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=== Diesel-electric power transmission ===
The locomotive was equipped with a [[four-stroke]] McIntosh and Seymour Model 531 straight-6 diesel engine, powering a [[General Electric]] GT551A1 main [[Electrical generator|generator]]. Four nose-suspended GE-287-D [[traction motor]]s in the [[bogie|trucks]] were geared at a ratio of 4.25:1 to the wheels; the motors were cooled by electrically driven traction motor blowers. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/alco600a.jpg|title=ALCO 600 build sheet}}</ref>
 
[[File:mcintosh_and_seymour.jpg|thumb|Six-cylinder McIntosh & Seymour engine on a flat car at Cass Mtn, W. Va.]]
 
==HH600==