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Dual CAT 8-D17000 N XL L M4

The GE 44-ton switcher is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Electric between 1940 and 1956. The locomotives were available with a choice of prime movers. Most were built with a pair of Caterpillar Inc.'s D17000 V8 180 horsepower (134 kW) engines. It was designed for industrial and light switching duties, often replacing steam locomotives that had previously been assigned these chores. This locomotive's specific 44-short ton weight was directly related to one of the mehr…

ALCO 16-251C N XL L M4

The ALCO 251 prime mover was the most popular and abundant prime mover ever made by the company. While it proved to be quite successful, it sadly outlived its original manufacturer. ALCO closed their doors in 1969. The 251 prime mover is actually still available to purchase today from Fairbanks Morse for use in marine, generator and locomotive uses.

Our recording is from a 16cyl 251C and could be found in the following locomotives:

C425, C628

Other locomotives using variations of the 16cyl mehr…

ALCO 8-251F N XL L M4

The ALCO 251 prime mover was the most popular and abundant prime mover ever made by the company. While it proved to be quite successful, it sadly outlived its original manufacturer, ALCO who closed their doors in 1969. The 251 prime mover is actually still available to purchase today from Fairbanks Morse for use in Marine, Generator, and locomotive uses.

The 1500 horsepower 8cyl version of the 251F could be found in the following locomotives:

C-415

The C415 was a large switcher or small road mehr…

GE 12-GEVO LATE EXH Ed2 N XL L M4

GE Evolution 12cyl "GEVO" Locomotives have a 4 stoke diesel engine and have been designed to be more efficient and more emission friendly than previous models. Evolution Series locomotives are equipped with either AC or DC traction motors, depending on the customer's preference, though admittedly there is little sound difference if any between the two.

All early GEVOs were delivered with the Nathan Airchime K5HL air horn. Later GEVOs started to recieve a slightly different K5HLL horn. Most if mehr…

GE 16-7FDL16Y9 LATE EXH Ed2 N XL L M4

In the Mid 1980s GE changed it's 16cyl FDL design to include a different exhaust silencer, a new electric compressor often known as the "Whoop compressor" and changed some of the electronics of their locomotives. These differences among a few other led to a distinct change in the sounds from the GE 16cyl FDL often found from the U25Bs on through the Dash-7 series of the Locomotives.

GE's AC series of locomotives were introducted in 1994. They share the same carbody design and many of the mehr…

ALCO 12-244 Ed2 N XL L M4

The American Locomotive Company's model 244 prime mover was developed during the mid-1940s to power its post-war diesel locomotives. Interestingly, while Alco helped pioneer diesel technology dating back to the 1920s it had difficulty truly competing against Electro-Motive-Division due to reliability issues with its diesel engines. Before Alco began implementing the 244 in its locomotives the builder had spent most of the 1930s developing an earlier model that was used in most of its early mehr…

ALCO 12-251B Ed2 N XL L M4

The ALCO 251 prime mover was the most popular and abundant prime mover ever made by the company. While it proved to be quite successful, it sadly outlived its original manufacturer, ALCO who closed their doors in 1969. The 251 prime mover is actually still available to purchase today from Fairbanks Morse for use in Marine, Generator, and locomotive uses.

The 1800 horsepower 12cyl version of the 251B could be found in the following locomotives:

RS-11, RSD-12, RS-18, RS-36, FPA-4, FPB-4, mehr…

Southern #630 Ks-1 2-8-0 N XL L M4

Southern Railway #630 was crafted by ALCO in 1904 under the Class K designation 2-8-0 consolidation. In 1917 it was significantly overhauled to include superheaters, piston valves, and Southern Valve Gear. It served the Southern Railway for the next 48 years primarily on the Asheville Division until retirement in June 1952.

#630 was then moved to Johnson City, TN where it found new life with the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad. It was numbered 207 and ran between Johnson City mehr…

#4501 SR Ms Class 2-8-2 N XL L M4

Die Southern Railway #4501 wurde im Oktober 1911 in Philadelphia von Baldwin Locomotive Works gebaut und für den Güterzugverkehr auf vielen verschiedenen Strecken des Southern Railway-Netzes eingesetzt. Sie war in Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky und Indiana im Einsatz. Die Lokomotive wurde im Juli 1948 zugunsten der Diesellokomotiven ausgemustert und an die Kentucky & Tennessee Railway verkauft, um Kohlezüge zu ziehen. Nachdem die K&T 1964 auf Diesellokomotiven umgestellt hatte, wurde sie von mehr…

#20 RGS T-19 Class 4-6-0 N XL L M4

Im Jahr 1899 erwarb die Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad (F&CC) fünf Lokomotiven der Klasse T-19 für ihr Three-foot-Netz. Ihr hohes Gewicht von 33 Tonnen machte diese 2'C-Lokomotiven sehr leistungsstark und sie wurden zum Ziehen von Personen- und Güterzügen eingesetzt. Als die F&CC 1916 aufgrund schwerer Hochwasserschäden Konkurs anmeldete, gelangte die Lokomotive Nummer 20 zusammen mit zwei Schwesterlokomotiven in den Besitz der Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company (RGS). 1952 stellte die mehr…