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Surviving Electric Locomotives
For purposes of this site the surviving electric locomotives listed here were built during the 1960s and before. Unfortunately, because electrics use an expensive and special power source (overhead wires or third-running rail) to be operated, virtually none of the classic models, which survive, remain in any kind of operational status. In any event, thankfully many of the most famous motors have been preserved in some fashion such as Pennsylvania GG1s or Milwaukee Road Little Joes. This list will be categorized by those railroads that owned electrics and which, and how many, survive. One final note, the locomotives listed below are those which served in main line freight service and does not include trolley or interurban cars. Surviving Electric Locomotives of the Milwaukee Road Class EF-1 Boxcab #50: Stored indoors and cosmetically restored at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. Class EP-2 Bi-Polar E-2: E-2 is the last surviving Bi-Polar on static display at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. Class EP-4 Little Joe #70: Last surviving of its kind on static display in Deer Lodge, Montana. Surviving Electric Locomotives of the Pennsylvania RailroadClass B1: At least one B1 survives indoors and cosmetically restored at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. Class DD1: At least one DD1 survives indoors and cosmetically restored at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. Class E44: At least one E44 survives indoors and cosmetically restored at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. Class GG1: Along with Old Rivets surviving GG1s include (per their original PRR numbers) 4859, 4876, 4877, 4879, 4882, 4890, 4903, 4909, 4913, 4917-4919, 4927, 4933, and 4935. Surviving Electric Locomotives of the New York Central Class S-1 #100: NYC’s first S-motor remains preserved but is not publicly displayed. Surviving Electric Locomotives of the Virginian Railway Class EL-C/E33: At least one E-LC/E33, #133, survives at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. Other surviving Electric Locomotives Hutchinson & Northern #1: A small steeple-cab design built in 1921 by General Electric and remains preserved and operational at the Orange Empire Railway Museum. Sacramento Northern #653: A small steeple-cab design built in 1928 by General Electric and remains preserved and operational at the Orange Empire Railway Museum. Union Pacific E-100: Originally Glendale and Montrose Railway #22, later sold to Yakima Valley Transportation and renumbered 297, which was purchased by Union Pacific. It is preserved and in operation at the Orange Empire Railway Museum.
While this list will continually be updated it certainly does not completely cover every surviving electric locomotive in existence. So, if you know of any other survivors out there (whether they are parked and gleaming in a museum or sitting out in the weeds along a forgotten siding please let me know so we can keep this list growing, and you will be given full credit for your help). For more reading about many of the different electric locomotives that operated in the U.S. you might want to consider the book Electric Locomotives from Brian Solomon. Not only does the book give a nice overview about the Milwaukee Road's electrified operations it also covers American electric locomotive technology in general. If you're interested in perhaps purchasing either (or both) of these books please visit the links below which will take you to ordering information through Amazon.com, the trusted online shopping network.
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