AGEIR Boxcab

    Built by the ALCO, General Electric and Ingersoll-Rand consortium.
    AGEIR Boxcab Diesel Locomotives were the first production run
    of Diesel-electric engines in North America.

    See: General Electric, the Locomotive Partnership in Benn Coifman's Paper,
    "The Evolution of the Diesel Locomotive in the United States"


    Railway Age Magazine - June 12, 1926


    60 Ton Model

    Data

    Years Produced: 1925-1930
    Number Produced: 26
    Engine Type: Ingersoll-Rand 6 cyl.
    Horse Power: 300

    Example

    DLW 3001
    Photo Credit: Unknown
    Collection of Clint Chamberlin - North East Rails

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