Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b comprised six experimental B-B electric locomotives built for the railroad by General Electric. In 1952 the Pennsylvania Railroad took delivery of eight experimental locomotives:

In the first decade of the twentieth century classes E2 and E3 handled all of the fast passenger trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad. As train weights increased due to the switch to steel passenger cars and more cars per train, the “light” Atlantics were usually doubleheaded.

Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b comprised six experimental B-B electric locomotives built for the railroad by General Electric. In 1952 the Pennsylvania Railroad took delivery of eight …

Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b comprised six experimental B-B electric locomotives built for the railroad by General Electric.

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Class B comprised the 0-6-0 type, the most popular arrangement for switcher locomotives on the PRR. Class C was assigned to the 0-8-0 type. These were very common on other railroads, but the PRR was not keen on them and only built a few. This was partly because the PRR used 2-8-0 "Consolidation" types for similar service.

Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b comprised six experimental B-B electric locomotives built for the railroad by General Electric. They were commonly used in three pairs. Like most previous PRR electric locomotives, they were straight AC -powered, and did not use rectifiers.

During 1951/52, GE produced six E2b straight A.C. electrics; the first four went to the Pennsy (#4939-4942) for evaluation. The others were utilized as demonstrators and worked on the Great Northern, New Haven and Virginian prior to being acquired by PRR (#4943 & 4944).

2023年11月12日 · Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b comprised six experimental B-B electric locomotives built for the railroad by General Electric. In 1952 the Pennsylvania Railroad took delivery of eight experimental locomotives, four from …

The Sunset/3rd Rail sign up sheet provided by John Sethian is for the E2b. E3b (or whatever the B-B-B version was - I never could keep them straight) would probably have too many potential engineering issues with the middle truck in addition to the higher cost.