A locomotive modelling project...

First, the important news: Paul Kiefer's pamphlet "A Practical Evaluation of Railroad Motive Power" (the classic source for the performance comparison between S-1 Niagaras and E-7 diesels) seems to be available as a downloadable pdf file at
https://milwaukeeroadarchives.com/Steam ... er1948.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Enjoy! (Some comments on it in the "N&W 611 (and other big 4-8-4)" string on the "Steam Locomotives" railroad.net forum.)

Now the oddity. One page of the pamphlet has an artist's rendition of a "5,000 continuous horsepower" electric locomotive proposed for the New York Central: obviously proposed by the Alco-GE consortium. 4-6-6-4 running gear, like that on such other GE designs as PRR's GG-1 and the New Haven's EP-4 and EF-3, but with a carbody looking like a double-ended version of the PA-1 complete with the curved rain gutter behind the cab side window. In a New York Central paint scheme.
Question: does anyone know about the origins of this artwork? Would Alco and/or GE have commissioned such a rendition to accompany a sales proposal?
Question: how seriously was New York Central looking into the possibilities of main-line electrification at the end of WW II?

And… if some modeller wanted to… it looks as if it should be a do-able kit bashing project!

There's an ANCIENT (2004) string on this forum, currently on page 11, about whether the New York Central considered extending its electrification. "Trlinkcaso" posted to it:
"The 4th Quarter 1982 issue of the NYCSHS Central Headlight had an article on proposed electrification of the NYC. It was prepared by GE in 1945. It covered New York City to Buffalo and included the West Shore between Syracuse and Buffalo."

If someone has that issue of the Central Headlight, it might show where the picture in question came from...

wow! very interesting..
somewhere a color rendering of that probably exists..
im curious what the colors were..

Scot

What good would a color photograph do? It's New York Central. Their colors were Black and White, with maybe some Grey.