ACCUCRAFT 1:20.3 AC78-532 WHITCOMB 45T SIDE-ROD DIESEL, ELECTRIC YELLOW, BRASS

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� � � � WHITCOMB 45T SIDE ROD DIESEL, GREY1:20.3 SCALE, ELECTRIC� Brass & Stainless Stee Construction Minimum Radius: 1.2 M (48 in.) Power: 0~24V DC Full Interior Design 16.6" x 5.5" x 7.3" � � � � Between October 1942 and September 1945 the Whitcomb Locomotive Works produced 37 type 45DE27b locomotives at their Rochelle Illinois plant. This designation, 45DE27b, indicates a 45 ton (45) diesel electric locomotive (DE) of design 27, variant b. All of these locomotives were ordered for use by the military or war related critical industries. Six 45DE27b’s were built for the U.S. Navy’s “District Rail Transportation Coordinator” (DRTC) located at Pearl Harbor Hawaii and were 36 inch gauge. These six locomotives joined the DRTC “pool” and although used primarily by the Navy, some were occasionally leased to the Oahu Railway and Land Company to supplement their war time operations. Following the end of World War Two four of these locomotives were assigned to the Naval Ammunition Depot, Lualualei, Hawaii and two to Naval Ammunition Station, West Loch, Hawaii. In 1948 one locomotive was sold to the Kahuku Plantation on the North Shore of Oahu. The remaining five stayed in service at Lualualei and West Loch until the end of the Navy’s rail operations in 1974. Three of the now surplus locomotives were purchased by Dulien Steel Inc. of Seattle read more

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