Mississippi Export #61
 
SPECIFICATIONS:
Builder: Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model: NW-5   (only 13 produced)
Built: 1/1947
Serial number: 4149
Frame number: E766-2
Engine: 567A 12-cylinder
Trucks: Blomberg B-B
Weight: 214,000 lbs.
Fuel (gallons): 750 gals.
Sand (cu. feet): 28 cu. ft.
Horsepower: 1000 hp
Traction Motors: GM D37 (four)
Tractive Effort: starting: 52,300 lbs. @25%  continuous: 31,000 lbs. @ 11.0 mph
Gearing: 62:15
   
OWNERSHIP HISTORY:
1) Fort Street Union Depot #2, Detroit, MI
2) Mississippi Export #61 by 8/1958
3) Cargill, Inc. #61
4) Florida Railroad Museum #61, Parrish, FL by 2010
 
 
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