The final 28 locomotives were built to this design, which was not given a separate class designation since it was mechanically and electrically identical; they were called class P5a (modified), P5am, and colloquially Modifieds.

In 1934, one P-5a modified, which is what the center cab P-5a was designated, was built in the PRR's Altoona,PA shops and was assigned road number 4780. Another ten of the streamlined P-5a locomotives (road numbers 4781 through 4790) were built in Altoona in 1935.

2021年1月14日 · PRR P5a 4701 heads a train at Manhattan Transfer, N.J., in the early 1930s. The first 64 P5 and P5a heavy passenger motors were built to this box-cab design. Classic Train collection. After a collision killed the crew of a box-cab P5a, PRR had the remainder of the fleet built with a streamlined steeple-cab, designating them “P5a modified.”

PRR P5a ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE. The Pennsylvania Railroad's class P5 comprised 92 mixed-traffic electric locomotives constructed 1931–1935 by the PRR, Westinghouse and General Electric, with Westinghouse locomotive assembly at Baldwin. Although the original intention was that they work many passenger trains, the success of the GG1 locomotives ...

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class P5 comprised 92 mixed-traffic electric locomotives constructed 1931–1935 by the PRR, Westinghouse and General Electric. Although the original intention was that they work many passenger trains, the success …

PRR Class P-5A; Baldwin-General Electric.

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class P5 comprised 92 mixed-traffic electric locomotives constructed 1931–1935 by the PRR, Westinghouse and General Electric. [1] Although the original intention was that they work many passenger trains, the success of the GG1 locomotives meant that the P5 class were mostly used on freight.

2014年11月6日 · Two Pennsylvania Railroad P5a electrics roll northward with a freight at Halethorpe, Md., in the 1940s. Early P5a’s had box-cab carbodies; later versions with streamlined bodies, such as this pair, were known as “P5a modifieds.”

The P5a Boxcab joins the Premier Line in 2008, a perfect companion for our previously-released P5a Modified. This model is equally at home hustling passenger varnish or dragging a long freight -and thanks to Proto-Sound 2.0, you can easily double- or triple-head boxcab and modified versions just like the prototype.

Prototypically accurate PRR PRR P5a sounds; Two operating Microtrains-compatible couplers; Operates on Code 55, Code 70, and Code 80 rail; Minimum operating radius: 9"