During the McGinnis presidency (1954 to January 1956), it became the policy of the New Haven Railroad to reduce electric operations and replace them with diesels wherever possible. After McGinnis resigned, George Alpert continued this policy until the New Haven filed for bankruptcy in 1961. Under Alpert, the railroad had very low cash reserves and was focused on saving money. The EP-5s and FL-9s were painted in the McGinnis scheme at the time they were manufactured, but very little repainting of the older electric locomotives was ever done. The EP-4s entered service in 1938. By the late 1950s, they were relegated to secondary trains and the Danbury branch. A McGinnis scheme painting diagram was prepared for the EP-4s but never implemented. The last of the EP-4s ran in 1961.
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