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Virginian Railway EL-2B Class

Virginian EL-2B, near Salem, VA., July 11, 1953

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	GE Erie Works
Build date	1948
Total produced	4 (8 individual locomotives)

Specifications
Configuration:
• 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	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Wheel diameter	42 in (1.1 m)
Length	150 ft 8 in (45.92 m)
Width	11 ft 1 in (3.38 m)
Height	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Adhesive weight	1,033,832 lb (468.938 t)
Loco weight	1,033,832 lb (468.938 t)
Electric system/s	11 kV, 25 Hz AC
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	16 × 500 hp (370 kW) GE 746
Transmission	AC Synchronous motors(2x)/ DC Generators(4x)/ DC traction motors(16x)
Train heating	None
Loco brake	Air/Regenerative
Train brakes	Air

Performance figures
Maximum speed	50 mph (80 km/h)
Power output	6,800 hp (5,100 kW)
Tractive effort	260,000 lbf (1,200 kN)

Career
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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