| Virginian Railway EL-2B Class | |
| Powertype: | Electric |
| Builder: | GE Erie Works |
| Builddate: | 1948 |
| Totalproduction: | 4 |
| Whytetype: | (4-4-4-4)+(4-4-4-4) |
| Aarwheels: | (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) |
| Wheeldiameter: | 42inches |
| Length: | 150feet |
| Width: | 11feet |
| Height: | 15feet |
| Weightondrivers: | 1033832lb |
| Locoweight: | 1033832lb |
| Electricsystem: | 11 kV, 25 Hz AC |
| Collectionmethod: | Pantograph |
| Tractionmotors: | 16 × 500hp GE 746 |
| Transmission: | AC Synchronous motors(2x)/ DC Generators(4x)/ DC traction motors(16x) |
| Maxspeed: | 50mph |
| Poweroutput: | 6800hp |
| Tractiveeffort: | 260000lbf |
| Trainheating: | None |
| Locobrakes: | Air/Regenerative |
| Trainbrakes: | Air |
| Operator: | Virginian Railway |
| Operatorclass: | EL-2B |
| Numinclass: | 4 |
| Fleetnumbers: | 125–128 |
| Deliverydate: | 1948 |
| Retiredate: | 1959 |
| Disposition: | All scrapped by 1959 |
The Virginian Railway's class EL-2B comprised four two-unit electric locomotives with AAR (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the 1330NaN0 electrified portion of the railroad, from Roanoke, Virginia to Mullens, West Virginia. These large motor-generator locomotives weighed 1033832lb, were 150feet long, and were capable of producing 6800hp.
The EL-2B locomotives were built at General Electric's Erie works in 1948. Numbered 125–128, they were the largest two-unit electric locomotives used in North America.
The locomotives were retired and sold for scrap shortly after the 1959 merger of the Virginian with the Norfolk and Western Railway. None of the 4 examples built have survived.