Little Joe (electric locomotive)

Specifications
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

Type and origin
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

Little Joe
Little Joe
	South Shore 803 preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum
Power type
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
Configuration:;
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
Maximum speed
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)
Operators
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. The locomotives had 12 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.