Electric locomotive

After enjoying Andy’s thread so much I thought I would try a thread on the 5 best looking or favorite electric locomotives. My 5 picks are as follows: 1. GG1 in Brunswick green and with 5 stripes is the best looking for all-time 2. P5a has similar character of a GG1 3. EP-5 Jet in the McGinnis paint scheme 4. E-44 always amazes me how nice a box can look 5. EP-4 very elegant So what are your top 5 electrics and why?

Les anciens trains de légende de 1900 à 1950, a la recherche de la puissance, avec les locomotives à vapeur des années 1900 et plus.

The Pennsylvania Railroad is famed for its GG1 electric locomotives, but casual observers might be surprised to learn how extensive Pennsy’s electric operations were. After a tentative start with a limited D.C. third-rail system in the early 1900s, the PRR built an A.C. catenary empire between 1915 and 1938 — and fielded an impressive array [...]Read More...

BoxCab Electric Locomotives In the spring of 2003, MTH brought out an exquisite model of the FF2 in their premier line. Here are a few photos. The first shows the locomotive from stem to stern:

Over the past 3 years I have been working with Chuck Heimerdinger and here is the reason why. Chuck was young enough/smart enough to realize the changing tides of American railroads. Steam was disappearing and so was everything else. We took his 10,000 collection of large format slides and turned them into CD images. In the early 60s Chuck made it up to Washington State from California and caught a number of Milwaukee electrics in the Cascades and further east. A four unit Boxcab set makes…

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How Much Do Locomotives Cost? Locomotives also known as engines are the propulsion machines behind any train, freight or passenger. If you are wondering how much do locomotives cost, I got the answer plain and simple or long and detailed for you. Short answer: Diesel-Electric Locomotives cost between $1,200,000 and $2,200,000. DC Locomotives being cheaper

(first posted 12/5/2014) CC has already heard the story of Mallard, the world’s fastest steam locomotive and pride of the London and North Eastern Railway. But by 1960, Mallard and […]

GG1 Locomotives

UKRAINE: Alstom is on course to supply up to 130 electric freight locomotives to national railway Ukrzaliznytsia under one of four framework agreements signed by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and France's Minister of the Economy, Finance & Recovery Bruno Le Maire in Kyiv on May 13. ...