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New Haven EP-5
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 1954· class of 10 American electric locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. New Haven EP5 1955: SKF Ball and Roller Bearings· Public domain
- 2. NH EP-5 372, September 1964 (26990644482): Roger Puta· Public domain
what is it?
The New Haven EP-5 was a double-ended mercury arc rectifier electric locomotive built in 1955 by General Electric, for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. It was built to haul passenger trains between Grand Central Terminal or Penn Station in New York City and New Haven, Connecticut. The EP-5s resembled the Alco FA and even more resembled the Pennsylvania Railroad Class E2b.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 3 MW is about 35 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Served for 16 years (1954–1970).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation, General Electric
- operators
- New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Penn Central Transportation Company, Conrail
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- 3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 11 kvolt, V 25 Hz AC Catenary, 11 kvolt, V 60 Hz AC Catenary, 660 V DC Third rail
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- nicknames
- Jets
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16982545, Wikipedia: New Haven EP-5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.