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Three years later in 1986, Jacobson traded the switcher with the Steamtown Foundation of Scranton, Pennsylvania for their ex Canadian National 4-6-0 No. 1551. [2] Later that same year, Steamtown was taken over by the National Park Service becoming Steamtown National Historic Site. The locomotive remained in Bellevue, Ohio while the Steamtown ...
This was the standard light switcher locomotive of the USRA types, and was of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "C" in UIC classification. A total of 255 locomotives were built under USRA control; these were sent to the following railroads:
The ALCO S-2 and S-4 are 1,000-horsepower (746 kW) diesel electric switcher locomotives produced by ALCO and Canadian licensee Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). [1] 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 World War II print advertisement for Baldwin (Whitcomb) "Little Giant" switcher locomotives.. The Geo D. Whitcomb Company was founded by George Dexter Whitcomb (1834–1914), of Chicago, Illinois, who started a modest machine shop in 1878, and began the manufacture of coal mining machinery, laying the foundation for the concern that became known as The Whitcomb Locomotive Company.
The EMD SW1001 is a 1,000-horsepower (750 kW) diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between September 1968 and June 1986. [1] A total of 230 were constructed, mainly for North American railroads and industrial operations.
Davenport-Besler #2245 - a 30 ton 3 ft (914 mm) gauge 0-4-0 Diesel switcher of 1937 at the Colorado Railroad Museum Davenport #2240 30 ton 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge 0-6-0 Switcher, 1936, used on the US Construction Railroad [ 5 ] during the construction of the Hoover Dam and kept at the Nevada State Railroad Museum ...
The SW1200 was the third model of 1,200 hp SW series switchers built by EMD. It was a successor to the SW7 and SW9.Compared to its direct predecessor, the SW9, the SW1200 differed in that it used the improved and more reliable 567C engine, compared to the SW9's 567B engine.
The EMD GP15 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1976 and April 1983. Intended to provide an alternative to the rebuilding programs that many railroads were applying to their early road switchers, it is generally employed as a yard switcher or light road switcher.