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Worlds Most Powerful Diesel Locomotives

Worlds Most Powerful Diesel Locomotives  Worlds Most Powerful Diesel Locomotive UP’s DDA40x Centennials. 6600hp The EMD SD90MAC-H is rated at 6000hp and has 200,000 lbs of starting tractive effort. The GE AC6000CW, although having the same 6000hp, has been quoted in some sources as … Continue reading

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Baldwin RF16 Sharknose Diesel

Baldwin RF16 Sharknose Diesel The Baldwin RF-16 was a 1,600-horsepower (1,200 kW) cab unit-type diesel locomotive built for freight service by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1950 and 1953. All RF-16s were configured with a B-B wheel arrangement and ran … Continue reading

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Alco PA-1 Diesels

  Alco PA-1 Diesels Santa Fe Railroad’s “Grand Canyon” On September of 1946, in an elaborate ceremony at the Alco plant at Schenectady, New York, a shiny new diesel passenger locomotive was revealed to the world. It was the first … Continue reading

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Alco DL109 – Diesel Locomotive

Alco DL109 Diesel Locomotive MILW DL-109 ALCO DL-109 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The ALCO DL-109 is one of six models of A1A-A1A diesel locomotives built to haul passenger trains by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between December, 1939 and … Continue reading

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Union Pacific – Gas Turbines

Union Pacific  Gas Turbines  Union Pacific Turbines of the Wasatch Union Pacific “Gas Turbine“ Union Pacific “Gas Turbine” Locomotive Early experimental Gas Turbine Union Pacific “Gas Turbines” Locomotive Gas Turbines Union Pacific has long sought the biggest and best locomotives … Continue reading

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