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New York Central T-Motor
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1913· series of classes of American Electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NYC-278-no2-end-angle: Sturmovik· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
T-Motor was the class designation given by the New York Central to its ALCO-GE built T-1a, T-1b, T-2a, T-2b, and T-3a electric locomotives. The T-Motors were the New York Central's second electric locomotive purchase after the original class of S-Motors. The T-motors continued on in service with the New York Central and a few continued on with the Penn Central after the 1968 merger.
who runs it
base stats
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- 2.3 MW is about 27 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913–1926
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 36
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, General Electric
- operators
- New York Central Railroad
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 2.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 660 V DC third rail
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo+BoBo'
- length
- 16.8 m
- weight
- 107 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956057, Wikipedia: New York Central T-Motor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.