Switcher locomotive
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A switcher locomotive, shunter locomotive, station pilot, or shifter locomotive is a locomotive used for maneuvering railway vehicles over short distances. Switchers do not usually move trains over lo
CZ Loko Effishunter
Stadler Rail Ee 922
British Rail Class 03
A diesel switcher in Sakaki, Japan
Road switcher locomotive
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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 and term are North American in origin, althou
Switcher locomotive
…short transfer runs. They may serve as the primary motive power on short branch lines or switching and terminal railroads. A hybrid type known as a road switcher can both shunt and haul trains. Switchers are optimized for their role, being relatively low-powered but with a high starting tractive effort for getting…
An ALCO RS-1, generally regarded as the first successful road switcher model
A JNR Class DE10, Japan's most popular road switcher model
Withdrawn BTH Type 1, class 15, as a carriage pre-heating unit in 1977
Class 20s coupled nose-to-nose at Derby