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S-Motor
S-Motor was the class designation given by the New York Central to its ALCO-GE built S-1, S-2, S-2a and S-3 electric locomotives. The S-Motors hold the distinction of being the world's first mass-produced main line electric locomotives with the prototype #6000 being constructed in 1904. The S-Motors would serve alone until the more powerful New York Central T-Motor, T-motors began to arrive in 1913, eventually displacing them from main line passenger duties. From that point the class was assigned to shorter commuter trains and Deadheading (railroads), deadhead rolling stock between Grand Central Terminal and Mott Haven coach yard. Some examples, including the prototype later renumbered #100, would serve in this capacity through the Penn Central merger in 1968, only being retired in the 1970s as long distance passenger traffic to Grand Central dried up. History After a disastrous 1902 accident in the Park Avenue Tunnel (railroad), Park Avenue Tunnel the New York legislature pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1′Do1′
Rigid-framed electric locomotives were some of the first generations of electric locomotive design. When these began the traction motors of these early locomotives, particularly with AC motors, were too large and heavy to be mounted directly to the axles and so were carried on the frame. One of the initial simplest wheel arrangements for a mainline electric locomotive, from around 1900, was the #1′C1′, 1′C1′ arrangement, in UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements, UIC classification. Some of these locomotives had their driving wheels coupled with coupling rods, as for steam locomotives. Others had individual motors for each axle, as would later become universal. By the middle of the century, the bogie arrangement for locomotives became more popular and rigid-framed locomotives are now rare, except for small shunters. 1′C1′ 1′C1′ is the UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements, UIC classification for a railway locomotive with a wheel arrange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
