Accucraft trains WHITCOMB 45T SIDE ROD DIESEL ELECTRIC User manual

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WHITCOMB 45T SIDE ROD DIESEL
ELECTRIC
INSTRUCTION MANUAL

GENERAL INFORMATION
Between October 1942 and September 1945 the Whitcomb Locomotive
Works produced 37 type 45DE27b locomotives at their Rochelle Illinois
plant. This designation, 45DE27b, indicates a 45 ton (45) diesel electric lo-
comotive (DE) of design 27, variant b.All of these locomotives were ordered
for use by the military or war related critical industries. Six 45DE27b’s were
built for the U.S. Navy’s “District Rail Transportation Coordinator” (DRTC)
located at Pearl Harbor Hawaii and were 36 inch gauge. These six locomo-
tives joined the DRTC “pool” and although used primarily by the Navy, some
were occasionally leased to the Oahu Railway and Land Company to sup-
plement their war time operations. Following the end of World War Two four
of these locomotives were assigned to the Naval Ammunition Depot, Lualu-
alei, Hawaii and two to Naval Ammunition Station, West Loch, Hawaii. In
1948 one locomotive was sold to the Kahuku Plantation on the North Shore
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until the end of the Navy’s rail operations in 1974. Three of the now surplus
locomotives were purchased by Dulien Steel Inc. of Seattle Washington and
two were donated by the Navy to the Hawaiian Railway Society where they
remain in operation.
The Whitcomb 45DE27b is 25 feet 6 inches long over the end sills, 9 feet
wide and 11 feet 6 inches high at the cab roof. They are powered by two HBI
600 Cummins 150 HP diesel engines driving Westinghouse 189-R7 230 volt
direct current generators. There is one Westinghouse 1443-A traction motor
per truck with power being transmitted by side rods to the unpowered axle.
Electrical control is Westinghouse. Locomotive and train brakes are West-
inghouse Air Brake Co. and supplied by two Quincy 30 CFM belt driven air
compressors located in the cab.
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OPERATION & MAINTANCE
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armature shaft for every few hours of operation. Be sure to put a drop of
oil on each axle bearing and a drop of oil on each crankpin main rod
bearing.
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 The electrical pickups will need to be cleaned periodically as will the
back side of the wheels where the contacts rub.
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parameter of the cab and the hood.
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circuit and damaging any electronics in the unit.
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are supplied to drop in and secure the couplers.
ALL SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGNSARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUTNOTICE 2
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