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Milwaukee Road class EF-1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1915· class of electric locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MILW EF-1 sideview: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 2. Milwaukee Road class EF-1 locomotives postcard: Noé Alfaro· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) classes EP-1 and EF-1 comprised 42 boxcab electric locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) in 1915. Electrical components were from General Electric.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 111 years ago, in 1915.
- 3.1 MW is about 36 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 43 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 34.1 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 59 years (1915–1974).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915–1916
- in service from
- 1915
- retired
- 1974
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 42
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, GE Transportation, General Electric
- operators
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- 3.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-4-0+0-4-4-4
- length
- 34.1 m
- weight
- 256 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1881509, Wikipedia: Milwaukee Road class EF-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.