Brookville BL20GH

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Brookville BL20GH
Metro-North 115.jpg
Metro North BL20GH #115
hideType and origin
Power typeDiesel
BuilderBrookville Equipment Corporation
Build date2008
Total produced12
RebuilderMotivePower
Rebuild date2019-present
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Configuration:
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 • AARB-B
Loco weight132 short tons (118 long tons; 120 t)
Fuel capacity2,600 US gallons (9,800 l; 2,200 imp gal)
Prime moverMTU-Detroit Diesel 12V4000
Engine typeV12 diesel
AlternatorKato
GeneratorCaterpillar
Traction motorsD78
Cylinders12
hidePerformance figures
Maximum speed75 mph (121 km/h)
Power output2,250 hp (1.68 MW)
hideCareer
OperatorsMetro-North Railroad
Numbers
  • 110–115 (MNRR)
  • 125–130 (CDOT)
First runJune 9, 2008
[1][2]

The Brookville BL20GH is a road switcher diesel-electric locomotive built by the Brookville Equipment Corporation. The locomotive is designed for both freight and passenger service. Brookville built 12 in 2008 for the Metro-North Railroad. The Staten Island Railway operates four nearly identical BL20G locomotives, built by Brookville in December 2008, in work service.[3][4]

Design[]

The BL20GH is a low emissions locomotive[citation needed] equipped with a V12 MTU-Detroit Diesel 12V4000 engine rated at 2,250 horsepower (1,680 kW). It has a separate Caterpillar engine for head end power, allowing the locomotive to be used in passenger service for branch line shuttle trains.[5] The Metro-North locomotives are equipped with Automatic train control (ATC).[2]

History[]

Locomotive #129 in the Croton-Harmon Shops In 2008

Brookville built a single demonstrator for the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CDOT); CDOT and the Metro-North combined to order eleven more in 2008, for a total of twelve locomotives.[6] CDOT owns six of the locomotives, which it painted in its "McGinnis" paint scheme, named after former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad president . This scheme consists of a black nose, with a white stripe and an orange rear, with white New-Haven lettering overlapping the orange rear. The first public run occurred on June 9, 2008.[1]

These locomotives are used in branch service on the Metro-North Railroad, including the Danbury Branch and Waterbury Branch.[7] They are used on shuttle trains operating on routes where there is no third rail (such as the Upper Harlem Line, between Southeast and Wassaic stations.) They lack third-rail shoes and thus rarely operate into Grand Central Terminal.

The BL20GH locomotives are currently being rebuilt by MotivePower and will be reclassified as BL20GHM. All units owned by CDOT will be repainted into a livery similar to the GP40-3H units operated on the Hartford Line and Shore Line East. So far, Nos. 125-126 and No. 128 have been rebuilt, however Nos. 127, 129, and 130 have not been rebuilt yet.[8]

Variants[]

SIR BL20G Locomotive 778

A nearly identical locomotive, known as the BL20G, operates on the Staten Island Railway.[3] Four were built by Brookville Corporation in December 2008.[4] These locomotives lack the head-end power generator and the associated ventilation grates of the BL20GH, and thus they are only used in work train service unless performing a rescue of their R44 EMU's.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Solomon, Brian (2011). Modern Diesel Power. Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-76-033943-5.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Metro-North Railroad (June 21, 2010). "EMPLOYEE TIMETABLE: Timetable No. 4" (PDF). p. 83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.trainweb.org/gensets/owners/mncr.html
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.thedieselshop.us/Brookville.HTML
  5. ^ Solomon, Brian (2012). North American Locomotives: A Railroad-by-Railroad Photohistory. Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press. p. 167. ISBN 9780760343708. OCLC 781679692.
  6. ^ "Brookville Equipment builds road diesel for Connecticut DOT". Trains. February 4, 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2015. (subscription required)
  7. ^ "Connecticut Department of Transportation & Metro-North Railroad Showcase New M-8 Rail Car Interior". Connecticut Department of Transportation. May 21, 2008. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  8. ^ https://www.railpictures.net/photo/714726/

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