GE three-power boxcab

{{Short description|American electro-diesel locomotive}}

{{Infobox locomotive

| name = GE three-power boxcab

| image = NYC 1528.jpg

| alt =

| caption = New York Central #1528

| hatnote =

| powertype = Electro-diesel & battery

| designer = General Electric

| builder = ALCO

| ordernumber = S-1690

| serialnumber =

| buildmodel = 404-OEB-255

| builddate = 1930

| totalproduction = 41

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| aarwheels = B-B

| uicclass = Bo'Bo'

| gauge = {{track gauge|ussg}}

| bogies =

| leadingdiameter =

| wheeldiameter = {{convert|44|in|mm|abbr=on}}

| trailingdiameter =

| minimumcurve =

| wheelbase = {{convert|34|ft|1|in|m|1|abbr=on}}

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| locoweight = {{convert|255000|lbs|t|1|abbr=on}}

| fueltype = Diesel

| fuelcap =

| lubecap =

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| electricsystem =

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| primemover = Ingersoll Rand

| rpmrange = 550 maximum

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| enginetype = 4-stroke diesel

| aspiration =

| displacement = {{convert|942|cuin|L|1|abbr=on}}

| alternator =

| generator = GE {{convert|200|kW|hp|abbr=on}} 600 V

| tractionmotors = GE-286-B

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| cylindercount = 1 x 6

| cylindersize = {{convert|10|in|mm|1|abbr=on}} bore
{{convert|12|in|mm|1|abbr=on}} stroke

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| compressorcap =

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| safety =

| coupling = AAR knuckle

| maxspeed = {{convert|40|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}

| poweroutput = Diesel: {{convert|300|hp|kW|abbr=on}}

| poweroutput start=

| poweroutput 1 hr = Electric: {{convert|1580|hp|kW|abbr=on}}

| poweroutput cont =

| tractiveeffort = {{convert|30000|lbf|kN|abbr=on}}
Internal power: {{convert|9|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}
Third rail power:{{convert|19|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}

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| operator = New York Central
Rock Island: 1

| operatorclass = Prototype: DEs-2
Series: DEs-3

| powerclass = 600 V DC Third Rail

| numinclass = Prototype: 1
Series: 40

| fleetnumbers = Prototype: NYC 1525, later 525
Series: NYC 1526–1566, RI 10000

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| withdrawndate = 1960s, 1970s

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| disposition = All scrapped

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The GE three-power boxcabs were early electro-diesel hybrid switcher locomotives. These boxcabs were termed oil battery electrics{{cite magazine |date=1940 |title=Locomotives of the New York Central System |url=http://www.railarchive.net/nyccollection/nyc_roster_rrmag.pdf |magazine= Railroad Magazine |access-date=2016-06-12 }} to avoid the use of the German name Diesel, unpopular after World War I.{{cite book|author=Mark Garrett|title=Encyclopedia of Transportation: Social Science and Policy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnpNBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA469|date=13 August 2014|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4833-4651-9|pages=469–}}