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New Haven EP-2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomotives· from 1919· class of 27 American electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. New Haven EP-2 Baldwin ad: Baldwin-Westinghouse· Public domain
- 2. EP-2 locomotive, 1924: New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad· Public domain
what is it?
The New Haven EP-2 was a class of boxcab electric locomotives built by Baldwin-Westinghouse for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The locomotives worked passenger trains on the New Haven's electrified division west of New Haven, Connecticut. Baldwin-Westinghouse delivered 27 locomotives between 1919–1927.
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 21 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 39 years (1919–1958).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1919–1927
- in service from
- 1919
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- 27
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomotives, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
- top speed
- 106 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 660 V DC third rail, 11 kV 25 Hz AC overhead line, overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2+2-6-2
- length
- 21 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q54933228, Wikipedia: New Haven EP-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.