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- EP-3.hamin ....... IFF ILBM picture of an electric locomotive
- EP-3.readme ...... this file
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- The Milwaukee Road's class EP-3 included ten locomotives designed for
- passenger service. Driving wheels were 68 inches (very large for an
- electric locomotive) and electrical equipment was by Westinghouse - unlike
- the rest of the Milwaukee Road's electrics, which were by GE.
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- Wheel arrangment 2-C-1+1-C-2, hourly output 4200 hp., maximum starting
- tractive effort 105,000 lbs.. They were 88 feet 7 inches long and weighed
- 300 tons.
-
- (Statistics from William D. Middleton's WHEN THE STEAM RAILROADS
- ELECTRIFIED, Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1974)
-
- The EP-3 used a "box cab" design typical of the period. Shaped almost like
- a passenger car, this gave plenty of room for electrical equipment and an
- excellent field of view for the crew. However, it was a danger to the crew
- in collision since they had no structure ahead of them. Other electric
- locomotives (such as the Pennsylvania RR's famous GG-1 and the Milwaukee
- Road's own bipolars) used a "center cab" design to overcome this hazard.
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- Picture notes: This began as an IMAGINE 2.0 ray-trace, with shadows; the
- rails, ties, etc. are IMAGINE objects, as is the locomotive with paint
- scheme (to a scale of 1 IMAGINE unit = 1 inch).
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- The backdrop was created with Natural Graphics' SCENERY ANIMATOR.
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- Minor details and lettering were added with DigiPaint 3.0 and DeluxePaint IV.
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- Some minor details have been changed, omitted, or emphasized for artistic
- effect.
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- Freely distributable, but you must include this file or credit
-
- Paul Weiser, Coppell, TX (GEnie P.WEISER), the artist.
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