Tags: Locomotive.
The RP20CD is a diesel-electric road switcher locomotive built by Railpower Technologies. It is a genset locomotive having three engine-generator sets. The engines are computer controlled with the computer stopping and starting engines on a rotating basis as required to produce the horsepower needed at any given moment.It has six-wheel (three-axle) trucks rather than the usual four-wheel (two-axle) trucks commonly found on smaller lighter switcher locomotives.