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Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b

Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b

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Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b comprised six experimental B-B electric locomotives built for the railroad by General Electric.

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In 1952 the Pennsylvania Railroad took delivery of eight experimental locomotives:

GE built two demonstrators to show the Great Northern Railway. These two were sold to the PRR in March 1953 and numbered #4943–#4944.[1]

The class E2b locomotives were commonly used in three pairs. Like most previous PRR electric locomotives, they were straight AC-powered, and did not use rectifiers. Because of this, they could work in multiple with existing PRR locomotives, and generally did so with class P5a.[1]

The locomotives were scrapped in 1964.

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  1. [1]
    Staufer & Pennypacker 1962, pp. 300–301

References

  • Middleton, William D. (2002). The Pennsylvania Railroad - Under Wire (1st ed.). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-617-7.
  • Staufer, Alvin F.; Pennypacker, Bert (1962). Pennsy Power: Steam and Electric Locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1900-1957. Research by Martin Flattley. Carollton, Ohio: Alvin F. Staufer. ISBN 978-0-9445-1304-0.
  • Volkmer, William D. (1991). Pennsy Electric Years. Edison, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books, Inc. pp. 30, 126. ISBN 978-1-878887-01-6.
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