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This archive contains two files:
EP-3.hamin ....... IFF ILBM picture of an electric locomotive
EP-3.readme ...... this file
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.
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.
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).
The backdrop was created with Natural Graphics' SCENERY ANIMATOR.
Minor details and lettering were added with DigiPaint 3.0 and DeluxePaint IV.
Some minor details have been changed, omitted, or emphasized for artistic
effect.
Freely distributable, but you must include this file or credit
Paul Weiser, Coppell, TX (GEnie P.WEISER), the artist.