S FA-2 Diesel Locomotives

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

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Notes:

Available in A- and B-units.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F214

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Rock Island (RI/ROCK)

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

158

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

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Notes:

Available in A. A-B. or A-B-A configurations.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F202

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Great Northern (GN)

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

277A

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

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Notes:

Available in A. A-B. A-B-A, or A-B-B-A configurations.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F203

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

0401, 0402, 0428, 0469

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

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Notes:

Available in A. A-B. A-B-A, or A-B-B-A configurations.

Holt's model has had the cab side window filed down, and Woodland Scenics decals applied for the numberboards.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F211

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

801

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

Available in A. A-B. or A-B-A configurations.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F204

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

New York Central (NYC)

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2000

Road Number:

1120, 1122

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

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Notes:

Available in A. A-B. or A-B-A configurations.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F205

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Union Pacific (UP)

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Des Plaines Hobbies Decal

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

1600, 1602, 1622B, 1624B

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

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Notes:

Available in A. A-B. or A-B-A configurations.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F201

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

4082, 4044, 4464, 4465

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

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Notes:

Available in A. A-B. A-B-A, or A-B-B-A configurations.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

F206

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1951

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

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Peter Vanvliet's articles about repairing, remotoring, and installing battery power.

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Road Number:

9624, 9628

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

DC, AC-with-rectifier-board

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Product Notes:

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Notes:

Available in A. A-B. or A-B-A configurations.

Shown here in the A-B-A (road number 9628) configuration with Kadee couplers installed. DCC-powered and with scale wheels.

The first photo taken of the models when the arrived, in the as-ordered A-B-A configuration.

Holt built his model from the older kit version of this engine that AM produced. He applied Woodland Scenics dry transfer road numbers to number boards, windshield and partial side window glazing, diesel horns, and American Models working couplers.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Locomotive Workshop

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Product Type:

Etched-brass Kit

Finish:

unpainted

Power:

No Chassis

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Notes:

Each kit consisted of etched brass components, white-metal trucks, and some wire. Additionally, the A unit kit contained a soft-metal casting that comprised the top of the nose and the windshield. Cascade Hobby Products provided the power chassis for this model, which used a Sagami motor, gearbox with Delrin chain and gears, Hobbytown universals, and Lindsay truck gearboxes.

The models in the photo were built by Dick, and he used Enhorning decals, MV lenses, and HO-scale Kadee couplers.

The original kit parts.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Overland Models

Manufacturer ID:

1765

Factory:

Ajin Precision, Korea

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1985

Product Type:

Brass Kit

Finish:

unpainted

Power:

DC

Wheels:

scale

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

With PRR's Trainphone antenna.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Overland Models

Manufacturer ID:

OMI-1763

Factory:

Ajin Precision, Korea

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

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Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1985

Product Type:

Brass Kit

Finish:

unpainted

Power:

DC

Wheels:

scale

Supplemental Part:

While this is a photo of a collection of secondhand parts, it does show what the original kit consisted of.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Chicago & North Western (CNW)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Chicago and North Western Gong Bell

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Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Lehigh Valley (LV)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

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Notes:

This paint scheme was never run by AM later on.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Missouri Pacific (MP)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1951

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

New York Central (NYC)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Western Maryland (WM)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Des Plaines Hobbies Decal

Supplemental Part:

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Union Pacific (UP)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Des Plaines Hobbies Decal

Supplemental Part:

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

Great Northern (GN)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Road Name:

New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Factory:

American Models

Prototype Info

Category:

FA-2

Year/Era:

1950

Manufacturer:

American Locomotive Company (Alco)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1990

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Power:

AC, DC

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

AF or scale

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part: