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Virginian Railway EL-2B Class
Virginian EL-2B, near Salem, VA., July 11, 1953
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderGE Erie Works
Build date1948
Total produced4 (8 individual locomotives)
Specifications
Configuration:
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•Whyte (4-4-4-4)+(4-4-4-4)
•AAR (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B)
•UIC (Bo′Bo′)(Bo′Bo′)+(Bo′Bo′)(Bo′Bo′)
Gauge 4ft8+1⁄2in (1,435mm)
Wheel diameter42in (1.1m)
Length150ft 8in (45.92m)
Width11ft 1in (3.38m)
Height15ft 6in (4.72m)
Adhesive weight 1,033,832lb (468.938t)
Loco weight1,033,832lb (468.938t)
Electric system/s 11 kV, 25 Hz AC
Current pickup Pantograph
Traction motors 16 ×ばつ 500hp (370kW) GE 746
TransmissionAC Synchronous motors(2x)/
DC Generators(4x)/
DC traction motors(16x)
Train heatingNone
Loco brake Air/Regenerative
Train brakes Air
Performance figures
Maximum speed50mph (80km/h)
Power output6,800hp (5,100kW)
Tractive effort 260,000lbf (1,200kN)
Career
OperatorsVirginian Railway
Class EL-2B
Number in class4
Numbers125–128
Delivered1948
Retired1959
DispositionAll 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.

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References

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  • 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年03月29日.
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