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unusual facts about Road switcher


Road switcher

The term "road switcher" is not used in Germany either, but there are some types of heavy shunters suited for those tasks and used for them, like the DB Class V 90 and the Voith Gravita.


Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway

Dieselization continued with the purchase of several EMD SD9 road switchers the following year, while the last revenue steam run occurred in 1960.


see also

E44

PRR E44, an American electric road switcher locomotive built for the Pennsylvania Railroad