Not the first, but close! This 300-hp diesel was the 18th boxcab "oil-electric" built (in 1926) by Alco/General Electric/Ingersoll Rand. This type of unit is considered to be the first commercia... (more)

One of the very first production diesel-electric locomotives was this odd-looking contraption. As early as the first years of the 20th century, General Electric apparently had ideas for a ... (more)