This
locomotive was manufactured in the USA in the late 1930s by General
Electric. EP-4s, as they were called, were an improvement over previous
series of electric locomotives that were used on electrified railways on
the east coast of the USA, especially New Haven and New York Central.
The first 6 locomotives of the EP-4 series were delivered to New Haven
in 1938 and were 3600 HP in power, weighing 216 tons. The first 4 that
came to Brazil were delivered to Companhia Paulista (CPEF), in February 1940.
They had 3800 HP of power and a weight of 165 tons, less than those of
New Haven, due to construction changes. In total, Companhia Paulista
received 22 locomotives, the last of which was delivered in April 1948.
At CPEF they were nicknamed "V-8". The Central do Brasil Railway
received 15 locomotives in 1948, which were passed to RFFSA in 1957. Its
name at the Central was "Scandalous", due to its large size and the
excessive noise they made during operation. In 1982, 10 existing
locomotives were transferred to Fepasa. All of them were decommissioned
at the end of the 90s with the privatization process of Fepasa.
The model is twin engined, finely crafted and highly detailed with operational black pantographs.
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