The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) class T1 duplex-drive 4-4-4-4 steam locomotives, introduced in 1942 with two prototypes and later in 1945-1946 with 50 production examples, were the last steam locomotives built for the PRR and arguably its most controversial.

2025年3月2日 · Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5524, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built in Juniata during June of 1946 and retired in December of 1953 after just seven years of revenue service. This is the very last locomotive ~ of any type ~ produced in Altoona.

PRR 5524, T-1, 1946 : Description: WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1946. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5524, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built in Juniata during June of 1946 and retired in December of 1953 after just seven years of revenue service.

2020年11月17日 · The test reports were excellent and elated PRR motive power men placed orders for fifty engines. All of the engines were built during 1945 and 1946. Altoona built locomotives 5500-5524, plus all the tenders, while Baldwin built locomotives 5525-5549. Only very slight modifications appeared in the design.

2020年6月20日 · The PRR T1 was a duplex locomotive that utilized a 4-4-4-4 wheel arrangement and was designed to haul 880 trailing tons (798-t) at 100 mph (161 km/h). PRR envisioned using the engines to haul express passenger trains on the 713-mile (1,147-km) route between Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Chicago, Illinois.

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By then, wartime restrictions made it difficult for railroads to acquire new passenger locomotives, but in December 1944 the PRR board was able to authorize the production of fifty T1 duplexes. Half (#5500-5524) would be built at the road’s own Altoona shops; the rest (#5525-5549) by Baldwin Locomotive Works.

Here is a steam locomotive portrait via F.R. Kern. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5524, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built in Juniata during June of 1946 and retired in December of 1953 after just seven years of revenue service.

2022年5月14日 · No. 5524 was the last locomotive completed at Altoona of nearly 6,800 steam and electric engines built there since 1866. The styling, including a distinctive wind-splitter nose that presaged BLW’s sharknose road diesel design, was the creation of famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy.

Here is a steam locomotive portrait via F.R. Kern. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5524, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built in Juniata during June of 1946 and retired in December of 1953 after just seven years of revenue service.