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Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b
🇺🇸 United States ·built by General Electric· from 1952· class of 6 American Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives
what is it?
Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b comprised six experimental B-B electric locomotives built for the railroad by General Electric. In 1952 the Pennsylvania Railroad took delivery of eight experimental locomotives: 4 locomotives of the class E2b with the road numbers #4939–#4942 built by General Electric 2 locomotives of the class E2c with the road numbers #4995 and #4996 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton & Westinghouse 2 locomotives of the class E3b the road numbers #4997 and #4998 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton & Westinghouse GE built two demonstrators to show the Great Northern Railway. These two were sold to the PRR in March 1953 and numbered #4943–#4944.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1952
- retired
- 1964
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- General Electric
- operators
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV, 25 Hz AC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120480, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.