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Virginian EL-3A
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1925· class of American electric locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. The Midget and Leviathan: Pacific and Atlantic Photos, Inc.· Public domain
- 2. Virginian Railway EL-3A 100: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. Alco Westinghouse EL3A 1925: International Newsreel Photos· Public domain
what is it?
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.
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Served for 34 years (1925–1959).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925–1926
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1959
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- operators
- Virginian Railway, Norfolk and Western Railway
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV AC 25 Hz
- wheel arrangement
- Single unit: 2-4-4-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q25387871, Wikipedia: Virginian EL-3A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.