class B #213 as it was delivered

The Class B motor was the mainstay of PV&T electric freight operations from their delivery until classes J and K were introduced, and still make up a tenth of the PV&T’s electric roster.

Most of the class B motors were rebuilt into BCC, BCC2, BCC3, BCC4, BCC5, and N starting in the 1990s, so are basically new motors.

55 of them are still in service, and can be found everywhere the 3kvdc wire goes.

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