Two prototype locomotives were outshopped from the PRR's Altoona Works in 1931. [1] They were essentially the PRR's 2-B-2 O1 design lengthened by adding another pair of driving wheels; while the O1 was an "electric Atlantic" equivalent to the E6s steam locomotive, the P5 was an "electric Pacific" designed to match or better the performance of ...

Sep 14, 2010 · The only HO scale Pennsylvania RR-prototype heavyweight passenger train cars Walthers has are the B60B baggage car and the R50B express reefer (both very good models). Walthers does make heavyweight Pullman sleepers and parlor cars that were assigned to PRR trains and purchased by the railroad at the end of 1948, as does Branchline.

PRR Prototype Photos. Scenes. Meet of PC power in PRR colors at Horseshoe Curve, PA -Donald Haskel PRR U25B leads coal train through Lewistown, PA, Jul 1966 -Donald Haskel PRR Sharks at Lewiston, PA, Dec 1956 -John Dziobko PRR F3A at Renovo, PA, Aug 1956 -John Dziobko PRR Shark and F-unit at Renovo, PA. ...

Shortly after Westinghouse introduced the new traction motor, the PRR was testing three prototypes; the L-6, a 2500 HP, 1-D-1 for freight service and two passenger locomotives, the O-1, a 2500 HP, 2-B-2 and the 3750 HP, 2-C-2, P-5.

PRR Equipment Diagrams: Over 1000 classification diagrams covering nearly every class of PRR equipment- freight, passenger and maintenance of way. Steam, diesel, and electric locomotives are here too! PRR Photo Gallery (beta): A photo gallery of photos of PRR equipment and related subjects taken by myself or by site visitors.

Apr 1, 2018 · PRR FM Flat Car Prototypes* At the turn of the century, the Pennsylvania Railroad adopted five freight cars as "standard" for simplicity and efficiency of maintenance ("Standard Freight Cars on the Pennsylvania Railroad, The Railway and Engineering Review , …

Dec 18, 2008 · Then go to the section that tells you what passenger cars out there are pure PRR prototypes. Walthers, Bachman, Branchline and several others make appropriate cars. I have an HO Brunswick Green PRR GG-1 & am contemplating building up a passenger train consistent with that Electric engine era.

Years ago, Ted Culotta had a series of articles in Railroad Model Craftsman called Essential Freight Cars. The (primarily) detailed cars that he felt should be represented on nearly every post-war/transition-era layout. The majority of the models in the articles were built from Sunshine Models resin kits.

Mar 5, 2012 · Yes, the PRR had 300 class GLD USRA Covered Hoppers. Bob, here is a website you can use to research PRR Freight cars, you can even do a lookup by car number to see if the car actually matched anything the PRR owned. http://prr.railfan.net/freight/index.html.

Prior to the introduction of the dome-coach and the diner (both UP prototypes built by ACF), I believe all the Rivarossi cars (except the baggage whose pedigree is unknown to me) were PRR prototypes. The RPO is definitely a PRR modernized heavyweight car, …