New York Central P-Motor

The P-Motor was the New York Central class designation for a fleet of 22 electric passenger locomotives built by ALCO and General Electric. They were first built and owned by a consortium of railroads for the Cleveland Union Terminal project, with the New York Central as majority owner, entered service in 1929 and drew power from a 3000 volt DC overhead system at about 3,000 horsepower. They used the 2-C+C-2 wheel arrangement later seen on the Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 and the New Haven EP-3, with nose suspended traction motors. When Cleveland dropped electrification in favour of diesels, the New York Central took the locomotives outright, and 21 were rebuilt as P-2 units for 660 volt third rail in the New York zone, which raised output to 4,243 horsepower. All surviving units were scrapped from 1972 and none were preserved.