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SZ Taurus pushing a freight train on the grade between Koper and Hrpelje-Kozina in Slovenia.An SZ class 363 is leading the train. July 2007. A bank engine (United Kingdom/Australia) (colloquially a banker), banking engine, helper engine or pusher engine (North America) is a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a gradient (or bank).
In 2013, S-Helper Service was sold to MTH Electric Trains. And while the S scale market has seen a number of brass model manufacturers, today the major brass model supplier in S scale and S gauge is River Raisin Models. Today's S gauge and S scale modelers have a greater selection and higher quality products, from a wide range of manufacturers ...
Entered service at White Pass and Yukon Route on February 28, 1943. Fell off barge into bay at Haines, Alaska, hence delay of service. Was the only K-28 to not be fitted with steam heat and signal lines for passenger service. Scrapped. 475 254 64986 Entered service at White Pass and Yukon Route on December 15, 1942. Scrapped. 476 N/A 64987
[3] [4] They also proved to be reliable, as a single S-2 can haul up to 18 conventional steel passenger cars on westbound passenger runs, with helper service only necessary between Walton and Summit on eastbound runs should trains exceed 11 cars. It is a distance of 18 miles where the grade is 1.8%.
In KNR service they were used primarily in yard duty and occasional short local trains, but they were not popular with Korean locomotive crews, as they were right-hand drive on a left-running railway. [22] India, Class AWC – 60 locomotives were sent to India in kit form for local assembly as 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge engines.
Union Pacific 4466 is an S-6 class 0-6-0 "Switcher" type steam locomotive, built in October 1920 by the Lima Locomotive Works for the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) to perform switching chores and transfer runs.
This locomotive was the Western Pacific's first diesel-electric engine. Used locomotive dealer/lessor Western Rail, Inc. owns WRIX 1001 (built 06/1949 as NYC # 609 (2nd), later renumbered NYC 8435, PC 8435, CR 8435, GE Sayre Repair Shop # 2, IRLX 1006, IRLX 1001, WCTR 1001).
The United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) S118 Class is a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotive.Built to either 3 ft (914 mm), 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge or 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge, they were used in at least 24 different countries.