A nonoperable model (figure 78) of the first of six 2-C+C-2 streamlined
electric locomotives built by the General Electric Co. for The New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. was made especially for the Museum
collection (USNM 311880) by the builder of these locomotives. The model,
constructed in the Bridgeport, Conn., plant of the General Electric Co.
and presented to the Museum in 1940, is of plaster painted green and
black, with gold trim. It is 31 inches long and has a gauge of 1¾
inches.
The electric locomotives represented by this model were built in 1938 at
the Erie, Pa., plant of the General Electric Co. for passenger service
between New Haven and New York. Originally numbered from 0361 to 0366,
they are now numbered from 360 to 365.
[Illustration: Figure 78.—Model of General Electric locomotive,
1938.]
On the New Haven tracks these 77-foot-long locomotives operate on
11,000-volt, single-phase, 25-cycle, alternating current obtained from
an overhead trolley system. On the New York Central tracks they operate
on 660-volt direct current obtained usually from a third rail, but
occasionally from an overhead supply at some crossover switches. For
this latter purpose a small auxiliary pantograph is used. Control
equipment is, of course, provided for both types of power supply.
The fully loaded weight is 433,200 pounds, of which 272,400 pounds is on
the twelve 56-inch drivers. While operating on alternating current, the
continuous tractive force is 24,100 pounds, and the continuously
available horsepower 3,600. The maximum available horsepower from the
six twin-armature, 12-pole motors is 7,600. Slightly different results
are obtained while operating on direct current. The maximum safe speed
is 93 miles an hour.