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New Haven EP-1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomotives· from 1905· class of 41 American electric locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Baldwin Locomotive Works EP-1 (027) (Ans 05405-033): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Unbekannt / Ans_05405-033 / Public Domain Mark· CC0
- 2. NH EP-1 028b: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The New Haven EP-1 was a class of boxcab electric locomotives built by Baldwin-Westinghouse for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The locomotives were part of an electrification project undertaken by the New Haven between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and Stamford, Connecticut. Baldwin-Westinghouse delivered 41 locomotives between 1905–1908, and the New Haven retired the last in 1947.
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 121 years ago, in 1905.
- 1.1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 11.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 42 years (1905–1947).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905–1908
- in service from
- 1905
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 41
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomotives, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- operators
- New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
- top speed
- 129 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 660 V DC, 11 kV 25 Hz AC
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4-0 as built
- length
- 11.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088487, Wikipedia: New Haven EP-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.