The SMOKING ALCO Locomotives - Indian Railways

Diesel Loco Shed Presents a compilation of Videos of Heavily Smoking ALCO Locomotives captured at various locations

[yashsrihari]

I miss those days when I was a kid in the train led by ALCOs, sitting near the window seat enjoying the view and the smell of diesel smoke puffed by old ALCOs reaching the coaches behind, my mom used to hand me a kerchief saying not to smell the smoke but little did she know that smoke was like a deodorant for me, every time I smell that smoke I used to get goosebumps of how those powerful diesel engines in locos churn out power to haul tonnes of load. Love towards trains was in me, in my blood... I don't know. I used to get fascinated by them when I didn't even know what were they. And here I am today watching this video to relive those memories.

[RavennaRailfan]

Can’t beat old ALCOs! Fantastic video!

[andermac]

We used Alco railroad engines to power our air compressor. It was the world's largest dedicated air compressor 2000cfm at 2000psi. It was used to create air explosions under water for oil exploration. Ours had 1800hp and required an air turbine starter to spin it over.

[zzyzx]

What beautiful rich, saturated colors! These scenes are as colorful as the old Indian miniature paintings. Love the sound and power of these diesels, quite unlike the new whirring electric engines which sound more like oversized kitchen appliances. Greetings from the California desert!

[apollosaturn]

That black smoke looks so cool. But, in the back of my head I'm thinking: "That's fuel being waisted"

[johnchandrav.]

The best video, I have seen, this morning(8/24/15)Love ALCo iron horses! Hats off, thank you so much.

[anuradhagroundtraining]

7:52 is the best … I am a aircraft pilot, but I still sometimes prefer to travel by train. it's the best way to look at our beautiful country. traveling in trains brings back lot of childhood memories, that's something the coming generation might never experience.
your videos are awesome dude.😃😃

[User_ytrl]

Very powerful engines but in low rpm because had big compressor the mix is too much regards from Greece beautiful video ❤🇬🇷🇮🇳

[TrainTrackerINDIA]

That was.. An era of diesel locomotives😍😍

[nikosjk]

You've definitely figured out the good spots for acceleration, great video!

[El_Transportacoches_]

I love this sound. I love the american design. I love ALCO. Literally. 😍😍😍

[markschroeder]

Maybe there should be an organization for Alco locomotive fans. How about "Alco-haulics Unanimous"! 😃

[corpsevoice]

I love strongly the sound of the ALCO'S!

[sadhanaray]

fantastic videos, IR. These bring back my childhood memories. Well done!👌

[SudhindraSrikanth]

10 minutes of sheer action! Super work Nikhil

[victoriousrufus]

People who comment about the smoke have no knowledge of railways! Alco locomotives around the world are smokey and not restricted to India!

[dennisyoung]

“… a full load of *SOOT* in the engine…”

Wrote that before I knew about *these* - and many other such engines.

[aravindkramesh]

*ALCO locomotives are like Royal Enfield Bullet bike*

[DanielKirilov]

Even this is cleaner than VW engines... at least they don't put extra things to hide it

[dustbowlhammer]

Lets be honest, trains look awesome smokin.