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Switcher facts for kids

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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.

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  • MP15DC

    A modern US switcher, an EMD MP15DC

  • Switcher used on military premises

    A switcher once used on military premises

  • Tem 346

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

  • Southall Locomotive Depot Hawksworth '9400' geograph-2954993-by-Ben-Brooksbank

    A typical British steam shunter, GWR 9400 Class

  • 201805 DF7G-0056 at Nanxiang

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

  • AW No. 2

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

  • ТГМ4А

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

  • E55 Tracktronic shunter

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

  • ЧМЭ3 (ChME3,ČME3)

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

  • ChME3ME-6750 Vilnius

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

  • UNION PACIFIC Y2513 20070228

    RailPower Railpower GG20B Green Goat

  • Blue Engines, Market Street, Houston, Texas 0403091059

    Wabtec EMD GP20D Switcher

  • DF7G 5035@BJX (20151123104827)

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

  • 19870823-LiverpoolStreet-08833

    British Rail 08833 in "Liverpool Street Pilot" duties

  • Class y

    Class Y Hunslet Diesel Shunter Operated By Sri Lanka Railways

  • China Railways HXN5B 0143 20160413

    A China Railways HXN5B in Liuzhou South Railway Station.

  • TEM2-218 Skawina Poland, 2010

    SM48/TEM2 locomotive at the station Skawina in Poland

  • Pyongyang Railway Station (15240001972)

    DF5 Diesel Shunter Operated By Korean State Railway

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Locomotora de maniobras para niños

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