Railpower Technologies Corp. RJ Corman - FresnoSubber/Fresno-and-Co.-Trainbuild-Tomfuckery GitHub Wiki

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hello!!!! hi!!!!! thanks for finally recognizing that the railpower goobs should be protected at all costs!!!!

Railpower Technologies was formed in 2001 in Vancouver, British Columbia by a Frank Donnelly and a Gerard Koldyk. Donnelly would later also form TractivePower in 2010. They were mainly here to experiment with hybrid locomotives. The whole ‘hybrid scheme’ was really just a diesel generator powering a fuck ton of batteries that may or may not make your eyes cease to exist just by the existence of a burning match.

Not like they had a problem with diesel however. In fact, most of their products were actually diesel powered gensets such as their very popular RP20BDs. These usually used GE Dash 7 and GP9 bases, and similar approaches for other models such as the SD40-2 for the RP20CD.

One thing that they DID have a problem though was the fact that the company was about to get swallowed by R.J. Corman and shat out as a subsidiary, in which they did in 2009 after they went bankrupt. Despite this, production continued in the plant at Erie, Pennsylvania, and the designs were even revised a bit. However, of course, as we know, the Genset was mainly a gimmick, and after R.J. Corman caught wind of this in 2020, Railpower was shut down, as was the production in Erie

Most recently in Early February of 2025, the Sierra Northern Railroad of West Sacramento, California acquired the assets to Railpower. Does it mean that it’s back? Maybe, maybe not. Only time will tell.

If you want to know what to use for these guys, follow this link here.

📄 Denotes a “paper engine”: something that was designed and catalogued, but never built.

Four Axles

Six Axles

Hybrids

  • GGS2000D
  • GG20B
  • GG10B
  • GK10B (My name’s not Shane kid)

demons.demons.demons.demons.demons.

  • Sierra Northern 193

HortonMotive (Oh god oh fuck)

okay hear me out. imagine that RJ Corman never closed the operations in Erie, PA