EMD DE30AC and DM30AC

EMD DE30AC and DM30AC
EMD DE30AC/DM30AC
LIRR #515, an EMD DM30AC, in Farmingdale, NY.
Power type Diesel-electric
(DE30AC and DM30AC)
Dual mode (Diesel-electric/straight electric)
(DM30AC only)
Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model DE30AC (23)
DM30AC (22)
Build date 1997 – 1999
Total produced 46
AAR wheel arr. B-B
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Length 75 feet (23 m)
Locomotive weight 128 t (280,000 lb)[1]
Current collection
method
Third rail (DM30AC only)
Prime mover 12N-710G3B-EC
Engine type Two-stroke diesel
Aspiration Mechanically-assisted turbocharger
Displacement 8,520 cu in (139.6 L)
Cylinders V12
Cylinder size 710 cu in (11.63 L)[2]
Transmission Alternating current[3]
Top speed 160 km/h (99 mph) diesel,
130 km/h (81 mph) electric[1]
Power output Diesel: 3,000 hp (2,200 kW)[1][3]
Electric: 2,151 kW (2,885 hp) (DM30AC only)[1]
Max at rail: 2,873 hp (2,142 kW)
Tractive effort 360 kN (81,000 lbf)[1]
Locomotive brakes Blended Brake
Train brakes KNORR SA-26 air
Career Long Island Rail Road
Number 400-422 (DE30AC)
500-522 (DM30AC)

The EMD DE30AC and EMD DM30AC are 46 locomotives built in 1997-1998 by Electro-Motive Division in the Super Steel Plant in Schenectady NY for the Long Island Rail Road of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York.

Details and usage

The DE30AC and DM30AC locomotives replaced aging GP38s, Alco FA1/FA2s, F7As and F9As, and MP15AC and SW1001 locomotives, with GP38s used to push and pull diesel trains and other locomotives used to provide HEP for the trains. The bodies of the DE30AC and the DM30AC are similar; the difference is the ability of the DM30AC to use electric third rail while the diesel engine is off, enabling the locomotive to use the East River Tunnels into New York Penn Station. DM30ACs have third rail contact shoes, permitting direct service from non-electrified lines in eastern Long Island via the western electrified main lines all the way to Penn Station. A few such trains a day run on the Port Jefferson, Oyster Bay, and Montauk Branches. The engines' naming scheme: DM = Dual Mode, DE = Diesel Engine, 30 = 3000 hp, AC = Alternating Current traction motors.

Single engines generally run with 6 cars or less and are placed on the East (Montauk) end of the train, although some single engine services run with up to 8 cars. Generally two engines are used when there are 8 or more cars. Of the original 46 locomotives, 45 are still in use: #503 (DM30AC) was damaged in an accident at Huntington on October 23, 2000, when it hit a shopping cart on the tracks, which shorted out the third rail and caused a fire.[4] It currently sits in the LIRR's Morris Park yard and has been stripped for spare parts to maintain the remainder of the fleet.

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