That's a very nice model! I used to have a Parmele & Sturges 2-rail edition, and I thought it was a handsome piece of machinery.
Somehow, I managed to forget about Hew Haven's entry to NYC via Grand Central Terminal. I use William Middleton's book (When the Steam Railroads Electrified) for most of my education on electric motors, but I either didn't read -- or simply forgot -- about New Haven's EPs being adapted with the 3-rd rail shoes and the little pantographs for GCT's sections in which the third rail was hung from the overhead in areas of complex track work.
Thanks again to MELGAR for straightening me out on this one.
