Tuesday, April 2, 2013

the 2C2 class E3100 electric locos of the Midi company from 1923, France


These were equipped originally with three pantographs, but lacked cab side windows (replaced by sliding plates). The original livery was blue.

Their career was relatively short as they repeatedly had heating problems with motor bearings, solved later by mounting roller bearings on 3110, and the arrival in the late 1920s of heavy metal OEMC cars showed these locos to be too light and insufficiently powerful.

Road numbers: E3101 to E3112
Voltage: 1500 Volts DC
Driving wheel diameter: 1750 mm
Diameter of trailing wheels: 900 mm
Carrying bogie centreline 2000 mm
Length excluding buffers : 14.50 metres
Electric motors: 3 vertical
One hour output: 1850 hp
Weight in working order: 105.75 tonnes of which 57 tonnes adhesive
Maximum speed: 120 km/h
Builder: CEF
Years built: 1923-1924
Original allocation: Dépôt de Bordeaux
Withdrawal from service: 1948

No comments: