|
ALCO |
America
Locomotive Company |
| BBC | Brown Boveri Company, now ABB, Switzerland |
|
BLH |
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton
Corporation |
|
BLW |
Baldwin
Locomotive Works |
| Budd | Budd Company |
|
EMC |
Electro
Motive Corporation |
|
EMD |
Electro
Motive Division |
| EMD | Electro Motive Diesel |
|
F-M |
Fairbanks-Morse |
|
GE |
General
Electric |
|
GM |
General
Motors |
| IS | Ingalls Shipbuilding Company |
| KM | Krauss-Maffei Aktiengesellschaft, Germany |
|
L-H |
Lima-Hamilton |
|
MLW |
Montreal
Locomotive Works |
| RailPower | RailPower Technologies Corporation |
| SIG | Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft, Switzerland |
| UA | United Aircraft, Surface Transportation System of Sikorsky Aircraft Division |
| WS | Werkspoor N.V. Amsterdam, Netherlands |
If you have additional information or correction please send it to Engine Shop.
|
4S |
4-axles Switcher |
IS |
| A unit | Cab Unit | |
|
AA |
Motorcar
A-unit |
EMD |
|
AB |
Motorcar
B-unit |
EMD |
|
AC |
Alternating
Current |
GE |
|
AMD |
Amtrak Diesel |
GE |
| AS | ? | BLW |
|
B |
2-axles |
GE |
|
B
unit |
Cabless
Booster Unit |
|
|
BL |
Branch
Line |
EMD |
|
C |
Century |
ALCO |
|
C |
3-axles |
GE |
|
C |
Cummins |
EMD |
|
CFA |
Cab
unit Freight A-unit |
F-M |
|
CFB |
Cabless
unit Freight B-unit |
F-M |
|
CPA |
Cab
unit Passenger A-unit |
F-M |
|
CPB |
Cabless
unit Passenger B-unit |
F-M |
|
DD35B |
8-axles
(D-D) using SD35 components B-unit |
EMD |
|
DDA40X |
8-axles
(D-D) A-unit using SD40 components |
EMD |
|
DL |
Dual
Service |
F-M |
|
DR |
Diesel
Road unit |
BLW |
|
DRS |
Diesel
Road Switcher |
BLW |
|
DRS6-4-15 |
6-axles
4 powered 1,500 Horsepower |
BLW |
|
DS |
Diesel
Switcher |
BLW |
| DT | Diesel Transfer | BLW |
|
E |
Eighteen-Hundred
Horsepower |
EMD |
|
Erie |
Built
at the plant in Erie, PA |
F-M |
|
F |
Freight |
EMD |
|
FL |
Freight
with special third rail electric pick-up |
EMD |
|
FP |
Freight-Passenger |
EMD |
|
FT |
Freight
Twenty-seven-Hundred Horsepower |
EMD |
|
GP |
General
Purpose |
EMD |
|
H |
Hood
unit |
F-M |
|
H10-44 |
Hood
unit, Thousand Horsepower 4-axles 4 powered |
F-M |
|
HH |
High
Hood |
F-M |
|
I |
Insulated
Cab |
GE |
| LTW | Lightweight Train | EMD |
| M | Montreal-designed | MLW |
| M | North America Wide Cab, DC current | EMD |
|
MAC |
North
America Wide Cab, AC current |
EMD |
| MP | Multipurpose | EMD |
|
NC |
Nine-Hundred
Horsepower, Cast Frame |
EMD |
|
NW |
Nine-Hundred
Horsepower, Welded Frame |
EMD |
|
PH |
Elongated
Frame, Steam Generator |
EMD |
| RAm | Locomotive with speed over 110 km/h (R), train composition with 1. class coach (A), diesel engine (m) | Swiss |
| RDC | Rail Diesel Car | Budd |
|
RF16 |
Road
Freight 1,600 Horsepower |
BLW |
|
RS |
Road
Switcher |
BLW |
|
RS |
Road
Switcher |
ALCO |
|
RSC |
Road
Switcher 6-axle, 4 powered (A1A) |
ALCO |
|
RSD |
Road
Switcher 6-axles |
ALCO |
| S | Switcher | ALCO |
|
SC |
Six-Hundred
Horsepower, Cast Frame |
EMD |
|
SD |
Special
Duty |
EMD |
|
SDP |
Special
Duty Passenger |
EMD |
|
SW |
Six-Hundred
Horsepower, Welded Frame |
EMD |
|
SW |
Switcher
(after HP increased over 600 HP) |
EMD |
|
SW1 |
Switcher
Version 1 |
EMD |
|
SW900 |
Switcher
900 Horsepower |
EMD |
|
TR |
Transfer |
EMD |
|
U |
Universal |
GE |
|
VO |
? |
BLW |
|
W |
Wide
Cab |
GE |