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  2. Railroad switch - Wikipedia

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    A right-hand railroad switch with point indicator pointing to right Animated diagram of a right-hand railroad switch. Rail track A divides into two: track B (the straight track) and track C (the diverging track); note that the green line represents direction of travel only, the black lines represent fixed portions of track, and the red lines depict the moving components.

  3. GE 44-ton switcher - Wikipedia

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    Career. Locale. North America, Australia, Saudi Arabia, South America, India, France, Sweden . The GE 44-ton switcher is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Electric between 1940 and 1956. It was designed for industrial and light switching duties, often replacing steam locomotives that had previously been assigned these chores.

  4. Switcher locomotive - Wikipedia

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    CZ Loko Effishunter. Stadler Rail Ee 922. A switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used for maneuvering railway vehicles over short distances. Switchers do not usually move trains over long distances.

  5. North American railroad signals - Wikipedia

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    Normal Speed - The normal speed for the railroad line, also known as Maximum Authorized Speed (MAS). Limited Speed - A speed less than Normal Speed that was employed starting in the 1940s for use with higher speed turnouts (switches). This speed is defined by individual railroads and ranges anywhere from 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) to 60 miles ...

  6. GE 45-ton switcher - Wikipedia

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    Lake Superior And Mississippi railroad, The of Duluth, Minnesota owns and operates one. Lake Superior Railroad Museum, The has a former Minnesota Power 45-ton, which is now used for switching rolling stock around the museum. National Steel Car Limited in Hamilton Ontario currently owns four of these engines. Two are inactive, and two are used ...

  7. Road switcher locomotive - Wikipedia

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    A JNR Class DE10, Japan's most popular road switcher model. A road switcher locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive designed to both haul railcars in mainline service and shunt them in railroad yards. Both type and term are North American in origin, although similar types have been used elsewhere. A road switcher must be able to operate and ...

  8. ALCO S-2 and S-4 - Wikipedia

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    Powered by turbocharged, 6-cylinder ALCO 539 diesel engines, the two locomotives differed mainly in their trucks: the S-2 had ALCO "Blunt" trucks; the S-4, AAR type A switcher trucks. A total of 1,502 S-2s were built from August 1940 to June 1950; 797 S-4s were built from June 1949 to August 1957. The S-4 was first produced in Canada, with ALCO ...

  9. List of GE locomotives - Wikipedia

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    to New York Central Railroad and rebuilt to class P-2: 2-C+C-2: 3000 V DC rebuilt 600 V DC: 3,030 hp (2,260 kW) GE three-power boxcab: 1930: 40 New York Central Railroad 1 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: B-B: All: 600 V DC Battery 34: 600 V DC 3rd Rail 2: 3000 V DC Overhead Lines: 1,580 hp (1,180 kW) NYC R-2: 1930–1931: 42 New York ...

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