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).

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