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GENERAL MOTORS
LOColiOTIVES
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PEORIA
OAD
TOLEDO, PEORIA & WESTERN
3000 H.P. DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE. . DESIGNED AND BUILT BY ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIVISION .. GENERAL MOTORS. . LA GRANGE, ILLINOI, U. S. A.
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3 000 H. P. DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE
Designed and Built for
TOLEDO, PEORIA & WESTERN
& WESTERN RAILROAD
ELECTRO - MOTIVE DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS LA GRANGE, ILLINOIS
This General Motors model F3 Diesel locomotive con- total of 3000 horsepower for the locomotive. Each
sists of one lead and one booster unit, each equipped engine is directly coupled to a DC-AC generator.
with one 16-cylinder, V-type, 2-cycle GM Diesel engine Alternating current powers auxiliary equipment. Direct
having a bore of 812", stroke 10" and a unit fuel current is fed through control apparatus to the eight
injection system. The engines are rated a full 1500 traction motors-two per truck-geared directly to the
horsepower for propulsion at 800 RPM providing a driving axles. There are two four-wheel trucks per unit.
SPECIFICATIONS
DIMENSIONS (per unit)
SUPPLIES (per unit)
WEIGHTS (per unit)
Overall length over couplers, lead unit.
50'-8" Fuel oil......
1200 gals. Total weight, fully loaded, approximately. ... 230,000 lbs.
Overall length over couplers, booster unit. 50'-0" Sand...
16 cu. ft. Car body and equipment..
.154,400 lbs.
Maximum width over grab irons....
10'-7"
Lubricating oil....
..200 gals. Trucks (2)....
75,600 lbs.
Maximum height above rail...
15'-0" Cooling water, lead unit..
.230 gals.
Maximum tractive effort at rim of wheel at
Distance between truck centers.
.30'-0" Cooling water, booster unit.
215 gals.
25% adhesion, per unit..... ....57,500 lbs.
Truck rigid wheel base
9'-0"
Wheel diameter .....
40"
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