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    The PRR S1 class steam locomotive (nicknamed "The Big Engine") was a single experimental duplex locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was designed...
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  • The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad...
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    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...
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    The Pennsylvania Railroad K4 was a class of 425 4-6-2 steam locomotives built between 1914 and 1928 for the PRR, where they served as the primary main...
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  • duplex locomotive developed by the Pennsylvania Railroad LNER Class S1, a class of British steam locomotives NER Class S1, a class of British steam locomotives...
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  • Pennsylvania Railroad 1737 was a 4-6-2 Pacific type K4 class steam locomotive built in 1914 as the first of its class and would haul heavier passenger...
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    Locomotive classification on the Pennsylvania Railroad took several forms. Early on, steam locomotives were given single-letter classes. As the 26 letters...
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  • As railroads around the world haul larger quantities of freight efficiently, the title of world's most powerful locomotive has often been passed to new...
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    The Pennsylvania Railroad's S2 class was a steam turbine locomotive designed and built in a collaborative effort by Baldwin Locomotive Works and Westinghouse...
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  • that used on the S1, S2, and T1 passenger locomotives. Q1 was the last dual service locomotive designed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, but there is no...
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    the early 1920s, later 4/10 Only one was produced, the Pennsylvania Railroad's sole class S1 of 1939. It was a duplex locomotive, the longest and heaviest...
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  • the DT&I's parent company, the Pennsylvania Railroad, merged with its longtime rival, the New York Central Railroad, to become the Penn Central, which...
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    Philadelphia with ties to the large Pennsylvania Railroad. The PRR was seeking a southern connection for its Shenandoah Valley Railroad (SVRR), which was then under...
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    further interest. The next usage of the duplex type was the Pennsylvania Railroad's single S1, designed to meet a requirement to operate a 1,200 short tons...
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    operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) between New York City and Chicago. It operated from 1912 to 1995. It was the Pennsylvania's premier train,...
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    Trail Blazer (train) (category Passenger trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad)
    between New York and Chicago via Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 17:25 schedule operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The trains departed New York City and Chicago...
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    Baldwin Locomotive Works (category Companies based in Delaware County, Pennsylvania)
    Baldwin and the Pennsylvania Railroad made an all-in bet on the future of steam in passenger rail service with Baldwin's duplex-drive S1 locomotive. It...
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    and central Illinois, through parts of Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, to western and central New York State. Some definitions of the Rust...
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    Annapolis 70 tonner #50 built in 1950 Baltimore & Ohio (Octoraro) S1 #3 Canton Railroad Baldwin VO-1000 #32 built in 1944 Baltimore & Ohio GP7 #6405 built...
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    Liberty Limited (category Passenger trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad)
    The Liberty Limited was a named train on the Pennsylvania Railroad. It ran from Washington D.C. to Chicago, Illinois, through Baltimore, Harrisburg and...
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  • locomotive to be built in the United States for a Class I railroad was 0-8-0 no. 244, a Class S1 switch engine erected by the Norfolk and Western's Roanoke...
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    for the Bath and Hammondsport Railroad, the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad and the Ontario Midland Railroad. The route that is now the Livonia...
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    Manhattan Limited (category Passenger trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad)
    The Manhattan Limited was a passenger train of the Pennsylvania Railroad which served the Chicago—New York City route.[citation needed] The Manhattan...
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    use the 4-4-4-4 arrangement were the Pennsylvania Railroad's 52 class T1 locomotives (although the single class S1 was originally intended to be a 4-4-4-4...
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    in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1837 and brought to Vienna. The locomotive was named Philadelphia and a bridge across the railroad between the railway...
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    competitor Allis-Chalmers. He undertook numerous railroad designs, including the Pennsylvania Railroad GG1, S-1, and T1 locomotives, the color scheme and...
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    locomotive is six, as seen on the 6-2-0 Crampton type and the Pennsylvania Railroad's 6-4-4-6 S1 duplex locomotive and 6-8-6 S2 steam turbine. Six-wheel leading...
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    and Railroad Entrepreneurship." Journal of Economic History 10.S1 (1950): 53-67. Duran, Xavier (March 2013). "The First U.S. Transcontinental Railroad: Expected...
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  • County, Pennsylvania, and was the original owner of the Lancaster site on which the factory was situated. During the expansion of the railroads in the...
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    to 64 inches (1.60 to 1.63 m). (For greater speeds, the Union Pacific Railroad chose a four-wheel leading truck and drivers of 68 inches (1.73 m) for...
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