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The Pennsylvania Railroad K4 was a class of 425 4-6-2 steam locomotives built between 1914 and 1928 for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), where they served as the primary mainline passenger steam locomotives on the entire PRR system until late 1957. Attempts were made to replace the K4s, including the K5 and the T1 duplex locomotive.
For over a decade, the locomotive stood-in for the prototype K4, No. 1737, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1979. It was one of two surviving K4 locomotives, along with No. 1361, both designated as the official state steam locomotive by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on December 18, 1987.
Pennsylvania Railroad 1737 was a 4-6-2 Pacific type K4 class steam locomotive built in 1914 as the first of its class and would haul heavier passenger trains that the smaller E class 4-4-2 Atlantics could not handle such as the PRR's flagship passenger train, the Broadway Limited.
Pennsylvania Railroad 1361 is a K4 class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built in May 1918 by the Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It hauled mainline passenger trains in Pennsylvania and commuter trains in Central New Jersey on the PRR until its retirement from revenue service in 1956.
These were both withdrawn from service by the mid-1920s. In 1942, the PRR built 123 2-10-4 "Texas" type locomotives based on C&O plans; class J now being unoccupied, it was reused for them. The PRR J1 was an improved version of its C&O counterpart with more pulling power. J1 - 2-10-4 freight locomotives. J28 - experimental 2-6-2 locomotives.
17 various PRR-Type mail and baggage cars No.'s 25 (steel underfame), 6403 (steel), 6428-6438 (steel), 9963-9966 (steel) Additional passenger cars were leased as needed from PRSL's parent companies, PRR and RDG, and sometimes from the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ). [3] The PRSL did not own any of the P70s that carried its name.
The Advisory Mechanical Committee (AMC) formulated a 2-8-4 design, named the K-4 class. [2] The K-4s were reproduced from the AMC's previous designs for the Nickel Plate Road 's (NKP) 700 series 2-8-4s and the Pere Marquette Railway 's (PM) 1200 series 2-8-4s, but the K-4s were equipped with boosters to increase their tractive effort, and their ...
LNER Class K4 class 2-6-0 steam locomotive No. 61994 The Great Marquess stands at Loughborough during the Great Central Railway's Steam Gala January 2011. This was the engine's final outing on the railway before returning to Scotland.