3750 and 3936 7D02530
by Guy Whiteley
Title
3750 and 3936 7D02530
Artist
Guy Whiteley
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Three hundred and twenty-five K4 Pacific type (4-6-2) locomotives were built by PRR at their Juniata shops from 1914 to 1928. The first K4, #1737, was delivered in 1914, with #3750 outshopped in 1920. In addition, Baldwin built seventy-five K4s locomotives (the "s" indicated they were superheated) in 1927, and twenty-five more were built at Altoona.
The K4 was one of the most successful passenger steam locomotives ever built and outnumbered any others of its type in the US. Combining speed and power, it easily adapted to service on all parts of the vast PRR network, which included some of the country's most demanding mountain terrain. They pulled all of Pennsy's "Blue Ribbon" passenger consists, including the Broadway Limited. In their final years, they saw service on shorter lines, including the Pennsy's operations on the New York and Long Island Branch coast line.
On the right PRR #3936 and #3937 (formerly #4781 and #4780) are a pair of semi-permanently coupled DD1 class electric locomotives, the only surviving examples of their class. The DD1 was designed in 1909 to work in tunnels under the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York City, taking power from a 600 volt DC third rail rather than an overhead catenary.
Uploaded
October 19th, 2013
Statistics
Viewed 1,860 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/24/2024 at 6:04 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet