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Pennsy Power

 

Author:

Alvin F. Staufer

Published:

1962

Pages:

320

Type:

eBook/digital

(my copy of this book is the publicly-available digital scan) Steam and electric locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1900 - 1957. Steam engines came to an end on the PRR in 1957. There were almost 25,000 of them owned by the road.

Chapter

Page

Title / Description

4

Foreword

5

Contents

6

Pennsy Men

8

Pennsylvania Railroad

10

Altoona Shops

11

Horseshoe Curve

12

Belpaire Boiler

14

Switchers and Mallets
Covered are classes A3, A4, A5, B5, B5a, B6, B6sa, B6sb, B7, B7a, B8, B8a, B21, B22, B23, B28s, B29; HH1, CC1s, HC1s, and CC2s.

28

F Class Moguls
Covered are classes F1, F1a, F2, F3, F3b, F3c, F24, F25, F27

32

H Class Consolidations
All of the H-class engines are described.

50

L Class Mikados
These locomotives had the same boilers as used on the K4s.

64

I Class Decapods

82

N Class Santa Fe

88

J Class Texans

102

D Class Americans

116

G Class Ten Wheelers

124

E Class Atlantics

142

K Class Early Pacifics

158

K4s Class Pacific

190

K5 Class Pacific

194

M Class Mountains

216

T Class Duplex

226

S and Q Class Duplex

246

Electric Section

248

DD1 Class

254

FF1 Class

256

L5 Class

260

B1 Class

264

O1 Class

266

P5 Class

276

L6 Class

278

GG1 Class

298

DD2 Class

299

FF2 Class

300

E2 & E3 Class

302

E44 Class

304

Calendar Paintings

319

Acknowledgments