GE 2-C+C-2

what is it?

The GE 2-C+C-2 was an electric locomotive built by General Electric employed in the Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro and later in the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil, based on the EP-4 model built for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. It had 3817 hp of power and total weight of 165 tons, being classified in the AAR standard as 2-C+C-2. They were employed between 1940 and 1998 when the last ones were deactivated by obsolescence by Fepasa in São Paulo.

who runs it

Ferrovia Paulista S/ARFRede Ferroviária Federal S.A.CPCompanhia Paulista de Estradas de FerroEDEstrada de Ferro Central do Brasil

base stats

• speed 145 km/htop speed
• power 2.9 MWpower output
• weight 165 tin working order
• built 37made 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 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗2.9 MW is about 34 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 28 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏23.1 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 58 years (1940–1998).

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

spec sheet

built

1940–1948

in service from

1940

retired

1998

status

retired

number built

37

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

General Electric

operators

Ferrovia Paulista S/A, Rede Ferroviária Federal S.A., Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro, Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil

top speed

145 km/h

power

2.9 MW

gauge

1,600 mm Irish broad gauge

electric system

3,000 V

wheel arrangement

2-C+C-2

length

23.1 m

weight

165 t

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