Locomotive No. 109, a GE 65-tonner belonging to the General Administration of Ports, parked in Empalme Norte.
Empalme Norte is an important railway freight yard located in the Retiro neighborhood of the City of Buenos Aires .
It connects several railway lines with the port and belongs to the General Port Administration .
(Canopus49, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
GE 65-TON SWITCHER DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
The GE 65-ton switcher is a diesel-electric locomotive built by General Electric. It has a B-B wheel arrangement, with models producing 400–550 horsepower.
The 65-ton is an upgraded GE 44-ton with a heavier frame and a more powerful diesel engine.
US Army 65-ton locomotives at the Picatinny Arsenal in 1948.
The diesel-electrics were less dangerous around explosives than the steam locomotives they replaced.
(US Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
