Lima LRS-1200

Lima LRS-1200
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder Lima-Hamilton Serial number 9423-9438 Model A-3174 (LRS-1200) Build date August 1950 – October 1950 Total produced 16
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B  • UIC Bo′Bo′ Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Prime mover Hamilton T89SA Engine type 4-stroke diesel Aspiration Tubrocharged Displacement 6,107 cu in (100.08 L) Cylinders Inline 8 Cylinder size 9 in × 12 in (229 mm × 305 mm) Transmission DC generator, DC traction motors Loco brake Straight air Train brakes Air
Performance figures Power output 1,200 hp (895 kW)
Career Operators New York Central Railroad Numbers 5800–5815 later 6200–6215

The Lima LRS-1200 was a 1,200 hp (895 kW) diesel-electric road-switcher configured with an AAR type B-B wheel arrangement mounted atop a pair of two-axle AAR Type-B road trucks, built by Lima-Hamilton in 1950. All sixteen units were built for one railroad, the New York Central. A second order was outstanding at the time of Lima-Hamilton's merger with the Baldwin Locomotive Works, but owing to insufficient time to build the locomotives before the locomotive production ceased at Lima, they were built at Eddystone, PA, as Baldwin RS-12s.

Lima-Hamilton never assigned a model number to their models but referred to them by specification numbers. Model designations such as LRS-1200 were a railfan invention. Lima-Hamilton assigned A-3174 as the specification number for this particular unit.

References

• Kirkland, John F. (November 1985). The Diesel Builders Volume 1: Fairbanks-Morse and Lima-Hamilton. Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-69-6.
• "The Yard Limit - Lima". Retrieved March 9, 2009.