Promotional Folding Posters for a General Electric branded Alco Diesel Locomotive

Publication

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Promotional Folding Posters for a General Electric branded Alco Diesel Locomotive

Entry/Object ID

2021.975.01

Description

Promotional folding poster for a General Electric branded diesel-electric locomotive created by ALCO (American Locomotive Company). The cover features a coloured image of the ALCO-GE 2000-HP Road Locomotive, a diesel-electric locomotive, and it unfolds to provide information on the efficiency of the model. This type of locomotive was marketed to pull passenger cars. The reverse side also shows the engine which is a 4-cycle diesel engine. Distinguishing Features: none

Context

Original document, assumed to be used for promotional purposes for the ALCO-GE partnership on building diesel-electric locomotives in the 1940s.

Collection

Library Archive

Category

Railway History, General, US

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Sheryl Clark

Notes

Date Acquired: July 13th, 2021 Method of Acquisition: Donation

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Folding Poster

Class

Promotional

Category

Primary Source

Publication Details

Author

General Electric

Place Published

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

ISBN

n/a

Notes

Materials: paper, ink Date: 1940 (?)

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

none

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number

Other Number

32781

Dimensions

Height

10-1/2 in

Width

27-1/8 in

Depth

4 in

Dimension Notes

10.5" x 27.1/4"

Parts

Count: none

Location

Location

Shelf

Capreol History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Date

March 10, 2022

Condition

Notes

Good condition

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 14, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

April 22, 2022