Locomotive Manuals

Below are scanned images of locomotive manuals that I have accumulated in the past.

Link
Builder
Model
Publication #
Description
ALCO-GE Manuals
ALCO RS-2, FA-1, PA-1
ALCO-GE
ALCO RS-2, FA-1, PA-1
TP-400
Operation and Service Manual for ALCO RS-2, ALCO FA-1,  ALCO PA-1.  Copy from Erie Diesel Training Car #10.  September 1949.
ALCO RS-3
ALCO-GE ALCO RS-3
TP-401
Operating Manual for Model RS-3 1600 HP Road Switcher.    Copy from Erie Diesel Training Car #10.  April 1951.
ALCO FA-2
ALCO-GE ALCO FA-2
TP-402 Operating Manual for 1600HP Diesel Electric Road Freight-Passenger Locomotive.  ALCO FA-2, FB-2, FPA-2, FPB-2.  October 1950.
ALCO S-1, S-3, RS-1 ALCO-GE ALCO S-1, S-3, RS-1 TP-600
Operation and Service Manual.  600-HP Switcher, 1000-HP Switcher, 1000-HP Road Switcher. (ALCO S-1, ALCO  S-3, ALCO RS-1).  Copy from Erie Diesel Training Car #10.  August 1951.

ALCO S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, RS-1
ALCO-GE ALCO S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, RS-1 TP-700
Maintence Manual.  600-HP Switcher, 1000-HP Switcher, 1000-HP Road Switcher. (ALCO S-1, ALCO S-2 ALCO S-3, ALCO S-4, ALCO RS-1).  January 1952.
Baldwin and Baldwin Lima Hamilton Manuals
Baldwin VO switchers Baldwin Baldwin VO switchers
F-1-43
Operating Instructions for Switching Locomotives, with a Question & Answer section.  ( January 1943 ? ).
Baldwin VO switchers Baldwin Baldwin VO switchers F-44
Operating Instructions for Switching Locomotives, with a Question & Answer section.  ( 1944 ? ).
Baldwin 600 Diesel Engine Manual Baldwin Baldwin 600 Series Diesel Engine Manual MANUAL DE-104 600 Series diesel engine service manual.
Baldwin Lima Hamilton 600 Diesel Engine Manual Baldwin Lima Hamilton Baldwin 600 Series Diesel Engine Manual with editor's revisons. MANUAL DE-111 600 Series diesel engine service manual dated 9-15-1950, revised 6-15-1951.  Loaded with many illustrations and hand written editoral notes for future draft revisions (mostly proposed deletions) for the Seaboard Airline Railroad. 
Baldwin Lima Hamilton AS-16 Baldwin Lima Hamilton
Baldwin AS 1600hp "All Service" NO. AS-103 Operator's manual 1600hp All-Service Diesel Electric Locomotives.  September 22, 1953.
Baldwin Lima Hamilton AS-16 Baldwin Lima Hamilton Baldwin AS 1600hp "All Service" NO. AS-104 Operator's manual 1600hp All-Service Diesel Electric Locomotives.  October 1, 1955.
Baldwin Lima Hamilton RF-16 Baldwin Lima Hamilton Baldwin RF-16 NO. DF-108 Operator's manual The RF-16 Diesel Electric Freight Locomotive with Dynamic Brakes.  Februrary, 1953.
Baldwin-Mechydro 1000 H.P. Diesel Hydraulic Propulsion Unit
Baldwin Lima Hamilton Baldwin-Mechydro 1000 H.P. Diesel Hydraulic Propulsion Unit
No. DHP-2a
Operator's Manual Baldwin-Mechydro 1000hp Diesel Hydraulic Propulsion Unit.  The "Daniel Webster"  The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.  Class EDER-C.  March 1957.
Baldwin DR-6-4-15 Baldwin
Baldwin DR-6-4-15
NO. DP-106 Operator's manual for Seaboard Airline "babyface" cab units.
Baldwin DR-6-4-20 Baldwin Baldwin DR-6-4-20 NO. DP-108 Operator's manual for Pennsylvania Railroad passenger shark units.
Baldwin DS DRS Switchers and Road Switchers
Baldwin Baldwin DS-660, DS-1000, DRS 1500 Switchers and Road Switchers
No. DS-107
Operator's manual for 660-1000-1500hp Switchers and Road Switchers.  Revised 12-1-1948.
Baldwin Lima Hamilton RT-624 Baldwin Lima Hamilton BaldwinRT-624 "Transfer Locomotives" NO. DT-101 Operator's manual Standard 2400hp Diesel Electric Transfer Locomotives.  July 24, 1951.
EMD Manuals
EMD F3
Electro-Motive Divsion General Motors EMD F3
NO. 2308B Operating manual EMD F3 Locomotives.  Copy from Erie Diesel Training Car #10.  November 1948.
EMD E8
Electro-Motive Divsion General Motors EMD E8 NO. 2311 Enginmen's Operating Manual, Model E8.  1st edition. November 1949.
EMD SD7
Electro-Motive Divsion General Motors EMD SD7
NO. 2314
Enginmen's Operating Manual, Model SD7.  October 1952?
EMD F9
Electro-Motive Divsion General Motors
EMD F9
NO. 2315
Operating manual EMD F9 Locomotives.  Februrary 1954.
EMD E9 Electro-Motive Divsion General Motors EMD E9
NO. 2316 Operating manual EMD E9 Locomotives.  September 1954.
EMD GP30
Electro-Motive Divsion General Motors EMD GP30 
Locomotive Control Handbook for EMD GP30.  Description and schematics of the complex electrical and electronic controls of the GP30.  Februrary 1962.
EMD SD45 Electro-Motive Divsion General Motors EMD SD45
Operator's manual EMD SD45.  4th edition.  February 1968.
EMD F45-FP45
Electro-Motive Divsion General Motors EMD F45, EMD FP45

