General Electric EF-4 Little Joe

The EF-4 Little Joe has made its TPF3 debut!

The GE EF-4 began life in the 1940s as an export project for the USSR. The first prototype made its first test run in 1948, and after a little time, 20 were built and ready to be exported to the Soviet Union. This, however, never happened; the units were barred from export due to sanctions as a result of the Cold War. Instead, three went to the South Shore Railroad, five went to the Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro of Brazil, and the remaining 12 went to the legendary Milwaukee Road.

These units have been modeled with each railroad in mind; railroad-specific details have been included, such as different pantograph details, snow plows and headlights! Every single railroad that operated the Little Joe has been included. The units included are:

• Milwaukee Road #E20
• Milwaukee Road #E21
• South Shore Railroad #803
• Companhia Paulista #6451
• FEPASA #6455

Also included is a recolorable unit, modeled after the GE demonstrator livery.

Here are the locomotive's performance statistics:

• Top Speed: 68MPH
• Power: 5,530hp
• Tractive effort: 75,761lbf
• Weight: 247.5t

This mod was brought to TpF3 after a multi-day process with new textures, meshes, and LODS! However, due to some initial issues with more advanced coding, the locomotives feature a stock soundset. As time goes on, a custom soundset will be added.