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NRE E-3000E3B
An E-3000CC-DC operating on the White Pass and Yukon Route
Type and origin Power type Diesel-Electric Builder National Railway Equipment Company, Mount Vernon, Illinois Model E-3000E3B Build date 2011-present Total produced 14
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte Co-Co Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Length 20.0 m (65 ft 7 in) Loco weight 134 tonnes (132 long tons; 148 short tons) Prime mover EMD 16-645E3C Alternator EMD AR10 Traction motors EMD EMD D78
Performance figures Maximum speed 115 km/h (71 mph) Power output 2,461 kW (3,300 hp)
Career Operators Qube White Pass and Yukon Route Class Qube: 1100 WP&Y: E3000CC-DC Delivered 2011-present First run 2011

The E-3000E3B is a diesel locomotive designed and built by National Railway Equipment Company for export to Australia.

Operators

Qube

Qube ordered 12 units in 2011. The first were delivered in December 2011 and the next seven in 2012. 4 additional units were ordered but never delivered.

Consolidated Rail Leasing

Consolidated Rail Leasing ordered an unspecified number of units. As at 2022, they had yet to be built.

White Pass and Yukon Route

The White Pass and Yukon Route placed an order for six units, classed as E3000CC-DC in 2020. Four units had been built for Qube in 2012, but never delivered.

Summary

References

1. "QUBE Logistics expands fleet". Rail Express. 15 December 2011.
2. 1100 Class Vicsig
3. 1100 class Consolidated Rail Leasing
4. "White Pass & Yukon Route upgrades its locomotives". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
5. ^ MotivePower Roundup Motive Power issue 128 March 2020 page 74
6. It's Full Steam–and Diesel–Ahead at White Pass & Yukon Railway Age August 6, 2019

• Co-Co locomotives
• Diesel–electric locomotives of Australia
• NRE locomotives
• Railway locomotives introduced in 2011