Need help identifying Allis Chalmers company switcher engine

[Allis180]

 

[Allis180]

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Hello everyone I'm a new member here. I'm a huge Allis Chalmers fan and a lover of trains. I'm trying to identify this this switcher engine that the company owned in order to build a model for my collection. I have many other pictures of Allis company owned switcher engines if anyone is interested in seeing them I will post

 

[bnsf971]

That looks like a Whitcomb 65 tonner.

 

[Allis180]

Thank you. I will look into that.

 

[Allis180]

That looks like a Whitcomb 65 tonner.

Did some looking. I dont believe it's a Whitcomb 65. The Whitcomb doesnt have the center ladder to climb in the cab or the amount of loovers in the hood

 

[bcp]

Wouldn't surprise me if AC built it. Didn't they buy Buda engines used in some locomotives?

It would be a good way to test engines in a real world situation.

Bruce

 

[Allis180]

Wouldn't surprise me if AC built it. Didn't they buy Buda engines used in some locomotives?

It would be a good way to test engines in a real world situation.

Bruce

Yes they did buy buda and I know they built alot of electric stuff used in the railroad one way or another. It's very possible that they built it themselves.

 

[AllisPlantRailroad]

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I would say its a shop built switcher as it doesn't match any of the characteristics of the major locomotive builders of the time. I would love to see more pictures of their plant engines if you have them!

 

[RAIL910]

I've seen the six wheel center depressed AC flat cars but the CNW or CMSTP&P were switching at small yard off Burnham st. in early 1980's on the belt line between CNW's Mitchell yard and Milw's Muskego yard.