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Wabash Alloys Locomotive
Type and origin
References:
Power typeDiesel Electric
BuilderGeneral Electric
Model25 ton
Build date1940-43
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4wDE
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Adhesive weight25 short tons (23 t)
Loco weight25 short tons (23 t)
Fuel typeDiesel
RPM range1800
Displacement672 cubic inches (11 L)
Traction motorsone, chain drive to second axle
Cylinders6
Cylinder size4+7⁄8 in × 6 in (124 mm × 152 mm)
Performance figures
Maximum speed20 mph (32 km/h)
Power output150 hp (112 kW)
Tractive effort15,000 lbf (67 kN)
Career
Last runApril, 2018
Current ownerArkansas Railroad Museum
DispositionUnder Renovation, Partially Operable
Wabash Alloys Locomotive
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Wabash Alloys Locomotive is located in ArkansasWabash Alloys LocomotiveLocation in ArkansasShow map of ArkansasWabash Alloys Locomotive is located in the United StatesWabash Alloys LocomotiveLocation in United StatesShow map of the United States
Location1700 Port Rd., Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates34°13′45″N 91°59′6″W / 34.22917°N 91.98500°W / 34.22917; -91.98500
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.07000444
Added to NRHPMay 22, 2007

The Wabash Alloys Locomotive is a GE 25-ton diesel-electric locomotive built in 1940–43. Little is known about its early life, but from around 1970, it worked at Wabash Alloys, a producer of aluminum alloys, at Haskell, Arkansas.

It eventually became surplus to the company's needs and they donated it to the Arkansas Railroad Museum at Pine Bluff, Arkansas on March 8, 2003.

The 25-ton model was the smallest locomotive in the GE range in the 1940s and 50s. It was designed for the small industrial user. With 150 hp (112 kW) and 15,000 lbf (67 kN) of tractive effort, it could pull half a dozen loaded cars on the level. Although the Arkansas nomination document asserts that "large Class I railroads would have used them for switching on light branch lines," standard freight cars of the time were up to 70 tons (64t) gross weight, or 17.5 tons (16t) per axle, so there was little need for 12.5 ton (11t) per axle locomotives on railroads, even on light branch lines, but GE built hundreds of them for industrial users.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

  1. ^ C.B. Peck (ed.). 1950-52 Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice. New York: Simmons-Boardman. pp. 194, 222.
  2. ^ Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Kalmbach. p. 192.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. "Wabash Alloys". Arkansas Trains (TrainWeb). Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Wabash Alloys Locomotive, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  6. "GE 23-25T". North East Rails. Retrieved 8 February 2010. Of 60 locomotives pictured here, only seven are owned by railroads and only one of those is even a Class II railroad.


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