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Electric Locomotive No E28ABC |
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Built in 1915
by the General Electric Company as a two unit locomotive. Several
units have been combined and modified to make three unit locomotives
used to haul heavy freight trains over the Rocky, Bitter Root, and
Cascade Mountains. Originally numbered 10208 A and B, and 10210 B.
Renumbered as shown in photograph in 1939. |
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Weight on Drivers
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691,000 Lbs. |
Total Weight-Locomotive
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816,000 Lbs.
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Number of Motors |
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12 |
Tractive Effort at 25%
Adhesion |
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172,750 Lbs. |
Driving Wheel Diameter
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52 inches
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Length Overall |
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155 ft. 0 in. |
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Electric Locomotive No 10250 |
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Built in 1919 by the
General Electric Company and the American Locomotive Company. This is
a bi-polar gearless motor and is the type used to haul passenger
trains of The Milwaukee Road across the Cascade Mountains. This
locomotive was renumbered E1 in 1939. |
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Weight on Drivers
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457,800 lbs. |
Total Weight |
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521,200 lbs.
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Number of Motors |
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12 |
Tractive
Effort
at 25% tractive coefficient |
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114,450 lbs. |
Driving Wheel
Diameter |
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44 inches
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Length Overall
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76 ft. 0 in.
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