New York Central P Motor

what is it?

P-Motor was the class designation given by the New York Central a fleet of 22 ALCO-GE electric passenger locomotives. The P Motors were not only more powerful than previous New York Central electrics, but also a more advanced design using the highly successful 2-C+C-2 wheel arrangement found on the later PRR GG1 and New Haven EP-3 classes as well as nose suspended traction motors. Although originally built and owned by a consortium of railroads involved in the large scale Cleveland Union Terminal project, the New York Central was the majority owner and later acquired them outright in the 1950s when the Terminal's electrification scheme was scrapped in favor of diesel locomotives.

who runs it

New York Central Railroad

base stats

• speed 113 km/htop speed
• power 2.3 MWpower output
• weight 190 tin working order
• built 22made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 97 years ago, in 1929.
• 🚗2.3 MW is about 27 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 32 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏24.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built

1929–1930

number built

22

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

American Locomotive Company, General Electric

operators

New York Central Railroad

top speed

113 km/h

power

2.3 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

P-1a: 3000 V DC, P-2: 660 V DC

wheel arrangement

(2′Co)(Co2′)

length

24.4 m

weight

190 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.