General Electric had long been touted as a company that supplied parts for other manufacturers. That would all change with GEs entry into a road-switcher market dominated by EMD and Alco. In the late 1950s, GEs engineers were developing a new V16 engine. What followed was the creation of the U25B road switcher. Available in both high-nose and low-nose variants, GE would sell over 450 U25Bs to a variety of Class I railroads. The U25B would pave the way for future Universal series locomotives.
Many U25Bs lasted into the early 1980s on some Class I railroads. A few ex-L&N versions would continue on to the early 1990s on CSX! A notable user of the U25B was Rock Island, which equipped a few of theirs with frog lights on the sides of the cab roof. These lights could alternate or shine steady. Get ready for a new run with new schemes on the popular U25B locomotive!
The Rapido Trains HO scale U25B locomotive features:
New Phase IV units representing late U25Bs and early U28Bs Working "frog lights" (Rock Island and MEC #225 and #228) BN with five-step stepwell Improved thinner front and rear handrails Single front window or new double front window Both low and high-short hood versions Flat or new sloped low nose New side sill mounted handrails on Phase IV units Early high- and later low-style side doors Road specific details for each model Different exhaust stacks (depending on roadname) Road-specific battery box doors on engineers side MoPower capacitorl
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