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?

Columbia Star Dinner Train, EMD F7(A) diesel-electric locomotive in Columbia, Missouri, USA

BoxCab Electric Locomotives

While electric locomotives never truly caught on in America they are by far the most efficient type of motive power.

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?

High quality photograph of Amtrak Bombardier/Alstom HHP-8 # AMTK 653 at Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

Vector illustration with front view of high-speed electric locomotive WAP-7 used to serve passenger trains. Details - pantograph WBL-85, AAR tightlock couplers and chain link couplers. WAP-7 mean: W - Broad Gauge, A – AC electric traction, P – Passenger and “7” - the serial number of the modification of locomotive. EDITORIAL USE

The EM2 (later Class 77) electric was a legacy of the LNER's pre-war scheme to electrify the East Coast main line using a 1500V DC overhead supply. War got in the way and, when British Railways dusted down the plans, DC traction was already on its way out in favour of a 25 KV AC supply. Only one main line scheme was completed to the old standard, the trans-pennine route from Manchester to Sheffield and Wath. Primarily a freight route, for which the Bo-Bo Class EM1 (later Class 76) was built…