EMD TR1
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 TR1 #9251 in 1942. |
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| Power type | Diesel-electric |
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| Builder | General Motors Electro-Motive Division |
| Model | TR1 |
| Build date | 1941 |
| Total production | 2 pair |
| AAR wheel arr. | B-B+B-B |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) |
| Trucks | Blomberg B |
| Prime mover | EMD 12-567 |
| Engine type | 2-stroke diesel |
| Cylinders | 12 |
| Power output | 1,350 hp (1,010 kW) |
| Locomotive brakes | Straight air |
| Train brakes | WABCO 26L air |
| Career | Illinois Central Railroad |
| Retired | 1966 |
| Disposition | Traded for parts |
The EMD TR1 was a two-unit "cow-calf" diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois in 1941. Two pairs were built for the Illinois Central Railroad, the only purchaser.
The locomotive units strongly resembled the EMD NW3, with a long frame, Blomberg B road trucks, and a large cab connected to a wide area of hood that tapered going forward. The locomotives incorporated the machinery of the EMD FT in switcher bodywork; a V16 EMD 567 diesel engine of 1,350 horsepower (1,010 kW) in each unit.
The cow and calf units were semipermanently coupled together with a drawbar instead of couplers, in similar fashion to the FT's twin-unit sets.
The two locomotive pairs were numbered 9250A&B and 9251A&B, later renumbered 1350A&B and 1351A&B. They operated in the St. Louis, Missouri area on transfer service, hauling cuts of cars between different yards in the area.
Both remained in this service until they were retired in 1966 and traded in to EMD in part exchange for new EMD GP40 locomotives.
[edit] References
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Milwaukee, WI. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.
- Hayden, Bob (Ed.) (1980). Model Railroader Cyclopedia-Volume 2: Diesel Locomotives. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-547-9.
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