| SAL 2027-2028 | |
|---|---|
| Power type | Diesel-electric |
| Builder | St. Louis Car Company |
| Build date | 1936 |
| Total produced | 2 |
| AAR wheel arr. | B-2 |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) |
| Prime mover | Winton 201-A |
| Engine type | 2-stroke diesel |
| Cylinders | 8 |
| Cylinder size | 8 in × 10 in (203 mm × 254 mm) |
| Transmission | DC generator, DC traction motors |
| Power output | 600 hp (447 kW) |
| Locomotive brakes | Straight air |
| Train brakes | Air |
| Career | Seaboard Air Line |
| Locale | North America |
| Disposition | All scrapped |
Seaboard Air Line 2027 and 2028 were lightweight, streamlined Diesel-electric railcars built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1936. Electromotive Corporation supplied the 600 hp, eight-cylinder Winton Diesel 201-A prime mover and electric transmission components. The units had an B-2 wheel arrangement, mounted atop a pair of road trucks. The aft section was divided into two separate compartments: one was used to transport baggage and the other served as a small railway post office, or RPO (the forward door, located just behind the radiator louvers, was equipped with a mail hook).
Two units were manufactured for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL). The last usage of these railcars was in May, 1971. Unit 2027 was destroyed in a collision with a gas tanker truck at Arcadia, Florida in 1956. Unit 2028 was renumbered to #4900 after the Seaboard-ACL merger in 1967 and was eventually retired and scrapped after Amtrak took over national passenger service in 1971.
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