Virginian EL-2B
DC Generators(4x)/
DC traction motors(16x)
Performance figures | |
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Maximum speed | 50 mph (80 km/h) |
Power output | 6,800 hp (5,100 kW) |
Tractive effort | 260,000 lbf (1,200 kN) |
Career | |
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Operators | Virginian Railway |
Class | EL-2B |
Number in class | 4 |
Numbers | 125–128 |
Delivered | 1948 |
Retired | 1959 |
Disposition | All scrapped by 1959 |
The Virginian Railway's class EL-2B comprised four two-unit electric locomotives with AAR (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the 133-mile (214 km) electrified portion of the railroad, from Roanoke, Virginia to Mullens, West Virginia. These large motor-generator locomotives weighed 1,033,832 pounds (468.938 t), were 150 feet 8 inches (45.92 m) long, and were capable of producing 6,800 horsepower (5.1 MW).
The EL-2B locomotives were built at General Electric's Erie works in 1948. Numbered 125–128, they were the largest two-unit electric locomotives used in North America.
The locomotives were retired and sold for scrap shortly after the 1959 merger of the Virginian with the Norfolk and Western Railway. None of the 4 examples built have survived.
Gallery
References
- Newton N. Gregg (1979). Train Shed Cyclopedia, No. 80: Locos of the 40s and 50s (Part 11) from the 1941 LOC CYC and Railway Mechanical Engineer. Newton K. Gregg. ISBN 978-0-87962-083-7.
- Lloyd D. Lewis (1993). Virginian Railway Locomotives. TLC Publishing. ISBN 1-883089-05-0.
- "ELECTRICS IN THE SOUTHEAST". Retrieved 2009-03-29.
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