Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
General Electric constructed the first 60 E44s (4400-4459) using Ignitron rectifiers, and the final six units (4460-4465) with air-cooled silicon diode rectifiers. GE subsequently upgraded 22 of the units (a few at a time) to an E44a designation, boasting upgraded traction motors and silicon rectifier packages for an output of 5,000 horsepower.
The radiator system was sitting on the roof of the locomotive. At each locomotive end a GE Model CD65 motor with a Sturtevant multivane fan [9] was pressing air through the radiators. Two models were in series production and two versions were only produced once: a 60-Ton locomotive with a six-cylinder four-stroke in-line engine of 300 hp. [10]
The initial prototype, the General Electric I-A, was essentially based on the W.2B/23. It first ran on 18 April 1942 and developed a static thrust of 1250lbf. The I-A air intake consisted of two peripheral slots which led to a double-sided, centrifugal compressor. A series of vanes guided the air into the impeller eyes.
There were three models, the 60-Ton with a six-cylinder four-stroke in-line engine of 300 hp (220 kW) of which twenty were produced, a 66-Ton of which six were produced, and the 100-Ton with two of the same engines of which seven were produced. A total of 33 units were produced between 1925 and 1928.
The FLXDrive Series of locomotives are GE's first battery-electric locomotives, using a similar design to the Evolution Series, with the exception of a diesel prime mover. The FLXDrive series was introduced in late 2019 with one BEL44C4D demonstrator unit, but other FLXDrive variants are planned for the future.
Model Build date Total produced Wheel arrangement Prime mover Power output Image 60-ton: 1924–1928: 26: B-B: Ingersoll-Rand 10 in × 12 in (254 mm × 305 mm): 300 hp (220 kW) 100-ton
The first GE Locomotive was a series of four-axle boxcab gasoline–electric machines closely related to the "doodlebugs", self-propelled passenger cars built in the early Twentieth Century. One of their first major customers was the Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Company , better known as the Dan Patch Electric ...
The first ever built steeple cab [2] was a 30-ton model built by General Electric (GE) in 1894. It was used in a textile mill in Taftville, Connecticut till the mill closed in 1964. [3] This was only the second electric locomotive built by GE and it is preserved as a static display in the Connecticut Trolley Museum. [4] [5] Steeplecabs did exist.