Pennsylvania Railroad class K5
Pennsylvania Railroad K5 (Q7120494). From Wikidata. Jump to navigation Jump to search. class of 2 American 4-6-2 locomotives. PRR K5. edit. Language. Also known as. English. Pennsylvania Railroad K5. class of 2 American 4-6-2 locomotives. PRR K5. The Pennsylvania Railroad's class K5 was an experimental 4-6-2 "Pacific" type, 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 detailed below. They were both fitted with a much fatter boiler than the K4s, but dimensionally similar to those of the I1s 2-10-0 "Decapods". Most other dimensions were enlarged over the K4s as well; the exceptions being ... For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Pennsylvania Railroad class K5. Home. News. 30. Pennsylvania Railroad class M1 ⠓ M1 is a class of steam locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Although built for passenger and freight work, they spent most of their service lives hauling heavy high-speed freight trains. Many PRR men counted the M1 class locomotives as the best steam locomotives the railroad ever owned, a single prototype, #6699, was built in 1923 at the railroads Altoona Works. The Pennsylvania Railroad's class FF1 was an American electric locomotive, a prototype numbered #3931 and nicknamed "Big Liz". It was built in 1917 to haul freight trains across the Allegheny Mountains where the PRR planned to electrify. "Big Liz" proved workable but too powerful for the freight cars of the time with its 4600 available horsepower and astonishing 140,000 lbf (620 kN) of tractive effort. The Pennsylvania Railroad s class K5 was an experimental 4 6 2 Pacific type, 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⠦ The Pennsylvania Railroad's class K5 was an experimental 4-6-2 "Pacific" type, 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 detailed below. The Pennsylvania Railroad's class K5 was an experimental 4-6-2 "Pacific" type, 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 detailed below. They were both fitted with a much fatter boiler than the K4s, but dimensionally similar to those of the I1s 2-10-0 "Decapods". Most other Service on the Pennsylvania Railroad: PRR's 90 G5s locomotives were used between cities and suburban areas. Many G5s's were in the Pittsburgh area, but the class was also used in New Jersey and around Chicago and Fort Wayne. However, the class was not limited to commuter service. In his book Pennsy Power, Alvin Staufer cites a G5s-led milk train that ran 145 miles daily through rural Pennsylvania, trailing an old combine for the occasional passenger - which sometimes included a hunter that the crew would let off at a clearing in the woods. Fan trips as early as the 1930s also were he The Pennsylvania Railroad's class A1 was a class of 0-4-0 type steam locomotives. ⠦ The Pennsylvania Railroad's class DD1 were semi- permanently coupled pairs of third rail direct current electric locomotives built for the railroad's initial New York-area electrification. The Pennsylvania Railroad's class A5s was the largest class of 0-4-0 steam locomotives. In the 1920s many railroads in the United States of America had retired 0-4-0 steam locomotives, because they were too small to move freight cars in yards and were too small for switching duties. ⠦ The Pennsylvania Railroad's class O1 comprised eight experimental boxcab electric locomotives built in 1 The Pennsylvania Railroad often referred to itself as the "Standard Railroad of the World" and to millions of rail travelers, millions of servicemen during World War II, and railfans for over 80 years, the Class K-4s was, and to many still is, the "Standard Passenger Locomotive". Photos. 1917. Throughout the course of normal routine maintenance, many streamliners had their streamlining removed. The Pennsylvania Railroad was particularly guilty of this. Their K-4 locomotives received a much more thorough shrouding than the J-3 in 1938, when both railroads introduced new lightweight versions of the Broadway Limited and 20th Century Limited, on the same day. Within days, the PRR removed the lower sections of their K-4's shroud, just to make access to the drivers easier.