enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Railroad switch - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch

   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

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_44-ton_switcher

   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. GE 45-ton switcher - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_45-ton_switcher

   Performance figures. Maximum speed. 20 mph (32 km/h) Power output. 2 x 150 hp (112 kW) Tractive effort. 27,000 lbf (120 kN) The GE 45-ton switcher is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Electric between 1940 and 1956.

5. Union Switch & Signal - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Switch_&_Signal

   Union Switch & Signal (commonly referred to as US&S) was an American company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which focused on railway signaling equipment, systems and services. The company was acquired by Ansaldo STS (from 2015, Hitachi Rail STS ) in 1988, [ 1 ] operating as a wholly-owned company until January 2009, when US&S was renamed ...

6. GE 25-ton switcher - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_25-ton_switcher

   The GE 25-ton switcher (also known as a 25-tonner) is a model of diesel-electric switcher locomotive that was produced by GE Transportation at their Erie, Pennsylvania, facility between 1941 and 1974. Most examples were produced for industrial customers or the United States Armed Forces, although a number of examples were purchased by freight ...

7. Road switcher locomotive - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_switcher_locomotive

   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 ...