McHugh Locomotive & Equipment specializes in assisting small short line railroads and industrial plants that have rail operations with any type of repairs or service for locomotives. We offer preventative maintenance programs along with performing certified FRA 92 day, semi-annual, bi-annular, inspections. If any electrical components or mechanical parts, on a locomotive are defective and beyond on site repair, we can usually ship replacements directly from our inventory.
We inventory switcher truck assemblies, along with “flex-coil” and “blomberg” type style EMD truck assemblies. We also inventory GE truck assemblies for 45 ton side rod, 45/50 ton chain drive, 65/80 ton & 100/120 ton truck assemblies. Our extensive traction motor inventory includes the various type units used in these EMD & GE locomotive truck assemblies.
Performing on site locomotive truck assembly change outs are a routine job for us. We perform this work in such a manner that most customers are amazed at how efficiently we complete a project like this. Our talented service crew can use either cranes or special railway side-boom equipment to safely handle this type of projects.
Our technicians are well qualified in the change out of main generators and other rotating equipment. If you have a road unit, switcher, or even a small narrow 3 foot wide track gauge locomotive we can successfully perform this service for you.
Our technicians have repaired and also completely rebuilt several historical locomotives for various customers. These old locomotive manufacture’s units that we have worked on are; Alco, Baldwin, Davenport, EMD, Fairbanks-Morse, General Electric, Plymouth, Porter, Vulcan, and Whitcomb.
Another on site service is the changing out of failed traction motors with units provided from our inventory or units that the customer already has at their location.
We can replace individual power assemblies for any EMD locomotives with 6, 8, 12, 16, cylinder engines or supply a completely remanufactured engine. And industrial units that use smaller diesel engines for power of any locomotive manufacture can also be replaced.
Replacing defective wheel / axle assemblies on a EMD switcher locomotive at a industrial plant rail operation.
A switcher truck assembly is being repaired on site at an industrial plant rail operation.
Changing out a defective truck assembly on a road locomotive at a short line railroad.
Replacing a failed truck assembly on a EMD switcher locomotive at a steel mill.
Replacing a failed D-15-C main generator in a SW 1200hp EMD locomotive for a switching railroad located in New York.
Replacing a failed D-15-C main generator on a SW 1200hp EMD locomotive at a industrial plant rail operation.
Replacing a D-22-C main generator on a SW1500 locomotive at a short line railroad location.
Replacing a D-22-B main generator on a EMD GP-11 road locomotive at a customers location.
The four defective traction motors on this GE 44 ton locomotive had to be replaced on site at a trans-load rail operation. The unit has been hoisted by a crane and will be placed back onto the repaired truck assemblies.
On a job site location replacing power assemblies on this EMD SW 1200hp locomotive.
Preforming routine maintenance and FRA 92 day inspections of locomotives on site at customer’s locations.
