Virginian EL-3A

Virginian EL-3A
VGN 109 in size comparison with a mining locomotive.
Type and origin Information is mainly about the triple-unit EL-3A locomotives Power type Electric Builder American Locomotive Company and Westinghouse Electric Corporation Build date 1925–1926 Total produced 36 locomotives (10 3-unit locomotives, 6 single-unit locomotives)
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte Single unit: 2-4-4-2OE Triple-unit: 2-4-4-2+2-4-4-2+2-4-4-2  • AAR Single unit: 1-B-B-1 Triple unit: 1-B-B-1+1-B-B-1+1-B-B-1  • UIC (1'B)–(B1')+(1'B)–(B1')+(1'B)–(B1') Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 1,575 mm (5 ft 2.0 in) Length: ​  • Over couplers 46,390 mm (152 ft 2 in) Service weight 583 t (574 long tons; 643 short tons) Electric system/s 11 kV AC 25 Hz Current pickup(s) Pantograph Traction motors 6
Performance figures Maximum speed 60 km/h (37 mph) Power output: ​  • 1 hour 7,000 hp (5,200 kW) Tractive effort: ​  • Starting 1,235 kN (278,000 lbf)  • Continuous At 23 km/h (14 mph): 600 kN (130,000 lbf) At 46 km/h (29 mph): 300 kN (67,000 lbf)
Career Operators Virginian Railway Numbers EL-3A: 100-109 EL-1A: 110-115 Individual units: EL-1-EL-36 Retired 1959 Disposition All scrapped

The Virginian Railway EL-3A was a class of 11 kV 25 Hz AC electric locomotives built for coal haulage over the electrified Elmore to Roanoke route. They were some of the largest and most powerful locomotives at the time when they were delivered.^{[according to whom?][1][2]}