The EMD MRS-1 is a type of diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division for the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) in 1952. They were built with multigauge trucks and to a narrow loading gauge for service anywhere in the world in the event of war. Thirteen of the locomotives were built, with serial numbers 15873–15885. At almost $500,000 each in 1952 dollars,
more than three times the price of a standard locomotive of the period,
these were very expensive locomotives.
MRS-1 #1813 on the Heber Valley Railroad
Front end of #1811, showing the shutterless grilles and peaked long hood of the EMD locomotives.
Back end of an Alco MRS-1, note much rounder cab.
Fort Eustis is a United States Army installation in Newport News, Virginia. In 2010, it was combined with nearby Langley Air Force Base to form Joint Base Langley–Eustis.
The Ghost fleet (sometimes known as the Dead Fleet) anchored in the James River near Fort Eustis.
Fort Eustis Military Railroad
The 1811 was built for the U.S. Army by EMD. It is an EMD MRS-1 class locomotive that has adjustable gauge trucks to run in Europe and Russia. Now it belongs to the museum at Fort Eustis, but sits abandoned in Hanks Yard.
EMD MRS-1 class locomotive that has adjustable gauge, recently painted.
