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The Great Northern Railway’s class Y-1 comprised eight electric locomotives with AAR 1-C+C-1 wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the 73-mile (117 km) electrified portion of the railroad from Wenatchee Washington to Skykomish Washington including the Cascade Tunnel.The 3000 horsepower (2.2 MW) locomotives were built at Schenectady New York with car bodies manufactured by American Locomotive Company and electrical components supplied by General Electric.