The Milwaukee Road's class EP-3 comprised ten electric locomotives built in 1919 by Baldwin and Westinghouse. They were nicknamed Quills because of their use of a quill drive. Although they were good haulers and well liked by engineers, poor design and constant mechanical problems plagued them for their entire lives and they were among the first of the Milwaukee Road's electric locomotives to be retired.
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Milwaukee Road class EP-3 |
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Performance figures |
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Maximum speed | 65 mph (105 km/h) |
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Power output | Continuous: 3,396 hp (2,532 kW); One hour: 4,680 hp (3,490 kW) |
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Tractive effort | 105,000 lbf (467 kN) |
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Career |
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Operators | Milwaukee Road |
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Numbers | 10300–10309; renumbered E10–E19 in 1939 |
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First run | 1919 |
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Disposition | All scrapped by 1957 |
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