I had been struggling a while to find a locomotive that was suitable for my CNJ Bronx Terminal. It would have to be a small enough switcher to fit into this kind of yard. But it would’ve to be a strong puller that could work well the narrow curves and complicated turnouts without losing power. […]
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This blog post is entitled “Motive Layout Power” to make it very clear that the locomotive roster I’m using to operate the CNJ Bronx Terminal is not prototypical. I have introduced CNJ #1000 in an earlier blog – the first commercially successful diesel locomotive in the US that for a while was the only locomotive on the
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Nothing is more strongly associated with the CNJ Bronx Terminal than its first Diesel-Electric (or Oil-Electric) boxcab CNJ #1000. This small 60 ton switcher locomotive built in 1925 by a consortium of ALCo, General Electric and Ingersoll Rand also known as AGEIR boxcab was the first commercially available diesel-electric locomotive in North America. It was acquired by