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Specifications; Configuration: ... Pennsylvania Railroad: Class: Class X G3/G3a: Number in class: 23 (Class X) 21 (G3) 2 (G3a) PRR G3 was an American Pennsylvania ...
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class K5 were experimental 4-6-2 "Pacific" types, built in 1929 to see if a larger Pacific than the standard K4s was worthwhile. Two prototypes were built, #5698 at the PRR's own Altoona Works, and #5699 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Although classified identically, the two locomotives differed in many aspects, as ...
In 1881, the PRR took the Class B design and modified it to produce more locomotives for express passenger service, with 68-inch (1,727 mm) drivers like the earlier Class A. These new locomotives were designated Class B A , and were classified as D2a in the post-1895 scheme; forty-five of them were constructed.
The L1s design was state-of-the-art for its time and comparable with the best being produced for any other road. In fact, the specifications of the L1s and the Santa Fe's similar 3160 class locomotives were the basis for the USRA's successful Heavy Mikado standard design, which was built to the total of 957 locomotives.
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Trail of History Guide. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-2956-7. EuDaly, Kevin; et al. (2009). The Complete Book of North American Railroading. Minneapolis: Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-2848-4. OCLC 209631579. Middleton, William D. (2002). The Pennsylvania Railroad - Under Wire (1st
The B6 had the Pennsylvania's trademark square-shouldered Belpaire firebox and 56-inch (1.422 m) drivers. They were constructed as saturated steam engines, rebuilt with superheaters later as class B6s, and had Piston valves and Stephenson valve gear. A total of 79 were built by Baldwin and Lima, in addition to Altoona, between 1902 and 1913. [1]
The class A1 was built from 1886 to 1892, [1] when 0-4-0s were being used by other railroads. In time, larger 0-6-0 locomotives were introduced and superseded them on other railroads. However, the Pennsylvania Railroad had many tightly-curving track ways, as well as lines running through suburban areas.
Class D6 (formerly Class K, pre-1895) on the Pennsylvania Railroad was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive. [3] Nineteen were built by the PRR's Altoona Works (now owned by Norfolk Southern) between 1881 and 1883. They were equipped with 78-inch (1,981 mm) drivers. [1] Seven were later converted to 72-inch (1,829 mm) drivers and classified D6a. [1]