New Haven GE EP3 Parmele & Sturges 1938-41 big green juice box

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.

@Dennis Holler posted:

Here are some pics of the motors and drive set up in my loco.

I came across the same mechanism but without motors.  Your pictures are very helpful.  Wondering what the length, outer diameter, and diameter at the base of the threads for the WORM are?  Looks like a very robust mechanism.

@Carey Williams posted:

Hello all

Parmele & Sturges New Haven electric 1938-41 ..postwar offered by Baldwin. Yes outside 3rd rail operated just like the real one. Lots of bronze castings ...good for traction .

Please see link for video,...two motors !

https://youtu.be/TriVegMJiWs

A picture of a New Haven engine in a recreation of Raymondale is amazing!

Peter

@MELGAR posted:

...snip...  It would be interesting to see a conversion of one of these models to 2-rail.

MELGAR

I recall an article in a magazine (or on-line, maybe) about doing that but no longer remember where or when.

EDIT: I had been thinking about doing that but gave up as I do not have the necessary tools to do the job.