Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4625263
Area
Model trains / Railway modelling
Title
E-loc CMSt.P&P type EP-2
Country
USA
Catalogue number
300-N
Subcategory
Type
Stock number / road number
Era
Material
Year
1983
Sales period
Current and rail systems
Dimensions
L= 144 mm
Details
Proto-type: this locomotive uses a drive system that eliminates the gearing normally used between the motor and the axle by making the axle part of the motor itself. The armature of the motor is mounted on the axle, and the motor's poles and magnetic fields are mounted on the frames next to them. As there were two of these field magnets per motor the term bi-polar came to be used. The maximum safe speed was 65 mph. It ran on 3000 volts DC and had 12 motors producing 3,517 HP.