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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 ...
The Q2 locomotive was 78% more powerful than the locomotives that PRR had in service at the time, and the company claimed the Q2 could pull 125 freight cars at a speed of 50 mph (80 km/h). [5] These were an improved version of the previous Q1 class , which was a 4-6-4-4 dual-purpose engine instead of a 4-4-6-4 freight engine.
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PRR GG1: Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail, Amtrak and NJ Transit: 4800–4938, 900-929 Altoona Works, General Electric: 1934–43 Electric 2-C+C-2 (4-6-6-4) 216.4 tonnes (239 short tons) 291 kilonewtons (65,500 lbf) 3,452 kilowatts (4,629 hp) Most scrapped; the prototype and 15 production locomotives have been preserved in museums ...
The Manhattan Limited became a westbound train as well in 1913 with the renaming of the Chicago Limited. Both trains then ran with all-Pullman consists. [1]: 110–111 The Manhattan Limited served as an alternative to the Broadway Limited. The Broadway Limited was a sleeping car passenger train, although there were dining accommodations on the ...
Swiss classification: 3/5+2/4 up to the early 1920s, later 5/9 The sole example of this arrangement was the PRR Q1 . This locomotive was essentially a prototype in the development of the PRR Q2, a 4-4-6-4 .
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The production Q2 locomotives were of 4-4-6-4 arrangement; they were the largest non-articulated locomotives ever built and the most powerful locomotives ever static-tested, producing 7,987 hp (5,956 kW) on the PRR's static-test plant. The Q2 locomotives were also the most powerful steam locomotive ever constructed with ten driving wheels.