Virginian EL-2B

{{Infobox locomotive

|name = Virginian Railway EL-2B Class

|powertype = Electric

|image = VGN EL-2B.jpg

|caption = Virginian EL-2B, near Salem, VA., July 11, 1953

|builder = GE Erie Works

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|builddate = 1948

|totalproduction = 4 (8 individual locomotives)

|whytetype = (4-4-4-4)+(4-4-4-4)

|aarwheels = (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B)

|uicclass = {{nowrap|(Bo′Bo′)(Bo′Bo′)+(Bo′Bo′)(Bo′Bo′)}}

|gauge = {{track gauge|ussg}}

|bogies =

|wheeldiameter = {{convert|42|in|m|abbr=on}}

|trailingdiameter =

|minimumcurve =

|wheelbase =

|length = {{convert|150|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}

|width = {{convert|11|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}}

|height = {{convert|15|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}

|frametype =

|axleload =

|weightondrivers = {{convert|1033832|lb|t|abbr=on}}

|locoweight = {{convert|1033832|lb|t|abbr=on}}

|sandcap =

|electricsystem = 11 kV, 25 Hz AC

|collectionmethod = Pantograph

|alternator =

|generator =

|tractionmotors = 16 × {{convert|500|hp|kW|abbr=on}} GE 746

|transmission = AC Synchronous motors(2x)/
DC Generators(4x)/
DC traction motors(16x)

|multipleworking =

|maxspeed = {{convert|50|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}

|poweroutput = {{convert|6800|hp|kW|abbr=on}}

|tractiveeffort = {{convert|260000|lbf|kN|abbr=on}}

|factorofadhesion =

|trainheating = None

|locobrakes = Air/Regenerative

|locobrakeforce =

|trainbrakes = Air

|safety =

|operator = Virginian Railway

|operatorclass = EL-2B

|powerclass =

|numinclass = 4

|fleetnumbers = 125–128

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|deliverydate = 1948

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|retiredate = 1959

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|disposition = All scrapped by 1959

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The Virginian Railway's class EL-2B comprised four two-unit electric locomotives with AAR (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the {{convert|133|mi|km|0|adj=on}} electrified portion of the railroad, from Roanoke, Virginia to Mullens, West Virginia. These large motor-generator locomotives weighed {{convert|1033832|lb|t}}, were {{convert|150|ft|8|in|m|2}} long, and were capable of producing {{convert|6800|hp|MW}}.

The EL-2B locomotives were built at General Electric's Erie works in 1948. Numbered 125–128, they were the largest two-unit electric locomotives used in North America.

The locomotives were retired and sold for scrap shortly after the 1959 merger of the Virginian with the Norfolk and Western Railway. None of the 4 examples built have survived.