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The GE EL-C was a type of electric locomotive. The locomotives were delivered to the Virginian between October 1956 and 1957 and numbered 130-141. GE used then-new Ignitron rectifier technology, first used on the experimental Pennsylvania Railroad E2c and E3b locomotives. Although this same technology was used with less-than-optimal success on the earlier EP-5 locomotives built for the New Haven it worked on the Virginian’s EL-Cs due to the much larger area available in the EL-C (which lacked the steam generator/fuel tank and weight restrictions necessitated in the EP-5). These units were folded into the N&W roster when VGN and NW merged, then the locomotives were reclassed E33's when they were conveyed to Corail in 1976.

Preservation[]

Conrail sent its remaining E33s back to GE as trade-ins. Two were preserved: ex-Virginian No. 131, painted as Conrail 4601 which was at the Railroad Museum of New England (RMNE) and ex-Virginian No. 135 at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. RMNE sold No. 4601 to the Illinois Railway Museum in 2015

List of Electric locomotives that were built by General Electric.
Direct Current (DC) Electrics (Bipolar motors): New York Central S-MotorNew York Central T-MotorMILW EP-2 “Bi-polar”
Direct Current (DC) Electrics: Canadian National Class Z-1-aJNR ED11 [ja]JNR ED14 [ja]MILW EF-1 / EP-1MILW ES-1MILW ES-2GE 289A BoxcabMexican Railway BoxcabsNew York Central P-MotorNew York Central Q-MotorNew York Central R-MotorCUT P1-aTri-power boxcabNew York Central R-2Paulista Railway 2-C+C-2“Little Joe”CN Centercab ElectricNew Jersy Transit E-10
Alternating Current (AC) Electrics: New Haven EP3Pennsylvania Railroad Class P5aPennsylvania Railroad Class GG1New Haven EP4New Haven EF3aPennsylvania Railroad Class E2b
Alternating Current (AC) Electrics (3 phase): Great Northern Railway boxcab
Alternating Current (AC) Electrics (motor generator): New Haven EF2New Haven EY3Great Northern Y-1/Pennsylvania Railroad Class FF2Great Northern W-1Virginian EL-2B
Alternating Current (AC) Electrics (Ignitron Rectifier): New Haven EP-5Virginian EL-C/New Haven EF-4/Penn Central E33Pennsylvania Railroad Class E44Virginian Railway EL-2B
Alternating Current (AC) Electrics (Ignitron Rectifier): E50CE60CE60CH/E60CP/E60MAE25BE60C-2
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