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The Broadway Limited was the only PRR train to be completely re-equipped with lightweight sleeping cars before World War II. [5] The train's running time was further reduced to 16 hours. [6] Equipment and services on the Broadway Limited in the 1920s. In 1949, PRR re-equipped the Broadway Limited again with new streamlined equipment. The all ...
The Q2 locomotive was 78% more powerful than the locomotives that PRR had in service at the time, and the company claimed the Q2 could pull 125 freight cars at a speed of 50 mph (80 km/h). [5] These were an improved version of the previous Q1 class , which was a 4-6-4-4 dual-purpose engine instead of a 4-4-6-4 freight engine.
In 1885, the PRR began passenger train service from New York City via Philadelphia to Washington with limited stops along the route. This service became known as the "Congressional Limited Express." [ 27 ] The service expanded, and by the 1920s, the Pennsy was operating hourly passenger train service between New York, Philadelphia and Washington.
The General (train numbers 48 and 49) was the Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) number two train between New York City and Chicago.Only marginally slower than the Broadway Limited, it had no extra fare.
PRR No. 3678 and No. 5338 were streamlined in 1941 for The Jeffersonian, one of the PRR's premier, all-coach trains between New York and St. Louis. They were also seen hauling the Broadway Limited (New York to Chicago), Liberty Limited (Washington to Chicago), and the Trail Blazer (New York to Chicago) occasionally.
The production Q2 locomotives were of 4-4-6-4 arrangement; they were the largest non-articulated locomotives ever built and the most powerful locomotives ever static-tested, producing 7,987 hp (5,956 kW) on the PRR's static-test plant. The Q2 locomotives were also the most powerful steam locomotive ever constructed with ten driving wheels.
Besides PRR S1 #6100, streamlined K4s, PRR S2 direct-drive steam turbine engine #6200, and PRR T1 were assigned to haul the train occasionally. In 1948, PRR re-equipped the Trail Blazer with new EMD E8 Diesel engines, new lightweight P85b 44-seat coaches and new twin-unit dining car built by PRR's own shop and ACF .
6 units (3 sets) 2 units (1 set) 2 1962–66 2015 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Former Kantō Railway rolling stock. One set is used in Naga for the Bicol Commuter service, the other in storage in Caloocan as of 2024. [6] Hyundai Rotem: DMU 50 80 18 units (6 sets) 6 units (2 sets) [7] 3 2009 New The first new order of the PNR since the 1970s.