WHATSIT? ALCO MODELS S-1 (S-6Q) EBAY #161582833110 2-2-2015 8-02-09 AM 2-2-2015

[lajmdlr]

Hi All
This image is from an eBay listing (# in title). It's listed as an ALCO S-1 but somethings not right about especially the front & the stack type/location. So what do you guys think it is? Have seen this type before but now can't find it. Wondering if this could have ever shown up doing interchange work on the LAJ Ry.

[C855B]

It's a T-6. Biggest owners were the Pennsy and N&W.

There was an owner in Southern California... Kaiser Steel out in Fontana had two. The Kaiser plant was closed in the '80s, so you'll have to determine if that fits your operating era.

[lajmdlr]

Thanks Mike. That info makes it very doubtful a T-6 ever showed up on the LAJ Ry. Let the seller know & told him to tell the bidders to keep him out of eBay trouble. A Google image search confirmed that only eastern RRs had them. Guess they wanted to keep them close to the "dealership". LOL

[lajmdlr]

Here's another whatsit really on eBay. It's a slide of Ventura County (CA) #7. It's listed as an ALCO S-6. Front doesn't look at all like the brass model but stack looks like it's OK for an S-6. Is this one a later model of a S-6 or another mislabel? The VC is about 70 mi. WNW of the LAJ but doubt very much it ever came to the LAJ.

[C855B]

Yup. That's an ex-SP S-6. SP displaced a bunch of them when they went on their SW1500 buying binge. I have distinct memories of the S-6s burbling their way around Bakersfield Yard

[Guilford Guy]

The S-6 and T-6 are two very different animals. The S-6 was designed as a yard engine, whereas the T-6 was designed for higher speed running on mainlines. This is probably why the T-6 sported the more convenient sand filling end notches as seen on the RS-11s and C420s, instead of the rooftop hatches on the S series.

 S series- Switcher, RS series- Road Switcher, T series- Transfer.

[lajmdlr]

Looks like there could have been a SP S-6s going to the LAJ then!
Found a few pix of them here:http://espee.railfan.net/sp_s06.html
Scroll down to bottom of the page to see alot of other kinds of SP pix.