The electrical system was decommissioned, and the Y-1 locomotives were sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad, who classified them as FF2. GN 5011 was broken up for spares, and the remaining seven locomotives were overhauled and converted to PRR standards and then placed into service, being assigned numbers 1–7 on the PRR.

FF2 - 2-6-6-2 motor-generator AC electric locomotives acquired second-hand from the Great Northern Railway (their classes Y1 and Y1a) in 1956. GG1 - express passenger and freight electric locomotive, highly successful.

energizing an FF2 could be quite exciting. In this process, the DC generator was connected to the batteries to function as a motor to bring the AC motor up to synchronous speed. The FF2s had no such refinements as a frequency meter or synchronizing lights. …

Jan 14, 2021 · PRR’s only secondhand electric locomotives were seven ex-Great Northern box-cabs made surplus by the de-electrification of GN’s Cascade Tunnel district in 1956. PRR used them in freight and helper service west of Philadelphia before scrapping them in 1960–65.

Pennsylvania Railroad | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | FF2 #6 | February 17, 1958 | John Bowman, Jr. photograph Built March 1930 by Alco / General Electric for Great Northern Railroad Y1 class #5016 | Alco B/N 68274 | GE B/N 11151 Sold to PRR …

The PRR gave them road numbers 1-7 (class FF2) with the eighth one a parts donor. This is what is being done with the K37s at the moment. Doug vV

Among the changes was the PRR removed the rooftop bus connectors, regenerative braking, and added PRR MU connections, US&S cab signals and electric water coolers. The other noticable difference the Pennsy made was to remove the side doors and …

Jun 12, 2015 · No. 6, one of eight 1920s-vintage 1-C+C-1 motor-generator units PRR bought from the Great Northern in 1956, heads a Lancaster-bound freight at Thorndale, Pa., in February 1958. On GN they were class Y-1; PRR's designation was FF2.

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class FF2 electric locomotives comprised eight boxcab units purchased from the Great Northern Railway in 1956 following the GN's dismantling of its Cascade Tunnel electrification. Their GN classifications were Y1 and Y1a.

Jan 8, 2023 · 1-7 FF2 Y-1 ALCO/GE Electric 7 Purchased from Great Northern 1000 EP12 LWT12 EMD Diesel 1 Aerotrain 2000-2027 BF16 RF16 BLW Diesel 28 ... 3907 PRR 1 Rebuilt 1947 with Hamiliton 450hp diesel engine 3910-3921 PRR Electric 12 Twelve coupled pairs of class B2, later operated as single units class B1