PRR service out of Penn began November 29, 1910 primarily using electric locomotives. The eight electrified PRR MP54 cars were used for shuttle service between Penn Station and Manhattan Transfer, an island station that facilitated passenger transfer with PRR trains going to or from Exchange Place in Jersey City. This shuttle service ended in ...

Multiple-unit cars are self-propelled railroad coaches, generally used in commuter service. They are equipped so that a train of such passenger cars can be operated from any one of them by a single engineer. The Pennsylvania Railroad's stable of MP54 electric Multiple Unit cars was the largest class of this type of car.

1 天前 · SEPTA (ex-PRR) MP-54s; Discussion relating to Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Philadelphia Metro Area). Official web site can be found here: www.septa.com. Also including discussion related to the PATCO Speedline rapid transit operated by Delaware River Port Authority.

2025年3月12日 · On the website http://prr.railfan.net there are PRR passenger car diagrams that show classes MP54, MP54c, and MP54t as unpowered coach or trailer cars while all other MP54x (where x is a variable) classes are listed as MU coach. P54 is …

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2024年12月28日 · Still in their PC and PRR colors, MP-54s are lined up at Wayne Junction during the Septa strike in April, 1977. Photo taken from the window of a RDG MU on the Philadelphia to Warminster line. Photo Date:

The Pennsylvania Railroad's MP54 was a class of electric multiple unit railcars. The class was initially constructed as an unpowered, locomotive hauled coach for suburban operations, but were designed to be rebuilt into self-propelled units as electrification plans were realized. The first of these self-propelled cars were placed in service with …

2 天之前 · The MP-54 cars are (were?) an electric MU adaptation of the P-54 commuter coaches. These short (60 ft.) clerestory-roofed steel cars were common in Pittsburgh commuter service, on the LIRR's steam-hauled trains, and on plenty of PRR branchline locals. ... (2000+ I think). The first try at a steel coach by PRR was the one-of-a-kind P-58, a 70 ...

The first of these self-propelled cars were placed in service with the PRR subsidiary Long Island Rail Road with DC propulsion in 1908 and soon spread to the Philadelphia-based network of low frequency AC electrified suburban lines in 1915.

The first MP-54 MU's were built from steam hauled PRR P-54 suburban passenger coaches in 1915 when the Paoli Local was electrified to relieve congestion at Philadephia's Broad Street Station. There were many more PRR MP-54's than LIRR versions.