Patent ID: 8534198
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: B61C,F02D,F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locomotive, comprising: a frame having a longitudinally extending centerline, the frame supported by two trucks having traction motors associated therewith, the traction motors operable to drive one or more wheels configured to engage a railroad; an engine compartment having two sidewall structures extending parallel to the centerline, an inboard end structure and a rear end structure, the inboard and rear end structures extending perpendicular to the centerline; an engine enclosure defined between the frame, the two sidewall structures, and the inboard and rear end structures; at least one top hatch connected to the engine compartment and disposed to cover a top opening of the engine enclosure; at least one engine connected to a generator and disposed within the engine enclosure, the generator configured to provide electrical power to the traction motors; a removable cap being generally box-shaped and extending across a portion of the top opening of the engine enclosure adjacent the at least one top hatch and across a portion of each of the two sidewall structures; an engine pit opening defined in the engine enclosure and exposed when the removable cap has been removed, the engine pit opening being sufficiently large to accommodate the at least one engine being lifted out of the engine enclosure through the engine pit opening; wherein the engine pit opening is further defined by two side edges extending parallel to the centerline along the sidewall structures, each of the two side edges disposed at a clearance height that is lower than an overall height of the engine compartment.