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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.
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 ...
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. In the 1930s, as the PRR had increased passenger service time ...
Pennsylvania Railroad 3750 is a K4 class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the Altoona Works for the Pennsylvania Railroad, it is located at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, just outside Strasburg, Pennsylvania in the United States.
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.
The Broadway Limited 1912 — 1995 New York, NY — Chicago, IL; The Buckeye 1936 — 1956 Cleveland, OH — Pittsburgh, PA via Youngstown, OH; The Buckeye 1957 — 1969 Cincinnati, OH — Chicago, IL via Richmond, IN, and Logansport, IN; The Buckeye Limited 1934 — 1936 Cleveland, OH — New York, NY via Salem, OH renamed The Clevelander
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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.