Was there ever am Industrial Engines article or issue in Trains?

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Industrial Engines, AKA “critters”, are an interesting subject well worth a major article or even an issue.  I am not aware of Trains ever having such an article and have not found one while searching through the Trains Collection. (A nice product I’m happy to own)

 

 

Did I simply miss it, or is that covered in a different publication? Old or new, there are some cool engines out there.

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Industrial Engines, AKA “critters”, are an interesting subject well worth a major article or even an issue.  I am not aware of Trains ever having such an article and have not found one while searching through the Trains Collection. (A nice product I’m happy to own)

 

 

Did I simply miss it, or is that covered in a different publication? Old or new, there are some cool engines out there.

 

The following link may help with some information:

@  http://trn.trains.com/railroads/abcs-of-railroading/2006/05/critters-in-the-enginehouse

"Critters in the enginehouse"

By Paul D. Schneider | May 1, 2006       

 

Found this by entering CRITTERS in the "TRAINSmag" Community Search. [ This feature is the magnyfing glass icon right side on the Black   Banner at the top area of the masthead..]

 

Here is another linked site that may interest you @  http://www.mchugh4macklocomotive.com/history2.html

A little history of some of the small engines built by Mack Trucks, Allentown,Pa. [ Late 1930's]  

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I've done a bit of personal research, and the early Diesel Spotters cover Industrial units a bit.

 

This was a useful site:

http://www.northeast.railfan.net/industrial.html

 

Republic seems to be making Hustlers, for real. :-)

http://www.republiclocomotive.com/rx500_industrial_locomotives.html

 

Brookville should have been a major subject years ago.

 

http://www.brookvillecorp.com/locomotive-freight.asp

 

And that is just scratching the surface, when you read between the lines. Thousands of small units were built, often in narrow gauge, for industrial and mining use. What with the love for critters, why there aren't more articles is a bit of a mistery.

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Trains certainly covered the larger industrial locomotives in its "All Diesel Issues" in the 1960s. This was partly because industrial units often preceded railroad units. The articles on Westinghouse units and on GE before the U25 particularly come to mind.

Industrial units were covered in the magazine Extra 2200 South in the 1970s and early 1980s, and copies of that magazine would be very useful regarding industrial units.

While the GE 44 ton is by definition a railroad locomotive, many were bought by industry and X2200S has a complete list of these and the related military units in two issues. X2200S did cover the larger 70 ton units, both single and double engine and these were real industrial units.

The Withers publication "Diesel Era" has some relevant industrial information, but not as much as X2200S.

M636C