Koanga C-855 4

	Koanga C-855 4
			Statistics
			Type	Common Diesel  (140%)
			Power	157
			Slot	1
			Tax	1,395
			Dispatch XP	1,269
			Set	N/A
Offer Information
Offer Type	Offer Date	Cost	Buy XP	Level	Restrictions
Gem Offer	26 Mar 2021	Bonus locomotive, included with a 72-hours Gem Offer.
Gem Offer	9 Apr 2021	Returning Bonus locomotive, included with a 72-hours Gem Offer.
Other Information
This locomotive uses the same graphic as the Koanga C-855 1, Koanga C-855 2, Koanga C-855 3, Koanga C-855 5, Koanga C-855 6, Koanga C-855 7.
Museum
The ALCO Century 855 was ALCO's most powerful diesel-electric locomotive and, at the time, the most powerful diesel locomotive ever built. Powered by a pair of ALCO 251C diesel engines, and rated at 5,500 horsepower, it was ALCO's answer to the EMD DD35 and the GE U50. The trucks and bolsters of the 855 were similar to those under UP's earlier turbine locomotives. Only two A units and one B unit were built, all for Union Pacific Railroad, which had also requested double-engined locomotives from EMD and GE in order to replace the turbines, which had become uneconomical to operate. They spent their lives in the genereal freight pool at North Platte, however poor performance led to their early retirement and eventual scrapping by February 1972. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALCO_Century_855