An ALCO General Electric/Ingersoll-Rand (AGEIR) style diesel electric switcher as seen from a figure’s eye view.  Scratch-built in plastikard, card and wire, and mounted on an Underground Ernie Bachmann chassis.

This loco is a jack-of-all trades, but will mainly be used to pull the MOW train (when I build it).   Crane car is finished - just the utility car, and ganger’s mobile workshop to go.

Kadees will be fitted soon.

Historical Note

As the first production run of an internal combustion locomotive began to unfold Ingersoll-Rand prevailed upon the AGEIR consortium to call these units Oil-Electric Locomotives. It was an attempt to market their highly successful oil injection system over the air injection designs that were prevalent at the time. Because Diesel was a German name they argued that calling these units Diesel-Electric Locomotives might curtail sales as it was too close to sentiments lingering from World War I. How valid this concept was is unknown... Ingersoll-Rand was so successful in marketing this terminology that when Westinghouse produced their Box Cab Diesel-electric demonstrator #7 during December 1928 it was boldly lettered OIL ELECTRIC across its sides, but it wasn't long before the term Diesel-electric came into common usage.