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Lima 750 and 800 hp switchers
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Lima Locomotive Works· from 1950· models of American diesel switchers
what is it?
The A-3149 (LS-750) and A-3171 (LS-800) were diesel-electric switching locomotives built between November 1949 and June 1951, by the Lima-Hamilton Corporation of Lima, Ohio, U.S.A.. The A-3149 is a 750 horsepower (560 kW) switcher. It was later upgraded to 800 hp (600 kW) by changing fuel rack settings.
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 76 years ago, in 1950.
- 597 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1950–1951
- number built
- 29
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Lima Locomotive Works
- operators
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, New York Central Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- 597 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 14.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6548791, Wikipedia: Lima 750 and 800 hp switchers (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.