VGN EL-2B
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The Virginian Railway
's class EL-2B comprised four two-unit electric locomotive
s with AAR (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the 133 miles (214 km) electrified portion of the railroad, from Roanoke, Virginia
to Mullens, West Virginia
. These large motor-generator
locomotives weighed 1000000 pounds (453.6 t), were 150 in 8 in (45.92 m) long, and were capable of producing 6800 hp.
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
.
Virginian Railway
The Virginian Railway was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The VGN was created to transport high quality "smokeless" bituminous coal from southern West Virginia to port at Hampton Roads....
's class EL-2B comprised four two-unit electric locomotive
Electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or an on-board energy storage device...
s with AAR (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the 133 miles (214 km) electrified portion of the railroad, from Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...
to Mullens, West Virginia
Mullens, West Virginia
Mullens is a city in Wyoming County, West Virginia. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 1,769.Located in a valley along the Guyandotte River within a mountainous region of southern West Virginia, the town was nearly destroyed by flash flooding in July 2001...
. These large motor-generator
Motor-generator
A motor-generator is a device for converting electrical power to another form. Motor-generator sets are used to convert frequency, voltage, or phase of power. They may also be used to isolate electrical loads from the electrical power supply line...
locomotives weighed 1000000 pounds (453.6 t), were 150 in 8 in (45.92 m) long, and were capable of producing 6800 hp.
The EL-2B locomotives were built at General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
'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
Norfolk and Western Railway
The Norfolk and Western Railway , a US class I railroad, was formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It had headquarters in Roanoke, Virginia for most of its 150 year existence....
.