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Pennsylvania Railroad class G3
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pennsylvania Railroad· from 1892· class of 23 American 4-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
PRR G3 was a class of American Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler Type steam locomotive class built by the Pennsylvania Railroad with a total of 23 locomotives built in 1892-1893 to pull passenger trains and freight trains but as time went by larger and more powerful steam locomotives like the PRR Class K4 4-6-2 Pacific Type steam locomotives of 1914 took over fast passenger trains between 1914 and 1928 as well as the PRR Class G5 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler Type steam locomotives of 1923 also took over passenger trains between 1923 and 1929 . All the Pennsylvania Railroad Class G3 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler Type steam locomotives were retired replaced by 1925-1930 and all 23 locomotives were scrapped by 1931.
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 134 years ago, in 1892.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1892–1893
- number built
- 23
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- operators
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120485, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class G3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.