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EMD TR1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1941· model of 2 American transfer locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. IC TR1 9251: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
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.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 85 years ago, in 1941.
- 2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Served for 25 years (1941–1966).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1941
- in service from
- 1941
- retired
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- General Motors, Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Illinois Central Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323488, Wikipedia: EMD TR1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.