 | A switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive... 12 KB (1,342 words) - 22:55, 16 February 2024 |
 | A road switcher locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive designed to both haul railcars in mainline service and shunt them in railroad yards. Both type... 10 KB (1,445 words) - 09:05, 25 January 2024 |
pioneering RS locomotives, representing the first modern road-switcher, a configuration which has long-outlasted ALCo. The success of their switcher and road-switcher... 39 KB (4,220 words) - 11:52, 20 April 2024 |
 | were sometimes used for switch locomotives. In North American railroading, a cow-calf set is a pair of switcher-type locomotives: one (the cow) equipped... 91 KB (11,359 words) - 17:08, 21 April 2024 |
 | The GE 25-ton switcher (also known as a 25-tonner) is a model of diesel-electric switcher locomotive that was produced by GE Transportation at their Erie... 15 KB (1,498 words) - 03:18, 13 December 2023 |
 | Shunting (rail) (redirect from Switching (railroad)) is known as switching. Motive power is normally provided by a locomotive known as a shunter locomotive (in the UK) or switcher locomotive (in the US)... 9 KB (866 words) - 00:15, 21 April 2024 |
 | three-power boxcab – tri-mode switcher locomotive model built in 1930, was also capable of operating as a battery locomotive. All retired and scrapped. The... 29 KB (2,948 words) - 20:01, 7 March 2024 |
up switcher or shunter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Switcher may refer to: Switcher locomotive, a locomotive used in yards Video switcher, a vision... 794 bytes (132 words) - 05:15, 12 October 2023 |
Class A was the 0-4-0 type, an arrangement best suited to small switcher locomotives. Most railroads abandoned the 0-4-0 after the 1920s, but the PRR... 28 KB (1,687 words) - 03:15, 8 April 2024 |
 | maintain passenger schedules. Mixed-traffic locomotives (US English: general purpose or road switcher locomotives) meant for both passenger and freight trains... 53 KB (6,148 words) - 01:41, 27 April 2024 |
 | The GE 44-ton switcher is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Electric between 1940 and 1956. It was designed for industrial and light... 21 KB (2,401 words) - 13:29, 16 December 2023 |
 | EMD MP15DC (category B-B locomotives) In EMD's eyes (among others) this made the new locomotive a road switcher rather than a pure switcher, since it was capable of road speeds up to 60 mph... 11 KB (652 words) - 02:57, 19 February 2024 |
 | The "Beep" (also referred to as the SWBLW) is an individual switcher locomotive built in 1970 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at its Cleburne... 9 KB (950 words) - 23:32, 29 March 2024 |
 | inspections also found the railroad's only piece of rolling stock, a 50-ton switcher locomotive, to be deficient. FRA Emergency Order 19 v t e v t e... 1 KB (115 words) - 04:58, 22 November 2023 |
 | Reading 1187 (category Individual locomotives of the United States) camelback 0-4-0 switcher locomotive built in 1903 by Baldwin for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. It was primarily used for yard switching services, until... 9 KB (916 words) - 12:28, 22 March 2024 |
 | cargo yard, warehouse facility, or intermodal facility, much like a switcher locomotive is used to position railcars. In the United Kingdom they are known... 3 KB (349 words) - 18:47, 4 March 2024 |
 | The GE 45-ton switcher is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Electric between 1940 and 1956. The locomotive was equipped with two 150 hp (110 kW)... 12 KB (1,364 words) - 23:27, 2 March 2024 |
 | EMD SW8 (category Electro-Motive Division locomotives) The EMD SW8 is a diesel switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel between September 1950 and... 18 KB (540 words) - 00:17, 29 February 2024 |
 | EMD Model 40 (category Electro-Motive Division locomotives) The EMD Model 40 was a two-axle diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its corporate successor, General Motors'... 8 KB (692 words) - 08:39, 10 February 2024 |
 | EMD SW7 (category Diesel locomotive stubs) The EMD SW7 was a diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between October 1949 and January 1951. It was powered by... 10 KB (220 words) - 03:56, 29 March 2024 |
 | EMD SW1500 (category B-B locomotives) The EMD SW1500 is a 1,500 hp (1,119 kW) diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division from 1966 to 1974. The SW1500... 9 KB (339 words) - 19:38, 11 March 2024 |
 | NRE 2GS12B (category B-B locomotives) diesel genset switcher locomotive built by National Railway Equipment Company as part of its N-ViroMotive series of low-emission locomotives. It is powered... 8 KB (587 words) - 17:12, 16 December 2023 |
 | EMD SW1 (category B-B locomotives) The EMD SW1 is a 600-horsepower (450 kW) diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation (later Division) between... 29 KB (2,047 words) - 02:30, 11 March 2024 |
 | Baldwin VO-1000 (category B-B locomotives) The Baldwin VO-1000 is a diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between January 1939 and December 1946. These units... 14 KB (720 words) - 23:57, 3 February 2024 |
 | Baldwin VO-660 (category Baldwin locomotives) The Baldwin VO-660 was a diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works between April, 1939 and May, 1946. The 197,520–203,980 lb... 11 KB (310 words) - 07:23, 7 September 2023 |
 | EMD SW1200 (category Electro-Motive Division locomotives) An EMD SW1200 is a four-axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and May 1966. Power is provided... 12 KB (486 words) - 22:32, 31 March 2024 |
 | EMD GP20D (category Diesel locomotive stubs) The GP20D is a four-axle B-B switcher locomotive built by MotivePower and Electro-Motive Diesel. It was supplied with a Caterpillar 3516 (called a 16-170B20-T2... 4 KB (269 words) - 21:07, 13 March 2024 |
 | EMD BL2 (category Electro-Motive Division locomotives) Fairbanks-Morse had introduced road switcher locomotives, which used the narrow hood and full walkway of a switcher locomotive with a longer frame and the high-speed... 9 KB (869 words) - 02:04, 11 March 2024 |
 | following the entry of former-partner General Electric into the road switcher locomotive manufacturing business in the United States. This was due, in part... 17 KB (2,132 words) - 20:30, 18 March 2024 |
 | Baldwin S-12 (category B-B locomotives) The BLH S12 was a 1,200-horsepower (890 kW) diesel-electric switcher locomotive. Utilizing a turbocharged 6-cylinder version of the powerful 606A diesel... 12 KB (438 words) - 11:42, 29 February 2024 |