Motive Power
The Willow Creek is set in the early 1950s, the transition era between steam engines and diesel locomotives. The motive power roster on the Subdivision consists of a few remaining steam engines and a number of (generally) first-generation diesel locomotives.
(Photo: EMC Gas-Electric Rail Motorcar, as seen in Model Railroad magazine, "Trackside Photos" May 2017)
Steam Engines
- 2-8-2 Light Mikado (2 units)
- 4-8-2 Mountain
- 2-8-0 Consolidation
Diesel Yard Switchers
- EMD NW2
- EMD SW7
- Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 (2 units)
Diesel Road Engines (Hood Units)
- Alco RS-2 (2 units) *
- Alco RSC-2 *
- Baldwin AS-616 *
- EMD GP-7
- EMD GP-9
- EMD SD-7
( * Run "Long Hood Forward" on the Subdivision)
Diesel Road Engines (Cab Units)
- EMD F3A
- EMD F3A/F3B
- EMD F7A/F7B
Diesel-Electric Boxcab Engines
- AGEIR 60-ton, 300-hp Boxcab (ca. 1925)
- AGEIR 100-ton, 600-hp Boxcab (ca. 1930)
Other Motive Power
- EMC Gas-Electric Rail Motorcar ("doodlebug", ca. 1928)
- Diesel Railbus
- Gas-powered Track Inspection Sedan (ca. 1928) [non-sound]
All motive power on the Willow Creek is equipped with DCC sound decoders (except as noted above).