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PRR E-2b #4942 - Pennsylvania RR |
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This 1952 GE built electric used the overhead AC. Only 6 of these "Bo-Bo" wheel configurations were built and all were scrapped in 1964. Behind is a PRR D5 and possibly two DD1 units. The date is approximate. Ken Douglas photo |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1953 Upload Date: 8/25/2013 9:07:38 AM |
| Location: |
unknown, NJ |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4942(E10B) |
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1306 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4942, E-2B, c. 1957 |
| Description: |
Baera 3. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Penn Station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, c. 1957. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4942, an E-2B (B-B) electric built by General Electric in June of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in June of 1965 after just 14 years of experimental service. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1957 Upload Date: 4/30/2025 7:09:31 AM |
| Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4942(E10B) |
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2 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4942, E-2B, 1958 |
| Description: |
Meadows. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Engine Service Tracks at Meadows Yard near Kearny, New Jersey, on 16 January 1958. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #4942 and five more units whose numbers are not recorded. The first two units are E-2B (B-B) electrics built by General Electric and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #4942 was built during June of 1951 and retired in June of 1965 after just 14 years of revenue service. ("Stoneborobranch"; #29 of 32) |
| Photo Date: |
1/16/1958 Upload Date: 9/10/2020 5:09:25 PM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4942(E10B) |
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430 Comments: 0 |
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