United States Air Force Locomotive No. 1246 Explained

United States Air Force 1246

Powertype:

Diesel-electric

Builder:

Serialnumber:

31870

Buildmodel:

Builddate:

January 1953

Aarwheels:

B-B

Uicclass:

Bo′Bo′

Primemover:

Caterpillar D17000, 2 off

Enginetype:

V8 diesel

Poweroutput:

3800NaN0

Operator:

United States Air Force

Currentowner:

Disposition:

On static display, based in Fort Smith, Arkansas

Notes:

Embed:	yes
United States air Force Locomotive No. 1246
Location:	100 S 4th St., Fort Smith, Arkansas
Coordinates:	35.3853°N -94.4297°W
Built:	1953
Architect:	General Electric Company
Added:	September 20, 2006
Area:	less than one acre
Refnum:	06000840

The United States Air Force Locomotive No. 1246 is a historic diesel-electric railroad switch locomotive on display at the Fort Smith Trolley Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It was manufactured in 1953 by the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York, in fulfillment of a contract with the United States Air Force for eleven of its 44-ton locomotives. It is believed to have spent all of its productive life at Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana, and was acquired by the museum in 1992.^[1]

The locomotive was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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