EMD RS1325 light road switcher
The EMD RS1325 light road switcher. Someone at EMD must have thought, “here’s an idea that can’t miss!” We’ll…
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Amtrak inherited a menagerie of power at startup in 1971, but what were the oldest Amtrak locomotives? During the…
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The Ingalls Shipbuilding 4S locomotive was a truly unique, one-of-a-kind diesel unit. The business world in general, and…
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Amtrak electric locomotives went through a period of uncertainty early in the passenger railroad’s existence. Not long after…
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Alco RS27 failure: It’s tough when professional engineers create a decent locomotive that builds on successes, and pitfalls, of the…
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Electro-Motive history: Steam was king, its supremacy uncontested, in 1922 when Harold L. Hamilton and associates rented office space…
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Nearly five decades have passed since General Motors debuted two new EMD electric freight locomotives. There were two models: the…
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Frisco steam to diesel transition: The mid-20th century was a time of great change for U.S. railroads. They were in…
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Baldwin Centipede locomotives were an oddity of mid-century railroading that just couldn’t compete with more mundane offerings from rivals Alco…
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Union Pacific Challenger: Railroad slogans are one of the industry’s lost arts. The old ad men and promoters who came…
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EMD DDA40X: In 1968, Union Pacific purchased 50 20-cylinder, 3,600 hp EMD SD45s for high-speed service. However, the units did…
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Diesel locomotive single order units: In the modern era, locomotive orders are typically measured in the dozens, hundreds, or even…
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