Alco S1 diesel shunter
Prototype (see ALCo World web site)
Operating company/organisation
Steel Company of Wales/ Margam Steelworks, Port Talbot
+ preservation
Manufacturer
ALCo (USA)
Years of operation
1950 - 1980s.
Five locos saw service, numbered 801 to 805
Class identifications
Not classified.
Model
Manufacturer
Life-Like Proto 2000
Catalogue numbers and prices
The examples used in Britain were "Phase II" types. Life-Like have issued Phase II models in the following
liveries: Baltimore & Ohio; Erie, Louiseville & Nashville; Maine Central; New York Central; Central Pacific.
The undecorated model (cat. no. 23736) is also a Phase II model.
Model Junction price is £68.00 (SEP03).
Construction
Ready to run.
Motive power
Motorised
Availability
Available from Walthers in 2003. Sold out by 2007. Check with Walthers for continuing availability.
Suppliers
Review
Continental Modeller, October 2002