Rapido, HO Scale, 84502, EP-5 "Jet" Electric Locomotive, New Haven, #377
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DC/DCC/SOUND EQUIPPED MODEL
EP-5 Electric Loco - New Haven Delivery
Detail Variations:
New Haven 375 (As-Delivered Scheme, No Vents, red, black, white)
The EP-5s were state-of-the-art for their time, being equipped with Ignitron rectifiers to convert the AC power from the overhead wires to DC for use in the locomotive's traction motors. They also carried third rail shoes and DC auxiliaries to allow operation on the third-rail system into New York City's Grand Central Terminal. Crammed full of electronic equipment, the locos weighed 174 tons. The EP-5s were put into service in the New Haven's electrified Shore Line route between New York and New Haven, Connecticut. They very quickly earned the nickname "Jets" because of the sound of the blower motors need to cool the Ignitron rectifiers.
In the early 1960s the units had FRA-mandated nose grabs and walkways applied. At about this time the paint scheme was modified slightly with the nose "NH" being reduced in size and the nose road number increased in size and moved onto the nose from its previous location at the top of the anticlimber. Side skirts around the fuel and water tanks were also removed at about this time. Several EP-5s continued in service after the Penn Central merger in 1969 while others were stored (with the new class designation E40). The PC transferred some units to the former PRR territory where they were used in freight service. The last "Jet" was retired in 1977, shortly after the formation of Conrail. All ten units built were scrapped.
Features:
Accurately scaled from prototype blueprints
Period-correct detail options, including carbody, pantograph and hardware variations
Accurate paint and lettering
Several road numbers per paint scheme (where applicable)
Full cab interior
New Haven delivery and repaint schemes (repainted units have smaller NH logo on nose and re-positioned/larger nose road number)
Directional operating pantographs (sound models only)
DC/DCC/Sound version features an ESU Loksound decoder with accurate "Jet" recordings
Complete lighting package including headlights, class lights, ground lights and cab interior lighting
Factory-installed MacDonald-Cartier metal couplers
EP-5 Electric Loco - New Haven Delivery
Detail Variations:
New Haven 375 (As-Delivered Scheme, No Vents, red, black, white)
The EP-5s were state-of-the-art for their time, being equipped with Ignitron rectifiers to convert the AC power from the overhead wires to DC for use in the locomotive's traction motors. They also carried third rail shoes and DC auxiliaries to allow operation on the third-rail system into New York City's Grand Central Terminal. Crammed full of electronic equipment, the locos weighed 174 tons. The EP-5s were put into service in the New Haven's electrified Shore Line route between New York and New Haven, Connecticut. They very quickly earned the nickname "Jets" because of the sound of the blower motors need to cool the Ignitron rectifiers.
In the early 1960s the units had FRA-mandated nose grabs and walkways applied. At about this time the paint scheme was modified slightly with the nose "NH" being reduced in size and the nose road number increased in size and moved onto the nose from its previous location at the top of the anticlimber. Side skirts around the fuel and water tanks were also removed at about this time. Several EP-5s continued in service after the Penn Central merger in 1969 while others were stored (with the new class designation E40). The PC transferred some units to the former PRR territory where they were used in freight service. The last "Jet" was retired in 1977, shortly after the formation of Conrail. All ten units built were scrapped.
Features:
Accurately scaled from prototype blueprints
Period-correct detail options, including carbody, pantograph and hardware variations
Accurate paint and lettering
Several road numbers per paint scheme (where applicable)
Full cab interior
New Haven delivery and repaint schemes (repainted units have smaller NH logo on nose and re-positioned/larger nose road number)
Directional operating pantographs (sound models only)
DC/DCC/Sound version features an ESU Loksound decoder with accurate "Jet" recordings
Complete lighting package including headlights, class lights, ground lights and cab interior lighting
Factory-installed MacDonald-Cartier metal couplers
