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Pennsylvania Railroad class P5
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1931· class of 92 American 2′C2′ electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. PRR P5a mod: Pennsylvania Railroad· Public domain
what is it?
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class P5 (and subclasses P5a, P5a Modified, P5b) comprised 92 mixed-traffic electric locomotives constructed 1931–1935 by the PRR, Westinghouse and General Electric. Although the original intention was that they work mainly passenger trains, the success of the GG1 as passenger locomotives pushed the P5 class into freight service. A single survivor, prototype locomotive #4700, is at the National Museum of Transportation in St Louis, Missouri.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 95 years ago, in 1931.
- Weighs about as much as 30 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 34 years (1931–1965).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1931–1935
- in service from
- 1931
- retired
- 1965
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 92
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, General Electric, Altoona Works
- operators
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- electric system
- 11 kV AC @ 25 Hz Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4
- length
- 18.9 m
- weight
- 178 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120505, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class P5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.