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EMD GP38. The EMD GP38 [ 1] is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1966 and December 1971. The locomotive's prime mover was an EMD 645 16- cylinder engine that generated 2,000 horsepower (1.49 MW). The company built 706 GP38s for North American railroads.
Two preserved, remainder scrapped. The Pennsylvania Railroad K4 was a class of 425 4-6-2 steam locomotives built between 1914 and 1928 for the PRR, where they served as the primary main line passenger steam locomotives on the entire PRR system until late 1957. Attempts were made to replace the K4s, including the K5 and the T1 duplex locomotive.
The EMD BL2 is a model of diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). A total of 58 units (plus a single BL1) were built between 1947 and 1949. [ 1] The BL2 was not very successful, as it was unreliable and occupied a gap between carbody and hood units, which resulted in it suffering from the drawbacks of ...
LNER Thompson/PeppercornClass K1. Water cap. The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class K1 is a type of 2-6-0 (mogul) steam locomotive designed by Edward Thompson. Thompson preferred a simple two-cylinder design instead of his predecessor Nigel Gresley 's three-cylinder one. The seventy K1s were intended to be split between the North ...
Rebuilt as conventional reciprocating-steam locomotive in 1952, wrecked same year, scrapped. The LMS Turbomotive was a modified LMS Princess Royal Class steam turbine locomotive designed by William Stanier and built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1935. It was inspired by the Swedish Ljungström locomotives first introduced in ...
GWR: Blue. Withdrawn. 1962–1965. Disposition. Nine preserved, remainder scrapped. The Great Western Railway (GWR) 2884 Class is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive. They were Collett's development of Churchward 's earlier 2800 Class and are sometimes regarded as belonging to that class.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western K-27 is a class of 3 ft ( 914 mm) narrow gauge 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903. Known by their nickname "Mudhens," they were the first and the most numerous of the four K classes of Rio Grande narrow gauge engines to be ...
The Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2 (known informally as the Centipede) was the Baldwin Locomotive Works ' first serious attempt at a production road diesel locomotive. The Baldwin type designation was 'DR-12-8-1500/2, ' meaning D iesel R oad locomotive, with 12 axles ( 8 of which were driven), and two engines of 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW) each.