Little Joe (electric locomotive)

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Little Joe
South Shore 803, preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder General Electric Serial number 29913–29932 Model 2-D+D-2 406/546 8-GE 750-3300V Total produced 20
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-8-0+0-8-4OE  • AAR 2-D+D-2  • UIC (2′D)+(D2′) Length 88 ft 10 in (27.08 m) Width 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) Height 14 ft 5 in (4.39 m) Adhesive weight 406,000 lb (184,000 kg; 184 t) Loco weight 545,600 lb (247,500 kg; 247.5 t) Electric system/s 3,000–3,300 V DC 1,500 V DC (South Shore) Current pickup(s) Two pantographs Traction motors GE750 (8) Loco brake Air, 8-EL
Performance figures Maximum speed 68 mph (109 km/h) Power output One hour: 5,530 hp (4.12 MW) Continuous: 5,110 hp (3.81 MW) Tractive effort 75,700 lbf (337 kN)
Career Operators Milwaukee Road (12) South Shore (3) Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro (5) Numbers E20, E21, E70–E79 (Milwaukee) 801–803 (South Shore) 450-454 (Companhia Paulista) 6451-6455 (FEPASA) Nicknames Little Joe (Milwaukee) 800s (South Shore) Russa (Paulista and FEPASA) Disposition 5 preserved, 15 scrapped

The Little Joe is a type of railroad electric locomotive built by General Electric.^[1] The locomotives had twelve axles, eight of them powered, in a 2-D+D-2 arrangement. They were originally intended to be exported to the Soviet Union and designed to operate on Soviet Railways (SZhD) 3,300-volt DC overhead line system. They were never exported to the Soviet Union due to rising political tensions. Only 20 were built, with 15 sold to domestic operators and five exported to Brazil.^[2]