EDMONTON TRANSIT
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LRT
Specialty Equipment
#2010-
1949 GE 45 Ton Diesel Electric Locomotive
#2010 was purchased used from Great Northern Pulp and Paper
Co. by ETS to replace 1912 GE/ Alco #2001 used in heavy work service on the LRT line.
The locomotive has seen a variety of uses including hauling clearance test
trains (towing U-2's with clearance gauges attached), ballast trains, and
hauling dead trains. The locomotive is powered by a pair of Cummins NH220 diesel
engines, and 2 GE E733 traction motors. Unlike a lot of diesel electric
locomotives that have a traction motor for each axle, GE 45 ton locomotives with
only 2 traction motors use the side rod trucks to transmit power to axle without
a traction motor.
(Sources: Personal observations, Edmonton's Electric
Transit, Various Editions of the Canadian Trackside Guide)
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Unit # |
Date |
Description |
|
391 |
September 198? |
Future ETS #2010 sitting at Great Northern Pulp and
Paper Company in the State of Maine, many years before getting rebuilt by ETS
crews. |
|
2010 |
July 20, 1999 |
ETS #2010 posed for a photo outside of D.L.
MacDonald. |
|
2010 |
May 13, 2003 |
ETS #2010 is at Grandin Station while work crews unload some
equipment. |
|
2010 |
May 13, 2003 |
ETS #2010 is at Grandin Station while work crews unload some
equipment. |
|
2010 |
May 13, 2003 |
ETS #2010 returning to D.L. MacDonald after dropping of some
equipment at Grandin. |
|
2010 |
May 13, 2003 |
ETS #2010 returning to D.L. MacDonald after dropping of some
equipment at Grandin. |
|
2010 |
April 2003 |
ETS #2010 on display during the 25th Anniversary of
LRT open house. |
|
2010 |
September 20, 2004 |
ETS #2010 dumping ballast north of D.L.
MacDonald. |
|
2010 |
September 20, 2004 |
ETS #2010 dumping ballast north of D.L.
MacDonald. |
|
2010 |
September 24, 2006 |
ETS #2010 on a track project on the
northbound track just south of Belvedere. |
|
2010 |
September 24, 2006 |
ETS #2010 on a track project on the
northbound track just south of Belvedere. |
|
2010 |
September 24, 2006 |
ETS #2010 on a track project on the
northbound track just south of Belvedere. |
|
2010 |
September 24, 2006 |
ETS #2010 being passed by #1029 which has a
recently installed HID lamp. |
|
2010 |
September 20, 2008 |
ETS #2010 inside of the shop building at the
D.L. McDonald Transit Yards. |
|
2010 |
June 12, 2012 |
ETS #2010 inside of Churchill Station
with #2401 on ballasting duty for the new Churchill Jucntion. |
|
2010 |
June 12, 2012 |
ETS #2010 inside of Churchill Station
with #2401 on ballasting duty for the new Churchill Jucntion. |
|
2010 |
March 19, 2014 |
ETS #2010 performing some test on the
NLRT extension. Seen here crossing 111 Ave. See the "Projects" section for more
photos from this day. |
|
2010 |
March 19, 2014 |
ETS #2010 performing some test on the
NLRT extension. Seen here crossing after 111 Ave. |
|
2010 |
March 19, 2014 |
ETS #2010 performing some test on the
NLRT extension. Seen here between 111 Ave and Princess Elizabeth Ave. |
|
2010 |
January 1, 2019 |
ETS #2010 with #2206 and 2207 on the
southbound track in Churchill while doing some ballasting work with the two new
ballast cars. |
|
2010 |
January 1, 2019 |
ETS #2010 with #2206 and 2207 on the
southbound track in Churchill while doing some ballasting work with the two new
ballast cars. |
|
2010 |
January 1, 2019 |
ETS #2010 with #2206 and 2207 on the
southbound track in Churchill while doing some ballasting work with the two new
ballast cars. |
|
2010 |
January 1, 2019 |
ETS #2010 with #2206 and 2207 on the
southbound track in Churchill while doing some ballasting work with the two new
ballast cars. |
This page last updated on June 13, 2021
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