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Originally produced by General Electric in
1941 for use at its own Riverworks plant in Lynn, Massachusetts,
this industrial switching locomotive passed through several
owners before coming to the Livonia,
Avon & Lakeville
Railroad in 1964. They, in turn, sold it to Rochester
Gas & Electric
Corporation in April, 1965. RG&E used it most recently
at the BeeBee Power Plant off of State Street in Rochester
until 1991 when it was acquired by the museum. The historic
380 horsepower side rod locomotive is powered by two six
cylinder diesel engines.
RG&E made this locomotive available to
the museum at a very reasonable price, and Conrail
cooperated by moving the locomotive to the Museum at a nominal
move charge on September 9, 1991.
The museum is currently making some repairs
to the locomotive and has been restoring it in its original
RG&E paint scheme and lettering. Once the work is done,
the locomotive will again be serviceable and has anti-freeze
so it can be operated year round.
Since the locomotive had no number at RG&E,
it was decided to number it 1941 for its build date at the
museum. This was done for several reasons with
the most important being safety during train operations.
- General Electric 45-ton side rod industrial switcher
- Built
1941
- 300 horsepower
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