Wabash Alloys Locomotive

Wabash Alloys Locomotive
Type and origin
References:[1][2]
Power type Diesel Electric
Builder General Electric
Model 25 ton
Build date 1940-43
Specifications
Configuration 0-4-0
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Adhesive weight 25 short tons (23 t)
Loco weight 25 short tons (23 t)
Fuel type Diesel
RPM range 1800
Displacement 672 cubic inches (11 L)
Traction motors one, chain drive to second axle
Cylinders 6
Cylinder size 4 7⁄8 in × 6 in (124 mm × 152 mm)
Loco brake Air
Train brakes Air
Performance figures
Maximum speed 20 mph (32 km/h)
Power output 150 hp (112 kW)
Tractive effort 15,000 lbf (67 kN)
Career
Last run unknown
Current owner Arkansas Railroad Museum
Disposition

Under Renovation

Wabash Alloys Locomotive
Location 1700 Port Rd., Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°13′45″N 91°59′6″W / 34.22917°N 91.98500°W / 34.22917; -91.98500Coordinates: 34°13′45″N 91°59′6″W / 34.22917°N 91.98500°W / 34.22917; -91.98500
Area less than one acre
Built 1940
Architect General Electric
NRHP Reference # 07000444[3]
Added to NRHP May 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.[4][5]

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.[1] Although the Arkansas nomination document asserts that "large Class I railroads would have used them for switching on light branch lines,"[5] 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,[6] but GE built hundreds of them for industrial users.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 C.B. Peck (ed.). 1950-52 Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice. New York: Simmons-Boardman. pp. 194, 222.
  2. 1 2 Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Kalmbach. p. 192.
  3. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  4. ↑ "Wabash Alloys". Arkansas Trains (TrainWeb). Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  5. 1 2 "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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