Vinny is a 1953 EMD GP7u diesel locomotive. This tramway used a small diesel locomotive. Maula Ali (MLY) Diesel Locomotive Shed (DLS). Its first diesel locomotive, a Baldwin VO-1000, was purchased in 1946. They were China's first AC drive diesel locomotive. The WDP-3A is IR attempt to create a High speed diesel locomotive. This replica is in fact a diesel locomotive. One of the exhibits is a Rhodesia Railways class DE2 diesel locomotive. It was the world's first functional diesel locomotive. Sometimes a tender will be used for a diesel locomotive. Thus, they became the most powerful BR Bo-Bo diesel locomotive. After this conversion it was normally propelled by a Class 37 diesel locomotive. The Alaska Railroad's first diesel locomotive entered service in 1944. The oldest diesel locomotive in the system dates from 1953. The first diesel locomotive to operate in regular service in Michigan arrived in 1938.