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A trio of NKP RS3's |
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Fair quality photo of a line of Alco built RS3 units wearing the NKP black and yellow stripe color scheme. No photographer was listed. |
Photo Date: |
2/1/1961 Upload Date: 2/21/2020 6:40:23 AM |
Location: |
Danvers, IL |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
NKP 552(RS3) NKP 537(RS3) |
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430 Comments: 0 |
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NKP 329 |
Description: |
NKP 329 |
Photo Date: |
1/9/1965 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 3:59:49 PM |
Location: |
Brewster, OH |
Author: |
John Beach |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
NKP 329(RSD12) NKP 537(RS3) NKP 409(GP7) |
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591 Comments: 0 |
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NKP GP9 813 |
Description: |
Nickel Plate Road GP9 813 and RS3 537 at Calumet City, Illinois on June 13, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The GP9 was built in February 1959 (c/n 25091) on EMD Order 5592, class ERS-17g on the NKP, became N&W 2813, NS 1483, retired April 22,1985, then became DME 1483, retired again in 1997, and went to Otter Tail Valley Railroad. The RS3 was built in March 1954 (c/n 80709) on Order S3222, class ARS-16a on the NKP, and was retired in July 1966 and traded to GE in October 1966. |
Photo Date: |
6/13/1965 Upload Date: 6/2/2009 5:12:33 PM |
Location: |
Calumet City, IL |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
NKP 813(GP9) NKP 537(RS3) |
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1937 Comments: 0 |
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NKP RS3 537 |
Description: |
NKP RS3 537 built in March 1954 (c/n 80709), retired in July 1966, at Calumet Yard, Chicago, Illinois, June 13, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. The Nickel Plate (NYC&StL) had 23 RS-3's built by Alco around March 1954 on Order S-3222, classed ARS-16a on the NKP. Field reports on the RS-2 indicated a few weaknesses that resulted in the RS-3 design. The initial RS-3 specification, E-1662, included the Model 244D prime mover (now rated at 1600 hp), which addressed misalignment between bearing saddles and caps that had led to crankshaft and bearing failures in the earlier versions of the 244. Although the truck wheelbase remained the same, the RS-3 was 6 inches longer (55 feet, 11 inches) than the RS-2, as a result of changing the belt driven auxiliaries to gear drive. In addition, the fuel tank was removed from under the cab to below the frame between the trucks, which forced the batteries to the short hood running board, creating a raised section on both sides. The short hood was widened to allow a dynamic brake option, or a steam generator. In the rare case of a customer opting for both, the short hood was raised, creating what was termed a "hammerhead". The RS-3 was equipped with a GT581 main generator driving GE 752 traction motors, interchangeable with FA-FB locomotives, simplifying maintenance stocks. This photo illustrates a late production RS-3. When introduced, the RS-3 had three rows of louvers on the long hood engine compartment access doors next to the radiator intake, and three more next to the cab, no louvers in between (21 units). The next group built had small louvers added to the rest of the access doors, but only at the top and bottom, and the battery box louvers were rotated from vertical to horizontal. Finally, Alco replaced the louvers with two carbody filters on each side. Laboratory tests which introduced "standard Arizona road dust" into the air intake indicated that although the lube oil filters were trapping the dust pulled in through the louvers, damage was still done to piston rings and crankshaft bearings. A retrofit package to replace the louvers with filters was offered by Alco. |
Photo Date: |
6/13/1966 Upload Date: 5/2/2009 4:00:30 PM |
Location: |
Calumet City, IL |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
NKP 537(RS3) |
Views: |
2235 Comments: 5 |
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