The Q2 locomotive was 78% more powerful than the locomotives that PRR had in service at the time, and the company claimed the Q2 could pull 125 freight cars at a speed of 50 mph (80 …

2025年3月13日 · The Q-2 was designed for fast-freight service: internal PRR documents when it was being designed and built refer to it as a "High Speed Freight Locomotive." Apparently, …

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class Q2 comprised one prototype and twenty-five production duplex steam locomotives of 4-4-6-4 wheel arrangement. All were built by PRR's Altoona Works.

The Q2 was a rigid-wheelbase locomotive that was subdivided into two axle groups: the forward pair of axles were driven by 19 3/4-in diameter cylinders with a stroke of 28 inches. The rear …

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class Q2 comprised one prototype No. 6131, and twenty-five production duplex steam locomotives Nos. 6175-6199, which they all operated with a 4-4-6-4 …

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class Q2 comprised one prototype and twenty-five production duplex steam locomotives of 4-4-6-4 wheel arrangement built between 1944...

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class Q2 comprised one prototype and twenty-five production duplex steam locomotives of 4-4-6-4 wheel arrangement. They were the largest non-articulated …

2016年5月25日 · Pennsylvania Railroad class Q1 4-6-4-4 Duplex-type #6130 at the PRR's 59th Street engine house on the southwest side of Chicago. The 6130 was built at the PRR's …

There is one more unique experimental steam locomotive of the PRR, and this engine could also call Crestline home: the S2 #6200. This locomotive was conceived as early as 1937 by …

2020年1月27日 · PRR’s vast fleet of 574 class L1s 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotives was built in the short span of 1914–1919. The type worked in a variety of duties all over the system until …