QRR 1100

 

QRR 100

EMD TR6

 

Model:  TR6

Prime Mover:  EMD 8-567B

Builder:  Electro-Motive Division

Horsepower:  800

Built:  Oct 1950

Operating Weight:  230,000 lbs. (115 Tons)

Builder #:  13550

Length:  44 ft. 5 in.

Status:  Operational

Maximum Speed: Max speed is 45 mph (It has 62:15 gearing, which is good for 65 mph, but the switcher trucks it's on are only good for 45 mph.)

 

 

 

Yard Switching Engine
Fuel cap: 600gal(US)
Lube oil: 135gal(US)
Water: 190gal(US) 158gal(US) at g-valve
Total wet weight: 230,000lbs
Gear ratio: 62:15
Starting tractive effort 30% adhesion: 69,000lbs
Donated by Sierra Pacific
Ex-EMD demo 1600, ex-SP, used as Sacramento Shop switcher - perhaps the only surviving TR6A

Links to Train Sheet articles about QRR 1100:
Train Sheet #194, Page 11:  Mechanical Department Report
Train Sheet #166, Page 20:  QRR 1100
Train Sheet #141, Page 11:  Prompt Action on Locomotive Repair
Train Sheet #127, Page 5:  Ex SP TR-6a Joins Our Collection -Norman Holmes