Electric locomotive

After enjoying Andy’s thread so much I thought I would try a thread on the 5 best looking or favorite electric locomotives. My 5 picks are as follows: 1. GG1 in Brunswick green and with 5 stripes is the best looking for all-time 2. P5a has similar character of a GG1 3. EP-5 Jet in the McGinnis paint scheme 4. E-44 always amazes me how nice a box can look 5. EP-4 very elegant So what are your top 5 electrics and why?

While electric locomotives never truly caught on in America they are by far the most efficient type of motive power.

INDIAN ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES

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BoxCab Electric Locomotives

Vector illustration with front view of high-speed electric locomotive WAP-7 used to serve passenger trains. Details - pantograph WBL-85, AAR tightlock couplers and chain link couplers. WAP-7 mean: W - Broad Gauge, A – AC electric traction, P – Passenger and “7” - the serial number of the modification of locomotive. EDITORIAL USE

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The EM2 (later Class 77) electric was a legacy of the LNER's pre-war scheme to electrify the East Coast main line using a 1500V DC overhead supply. War got in the way and, when British Railways dusted down the plans, DC traction was already on its way out in favour of a 25 KV AC supply. Only one main line scheme was completed to the old standard, the trans-pennine route from Manchester to Sheffield and Wath. Primarily a freight route, for which the Bo-Bo Class EM1 (later Class 76) was built…