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Pennsylvania Railroad system map in 1893. The Pennsy's charter was supplemented on March 23, 1853, to allow it to purchase stock and guarantee bonds of railroads in other states, up to a percentage of its capital stock. Several lines were then aided by the Pennsy in hopes to secure additional traffic.
The Pennsylvania Railroad DD1 was a class of boxcab electric locomotives built by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The locomotives were developed as part of the railroad's New York Tunnel Extension , which built the original Pennsylvania Station in New York City and linked it to New Jersey via the North River Tunnels .
During World War II, the PRR needed heavier locomotives to pull freight and military equipment, but wartime restrictions prohibited the development of a new locomotive design. In response to this the Pennsylvania Railroad borrowed a 2-6-6-4 Class A of the Norfolk and Western Railway and a 2-10-4 from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Both ...
In addition, the Pennsylvania Railroad owns jointly with other carrier corporations 5.85 miles of road, as follows: Enola Branch, near Marysville, Pa., constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad during the year 1904, and owned on date of valuation by that company and the Northern Central on basis of 75 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively. 3.16
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The Pennsylvania Railroad's steam locomotive class D2 (formerly Class B, pre-1895) comprised twenty 4-4-0 locomotives intended for mountain passenger helper service, constructed at the railroad's own Altoona Works (now owned by Norfolk Southern) during 1869–1880. [4]
The E6 was designed by the PRR's General Superintendent of Motive Power, Lines East, Alfred W. Gibbs, and his team.They produced an Atlantic of modern design, featuring a large and free-steaming boiler, outside Walschaert valve gear, piston valves on the cylinders, and a cast steel KW pattern trailing truck designed by the PRR's Chief Mechanical Engineer, William F. Kiesel, Jr.
Q1 was the last dual service locomotive designed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, but there is no substantial evidence showing that it was assigned to passenger service. Q1's design was able to reduce dynamic argument by 60% compared to the J1 class above 70 mph (110 km/h), but it exceeded the railroad's 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit for the ...