Operator's manual EMD F45 and FP45.  May 1968.
EMD DDA40X
Electro-Motive Divsion General Motors EMD DDA40X
Operator's manual EMD DDA40X.  May 1969.
EMD MP15
Electro-Motive Divsion General Motors EMD MP15
Operator's manual EMD MP15.  February 1974.
EMD GP38-2
Electro-Motive Divsion General Motors EMD GP38-2

Operator's manual EMD GP38-2.  4th edition.  September 1974.
General Electric Manuals
GE UM20B
General Electric GE UM20B experimental test units
GEJ-3805
Operating Instructions for 8000 HP 4-Unit Diesel-Electric Locomotive set
(GE UM20B) that tested on the Erie Railroad and then on the Union Pacific.   September 1959 with revisions October 22 1959 and supplemented November 1959.
GE U25B and GE U25C
General Electric
GE U25B, GE U25C Diesel Electric Locomitves
GEJ-3816C
Operating Manual for U25B, U25C Diesel Electric Locomotives.  January 1966.
GE U50
General Electric GE U50 Diesel Electric Locomitves GEJ-3821 Operating Manual for U50 Diesel Electric Locomotives.  September 1963.
GE U25 and GE U50

General Electric GE U25 and GE U50 Diesel Electric Locomitves GEJ-3832 Trouble Shooting Guide Model
U25-U50 Diesel-Electric Locomotives.  July 1965.


GE U28B and GE U28C
General Electric GE U28B, GE U28C Diesel Electric Locomitves GEJ-3837A
Operating Manual for U28B, U28C Diesel Electric Locomotives.  November 1966.
GE U18B, U23B, U23C, U30B, U30C, U33B, U33C, U36B, and U36C
General Electric GE U18B, U23B, U23C, U30B, U30C, U33B, U33C, U36B, and U36C Diesel Electric Locomitves GEJ-3856C
Operating Manual for U18B, U23B, U23C, U30B, U30C, U33B, U33C, U36B, and U36C Diesel Electric Locomotives.  June 1973.
Lima Hamilton Manual
Lima Hamilton Diesel Electric Transfer
Lima Hamilton Lima Transfer Locomotive 2500hp
Form D.T.L.
Operator's manual for Lima Hamilton Diesel Electric Transfer Locomotives.
Nickel Plate Road
Instructions for Operation of Diesel Electric Locomotives
All Classes

New York,  Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company
Diesel Electric Locomotives
All Classes
Form MP-13
6-57
NKP.  New York,  Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company Instructions for Operation of Diesel Electric Locomotives All Classes.
And Questions and Answers For Enginemen and Firemen.  June, 1957.


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