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Train Shed Cyclopedia #58 Locomotives 1940's 1950's Diesel Part 7
Train Shed Cyclopedia #58 Locos of the 40s & 50s (Diesel) Part 7 from the 1941 Loc Cyc and Railway Mechanical Engineer - 64 Full-Size Pages reprinted from the Originals
Contents: ** Baldwin Diesel - Electric Switchers - Stock locomotives built at the Eddystone plant are powered with eight and six-cylinder, 1,000 and 660-hp. De La Vergne Diesel engines and Westinghouse electric generating, traction and control equipment - A feature of the De La Vergne engine is the spherical water-cooled combustion chamber which is cast integrally with the cylinder head, and connected with the cylinder combustion space by a throat. ** Alco Diesel Switchers - Improved Visibility and Auxiliaries Drive Feature - The lower engine hood has been made possible by dropping the Diesel engine down into the locomotive under-frame. ** Rock Island buys Alco-G.E. - 2,000 HP Road Locomotives -Passenger motive power designed for 120 mph has six-wheel trucks and a total weight of 330,000 lb. - tractive force, 53,000 lb. - Locomotives are for service on the Arizona Limited between Chicago and Tucumcari, Ariz. ** Diesel-Freight Locomotive - Santa Fe Installs High Capacity - Built by the Electro-Motive Corporation, the locomotive has 5,400 engine horsepower, a starting tractive force of 220,000 lb., and a top speed of 80 mph - Dynamic Brake designed to dissipate over 4,700 hp. Through air-cooled grids - Besides being the first Diesel locomotive in regular main-line freight service and the first equipped with electric retarding brakes, the Santa Fe 54,000 hp Diesel Locomotive, No. 100, is said to have greater tonnage-moving capacity than any steam locomotive ever placed on the rails. ** General Electric 44-Ton Diesel-Electric Locomotive -- To do a complete job in light road and switching service. - Capable of doing switching, making up trains, and pulling these trains on the road at speeds up to 35 mph - this locomotive is particularly well suited to operation on outlying parts of a system. ** Baldwin Diesel-Electric Locomotives -a century-old organization produces modern switching power to meet railroad requirements - To supplement this heavier switching power, Baldwin offers a complete line of Whitcomb internal combustion locomotives, including both Diesel and gasoline power, ranging in weight from 10 tons to 90 tons. ** Davenport Diesel Locomotives for Switching Service - The lighter switchers, pioneered by Davenport, have opened a new field of major railroad economies - Davenport 44 ton Diesel Electric and 30 ton Diesel Mechanical Locomotives have completely and impressively proven their ability to lower operating costs on every road using them. ** Alco-G.E. Diesel-Electric locomotives - 1000 Hp Switcher - 660 hp Switcher - 1000 hp combination Road and Switcher; Alco-G.E. Road Switchers - New Design of Diesel-electric locomotive has 69,000lb starting tractive force and is adapted for service at 70 mph maximum speeds - While the basic design of this type of locomotive is essentially the same as the yard switching locomotives which this builder has been delivering for some time, this new type has high-speed trucks; a short additional hood to accommodate the heating boiler; multiple-unit control and a higher gear ratio. ** New Haven 2,000hp Locomotives - Twenty new Alco-G.E. Diesel-electric units have starting tractive force of 139,000 lb and are designed for maximum speeds of 80 mph - assigned to both freight and passenger service - They consist of 2,000 hp units which are coupled for multiple-unit operation from the enginemans cab at the front of the leading unit. ** Many pictures; New Condition!
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