rock Island
(No.5010-12)
Photo courtesy Bob O'Brien Collection
Santa Fe
(No.5010E)
(No.5010-05)
Southern Pacific
(No.5010G)
(No.5010-07)
Union Pacific
(No.5010F)
(No.5010-06)
The 1977 AHM listings have this ALCO switcher carrying
a suggested retail of $17.98 for Powered locos and $7.98 for the Non-Powered version. The 1981 AHM Catalog still offers the
EMD SW-1 and the ALCO RS-2, but the ALCO 1000 is gone.
Reviewing Jerry Pinkepank's Second Diesel Spotter's Guide, Alco's 1000 horsepower
diesel switchers included the S-2 and S-4. AHM's model features blunt trucks, which would make it an S-2 example.
One feature that I note missing is the lower set of louvers across the access doors down the hood of the unit on the
AHM model. It appears both the S-2 and S-4 featured two sets of louvers, high and low, that ran from the radiator
shutters near the nose back to the cab.
In addition to AHM, this model has also been included in the Model Power product
line in the past.
Above is an early box flap for the powered version of AHM's Alco
1000. Below is a later version box flap for the dummy Alco 1000. AHM added a "D" to the number to denote a non-powered
or dummy example. This dummy box flap is also a later run, as it includes more roadnames for the model added later in
its AHM life.
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