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Pennsylvania Railroad 5550 (PRR 5550) is a mainline duplex drive steam locomotive under construction in the United States. With an estimated completion by 2030, the locomotive will become the 53rd example of the Pennsylvania Railroad's T1 steam locomotive class and the only operational locomotive of its type, [7] as well as the largest steam locomotive built in the United States since 1952.
The T1 Trust's goal is to provide mainline excursion service. The T1 Trust's cost estimate to build T1 number 5550 is $10 million, with an expected completion date of 2030 [3] (This total has since been reduced to a bit more than $7 million, as a used PRR long haul tender has been acquired in lieu of new construction).
Only one locomotive of the 4-4-4-4 arrangement is being constructed. When finished, PRR 5550 will be the 53rd and only surviving example of the PRR T1 class rather than a replica. The new build T1 is expected to implement some design improvements to help aid in solving problems encountered by the original 52.
The Pennsylvania Railroad ... building a new operational example of a class T1 engine numbered 5550, as all original class T1 locomotives have been scrapped.
A nonprofit group known as the T1 Trust is in the process of constructing a new duplex locomotive, a T1-class engine known as Pennsylvania Railroad 5550, intending to utilize design improvements from the postwar steam era not used or seldom tested on pre-existing T1s in the hope of creating better performance characteristics. The estimated year ...
Pennsylvania Railroad 5550; Pennsylvania Railroad 6755; ... Pennsylvania Railroad class T1; W. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains/Locomotives task force
PRR T1 4-4-4-4 duplex No. 5550: The Pennsylvania Railroad built 52 4-4-4-4 duplex locomotives for passenger service, and the last one was scrapped in 1956. The Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Steam Locomotive Trust was created to construct a fully functional 53rd member of the T1 class. The new T1, to be numbered 5550, is expected to be completed by ...
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