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As main railroad steam locomotives were superseded by diesel units, Crown Metal Products could only sell this equipment abroad. Such was the case of a large order placed by Argentine State Railroads which then amounted to some $440,000.00, covering compressor and air brake equipment spare parts, the largest order received by Crown at that time.
Because of the sudden popularity of N scale model railroading around 1966, Bachmann entered the trains market by starting its N scale trains products in June 1968, [4] with cars packaged in white jewel cases. [5] However, problems of initial run led to a retooling the following year. [6] In 1970 Bachmann entered the HO trains market. [7]
The GE U30C is a six-axle locomotive built by General Electric from 1966 to 1976. With 600 units sold, the U30C proved to be a viable alternative for customers who were unable to purchase SD40s from Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) due to production backlog.
The GE 70-ton switcher is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Electric between about 1942 and 1955. It is classified as a B-B type locomotive. The first series of "70 tonners" were a group of seven center-cab locomotives built for the New York Central Railroad in November 1942.
The locomotive was sold to Lindsey Ashby (who also had IRCA 44) for use on the Colorado Central Railroad in 1972(CC #40) and was transferred to the Georgetown Loop Railroad in 1977 (GL #40) The locomotive was on loan to the WP&YR in 2000 and 2001, and was returned to the G.L. R.R. in 2001.
Catskill Mountain Railroad, The in Kingston, NY has an early side rod 45 Tonner in service as both an MOW engine and a pusher for Polar Express and other large event consists. [ 4 ] East Terminal Railway, The in Columbus, Ohio acquired one of these locomotives in August 2021, with plans to restore it to full operation and to use it as its ...
Units #50 and #50A, the Santa Fe Railway's only DL locomotive set, lead the Super Chief during World War II.. All models developed 2,000 hp (1,490 kW). The first unit built as ALCO Specification DL-103b was 4 ft 5 in (1.35 m) longer than the other cab units, and became Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad #624.
The Nevada State Railroad Museum Boulder City located in Boulder City, Nevada, has one of the GE 80 tonners that was used at the Nevada Atomic Test site north of Las Vegas in the 1950s on the Jackass and Western Railroad for the nuclear engine development and testing program.