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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:GE P-5Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:11503Order No:
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Notes:PRR Class P-5A.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 4764(P-5)
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Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 745, 1949
Title:  Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 745, 1949
Description:  Here is a photo from page 745 in the "Centennial History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946" that was composed by George H. Burgess & Miles C. Kennedy and published in 1949. Photo Caption: "Class P-5 electric locomotive leaving Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, January 16, 1933, with the first electric train for New York." Shown here is PRR engine #4764, a P-5A 2-C-2 built by General Electric in September of 1932, rated at 3,750 horsepower, and retired in November of 1961 after 29 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  4/13/1949  Upload Date: 9/7/2017 3:16:09 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4764(P-5)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
"Motive Power Roster," Page 37, 1957
Title:  "Motive Power Roster," Page 37, 1957
Description:  Here is page two of a seven-page article by Sy Reich entitled "Pennsylvania Railroad Motive Power Roster." It was published originally in the August 1957 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 37. Top Left-Hand Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #5940, an L-6A built by the Lima Locomotive Works in May of 1934, rated at 2,500 horsepower, renumbered "4791" in November of 1966, and retired in April of 1968. Bottom Left-Hand Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #4764, a P-5A built by General Electric in September of 1932, rated at 3,750 horsepower, and retired in November of 1961. Bottom Right-Hand Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #7857, an O-1C built in Juniata in December of 1931, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in June of 1961.
Photo Date:  8/1/1957  Upload Date: 10/14/2017 1:59:31 PM
Location:  Long Island City, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 5940(Boxcab) PRR 4764(P-5) PRR 7857(Boxcab)
Views:  1519   Comments: 0


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