Switcher facts for kids

British Rail Class 08 shunter

A switcher (US) or shunter (UK) is a small railway locomotive used for assembling railway trains. Switchers or shunters are geared to produce high torque but have a low top speed.

Images for kids

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  A modern US switcher, an EMD MP15DC

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  A switcher once used on military premises

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  Light dual-mode (electric and diesel) shunter SBB Tem 346

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  A typical British steam shunter, GWR 9400 Class

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  DF7G-0056 shunter at Nanxiang Classification Yard in Shanghai, China

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  Armstrong Whitworth 0-4-0DE No.2 (D22/1933), regular pilot locomotive on the Tanfield Railway.

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  TGM4 is a Soviet built diesel–hydraulic switcher at Dnipro, Ukraine

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  E55 Tracktronic Unilok, operated by Israel Railways at Lod, Israel

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  ChME3 is a Czech built diesel–electric switcher, operated by Ukrainian Railways

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  Diesel shunter ChME-3ME 6750 at Vilnius station, Lithuania

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  RailPower Railpower GG20B Green Goat

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  Wabtec EMD GP20D Switcher

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  A China Railways DF7G shunting the carriages of Beijing–Kowloon through train at Beijing West railway station

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  British Rail 08833 in "Liverpool Street Pilot" duties

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  Class Y Hunslet Diesel Shunter Operated By Sri Lanka Railways

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  A China Railways HXN5B in Liuzhou South Railway Station.

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  SM48/TEM2 locomotive at the station Skawina in Poland

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  DF5 Diesel Shunter Operated By Korean State Railway

See also

In Spanish: Locomotora de maniobras para niños