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Weight—Total—In Working Order ...360,000 lb Light ...........................................342,000 lb Wheel Base—Each Truck (Rigid) ............13'-0" Total Locomotive ..............................51'-3" Maximum Overall Dimensions— Height ..............................................15'-2" Width ...............................................10'-2" Length (Inside Knuckles) ..................70'-6" Starting Tractive Effort (At 30 Per Cent Adhesion) ....................................108,000 lb Continuous Rating at 9.4 mph ...........64,200 lb Minimum Radius Curature— Locomotive with Train .....................409 ft Supplies (Total Capacity)— Lubricating Oil ...............................270 gal Fuel Oil ......................................1,200 gal Sand .............................................30 cu ft Engine Cooling Water ....................500 gal The locomotive has now been assigned to reg- ular road transfer service running from Gary, In- diana, to Joliet, Illinois, and thence from Joliet to Waukegan, Illinois, and return. It leaves Gary around 8:00 each morning for Joliet where crews are changed, and another train is taken from Jo- liet to Waukegan. The return trip is handled in the same manner—that is, a train is picked up at Waukegan, or sometimes at Roundout with cars added at various interchange points along the line, and hauled to Joliet. From there another train is taken to Gary. Unless there are unusual delays, the locomotive makes this round trip of 240 miles each day. Up to September 29th it has accumulated a total of 20,028 miles due to its faster handling of trains and the ability to make a round trip each day. The locomotive made a total of 6,496 miles in the month of August during which it was continu- ously assigned to the Gary-Joliet-Waukegan run. While this is less than the mileage accumulated by some diesel locomotives on long runs in through freight service, it is an exceptionally good mileage record when considering the nature of this operation. The following table shows some of the typical runs and tonnages handled by this locomotive:
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Train Hours ................................................1,051 Train Miles ...............................................13,614 Locomotive Miles .....................................17,010 Gross Ton Miles ................................45,328,151 Fuel Cost ............................................$3,353.84 Lubrication Cost .....................................$315.11 Locomotive Repair Cost ......................$1,666.38 Gross Ton Miles per Train Hour ................43,129 Gross Ton Miles per Train Mile ...................3,330 Fuel Cost per 1,000 Gross Ton Miles .........$ .074 Fuel Cost per Locomotive Mile ..................$ .197 Lubrication Cost per Locomotive Mile ........$ .018 Locomotive Repairs per Locomotive Mile ...$ .098 Map of the Chicago Outer Belt Line of the Elgin Joliet and East- ern Railway Company, showing how the road virtually encircles Chicago and its environs.  |
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