Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railway
| Old Colony and Newport Railway | |
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OCN Engine No. 84
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| Overview | |
| Type | Heritage railroad |
| Status | Not operating |
| Locale | Aquidneck Island |
| Termini | Downtown Newport Portsmouth |
| Stations | 2 |
| Services | 1 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1979 |
| Operator(s) | The National Railway Foundation and Museum |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 18.6 mi (29.9 km) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Diesel |
| Builder | General Electric (GE) |
| Model | GE 45-ton switcher |
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| Specifications | |
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| Configuration: |
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| • AAR | B-B (Outside Siderods) |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Loco weight | 100,000 lb (45,000 kilograms; 45 tonnes) |
| Prime mover | 2 × Cummins |
| Engine type | 2 × Inline 6 cylinders diesel |
| Generator | DC |
| Traction motors | DC |
| Cylinders | 6 |
| Transmission | Diesel electric |
| Loco brake | Straight Air |
| Train brakes | 14-EL Air |
| Performance figures | |
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| Maximum speed | 20 mph (32 km/h); posted speed 15 mph (24 km/h) |
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The Old Colony and Newport Railway was a heritage railroad in Rhode Island which operates on the Newport Secondary Rail Line along with the Newport Dinner Train.
The Old Colony and Newport Railway operates passenger excursion trains on what is known as the "Newport Secondary Line" from downtown Newport, Rhode Island to Middletown, Rhode Island. All trains are operated by volunteers on Sundays.
The Old Colony and Newport Railway was the only tourist railroad operation in New England that operates year-round.
The Old Colony and Newport Railway operated two revenue trains on Sundays, one leaving downtown Newport at 11:45AM, and another at 2:00PM. It is an 80-minute, 9-mile (14 km) round trip up the NSL along the Narragansett Bay from Newport to Middletown, Rhode Island and Portsmouth, Rhode Island. It has been touted as "The Million Dollar View."
The OC&N ran work trains to the north end of the NSL where the Sakonnet River railway bridge used to be. The OCN ran 4 public tourist trains to Anthony Road, Portsmouth in 2011. Due to their popularity, they now run on a semi-monthly basis.
The Old Colony and Newport has three locomotives; two General Electric 45 Ton locomotives, numbered 4764 and 84. Both are of 1940s vintage and both have served with the armed services in their lifetimes. They were built with two Cummins over-the-road diesel truck engines (one in front, one in back), rated at 150 horsepower. These were linked to electric generators that provide electricity to traction motors (one per truck, linked on the outside by siderods). Both are equipped with full air train brakes and straight air locomotive brakes as well as handbrakes.
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