The Virginian EL-C, later known as the New Haven EF-4 and E33, was an electric locomotive built for the Virginian Railway by General Electric in August 1955. They were the first successful production locomotives to use Ignitron (mercury arc) rectifier technology.

2024年8月28日 · The few that remained in service under Conrail remained classified as E33s until the carrier shutdown electrified operations in the early 1980s, earning the EL-Cs a unique status of being owned and operated by five different Class Is!

Conrail acquired 10 PC class E33 electrics numbered 4600-4610 in 1976. The GE model EL-C electrics led a very storied career before they made it to Conrail rails, having been born in 1956 and 1957 as 130-141 for the Virginian Railway.

The Virginian originally ordered ten E33's, but Norfolk & Western stopped all electric operations when they purchased the VGN. N&W sold the units to the New Haven (later Penn Central), which is how Conrail acquired them. They were in series CR 4601-4610. In 1956, GE built ten EP5 passenger locos for New Haven.

2015年8月19日 · An E33 would need multiple static inverters to drive anything A/C onboard, along with the necessary hardware and software to control the inverters. In addition, you need to have a way of varying traction current and voltage to the motors, and power to any DC auxiliary systems would need rewired from where it was supposed to be feed from the ...

Captured only a few months after the Conrail start-up, PC 4602 (former NH 302, nee-NW 233, nee VGN 133) and PC 4601 are still serving in their Penn Central heralds. PC 4602 is teamed with fellow E33 PC 4609. Note that the base of Waverly Tower has been repainted Conrail blue.

Now, these powerful electrics – designated EF-4s by the NYNH&H – are ready for Train Simulator duty. The ignitron rectifier electrics (often called GE E-33s) were purchased by the New Haven to restore electric freight operations on the railroad’s New Haven – New York City route.

In the first image for those who don't know, these GE E33's were originally built for and operated by the Virginian Railway, back in the mid-to-latter part of the 1950's. The Virginian was merged into the Norfolk & Western before the end of that decade, and N & W operated them until they abandoned Electric Operations.

2005年7月28日 · If you are interested in E33s, you should read William D. Middleton’s suberb book - “When The Steam Railroads Electrifed.” The new Bachmann diesels have very smooth and quiet motors and smooth mechanisms. The only problems that they have are the LEDs give a blueish glow and the gears have a growl to them, like an Athearn diesel but quieter.

The Virginian E-33 Rectifier No. 2329 was Lionel’s only release of this type of engine in during the Post War period. Available in 1958 and 1959, this engine featured a single operating pantograph and magnetic operating couplers, a three position directional unit that controls a single vertical worm drive motor, operating horn, and Magnetraction.