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The new tunnel and electrification reduced the mainline by 9 miles (14 km), eliminated 502 feet (153 m) of elevation and 6 miles (9.7 km) of snow sheds. Electric locomotives handled mainline freight and passenger trains on this section exclusively.
Pages in category "Electric locomotives of the United States" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. .
The Virginian EL-C, later known as the New Haven EF-4 and E33, was an electric locomotive built for the Virginian Railway by General Electric in August 1955. They were the first successful production locomotives to use Ignitron (mercury arc) rectifier technology.
** Note 1: The "AC44i" is a export version of the AC4400CW locomotive for Brazil. In that country, these models are the first to use AC (Alternating Current) in their operating systems. The first units were made in United States on 2008, and the other sequential units made in the local plant of GE, in Contagem municipality, Minas Gerais.
The AC6000CW is a 6,000-horsepower (4,500 kW) diesel electric locomotive built between 1995 and 2001 by GE Transportation. It is among the world's most powerful single-engined diesel locomotives. The locomotive was designed for extremely high horsepower needs, such as pulling heavy coal and ore trains.
R-Motor was the class designation given by the New York Central one prototype and a later fleet of 42 ALCO-GE built electric freight locomotives for use in the New York Electrified Zone. In conjunction with the P Motors , the Rs marked the second generation of electric locomotives built for the New York Central.
Hitachi Rail – diesel and electric locomotives, carriages [73] Hunslet Engine Company – diesel locomotives, narrow-gauge steam locomotives; part of Wabtec [74] Rhino Industries – narrow-gauge diesel/steam locomotives, new build, maintenance [75] Severn Lamb – narrow gauge diesel/steam/steam outline locomotives, carriages, and track ...
Consolidation Freight Locomotive No. 7688: 1979 NRHP Strasburg, PA: PA-05 DDI Electric Locomotive No. 36: 1979 NRHP Strasburg, PA: PA-06 Electric Locomotive No. 4859: Electric 1937 built Strasburg, PA: PA-07 Freight Locomotive No. 5741: 1979 NRHP Strasburg, PA: PA-08 Locomotive No. 6755: 2001 NRHP Strasburg, PA: PA-09 Mikado Freight Locomotive ...