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Pennsylvania Railroad class L6
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pennsylvania Railroad· from 1932· class of 3 (62 planned) American 1′D1′ electric locomotives
what is it?
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class L6 comprised three electric locomotives of 2-8-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation. The intention was to build a whole class of freight boxcab locomotives using this design, but the displacement of class P5a to freight work after the introduction of the GG1 meant that there was little need for more electric freight locomotives. Two L6 class locomotives were built at Altoona Works as prototypes in 1932.
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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 35 years (1932–1967).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1932–1933
- in service from
- 1932
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pennsylvania Railroad, Altoona Works, Lima Locomotive Works
- operators
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- top speed
- 87 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV, 25 Hz AC
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- weight
- 136 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120498, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class L6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.