The Pennsylvania Railroad's class O1 comprised eight experimental boxcab electric locomotives [4] built in 1930 and 1931. [1] They were built in preparation for the New York to Washington Electrification project. [5] They had the wheel arrangement classified as 4-4-4 in the Whyte notation (UIC: 2'B2'; AAR: 2-B-2). Although successful, they were ...

As a part of its experimental program for development of electric locomotives the PRR Motive Department built eight 2-B-2 (4-4-4) electric locomotives and designated them as O-1. They were built in the PRR's Altoona, PA shops in 1930 and 1931.

Jan 14, 2021 · Outside Newark, N.J., PRR class O1b 7854 is ready to take a Lehigh Valley train into Penn Station, New York, in April 1939. (An LV steam engine brought the train in from the west.) The eight O1-series passenger motors were too light for most duties, and often operated in pairs. Robert A. Le Massena.

PRR Class O-1/O-1a light passenger electric locomotives Two powered units,TMCC with RailSounds 4.0; 3-rail, O42 curve, 2-rail, 48˝ radius; length including coupler 27-1/4˝

Class A was the 0-4-0 type, an arrangement best suited to small switcher locomotives (known as "shifters" in PRR parlance). Most railroads abandoned the 0-4-0 after the 1920s, but the PRR kept it for use on small industrial branches, especially those with street trackage and tight turns.

Jun 12, 2015 · The eight 2-B-2 O1 electrics proved too light for all but the shortest of trains, which is why two units, 7850 and 7851, have been assigned to an eight-car train of mostly suburban equipment between Philadelphia and Wilmington in the late 1940s.

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Jan 10, 2018 · The PRR O1 class (“boxcab” 4-4-4) The Pennsylvania Railroad’s class O1 comprised eight experimental boxcab electric locomotives built in 1930 and 1931. They were built in preparation for the New York to Washington Electrification project.

Shortly after Westinghouse introduced the new traction motor, the PRR was testing three prototypes; the L-6, a 2500 HP, 1-D-1 for freight service and two passenger locomotives, the O-1, a 2500 HP, 2-B-2 and the 3750 HP, 2-C-2, P-5.

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class O1 comprised eight experimental boxcab electric locomotives built in 1930 and 1931. They were built in preparation for the New York to Washington Electrification project.