Pennsylvania Railroad 1737 (original) (raw)
The Pennsylvania Railroad's K4s class Pacific number 1737 was the prototype of the class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives that eventually would number 425 locomotives. The Pennsylvania Railroad in 1914 needed a steam locomotive to haul the passenger trains that the smaller E class Atlantics (4-4-2) could not handle. The 1737 was the first K4s ever built for the PRR. In passenger service, the 1737 would handle passenger trains, like the railroad's flagship passenger train, the Broadway Limited. In the 1930s, as the Pennsylvania Railroad had increased passenger service time tables, the trains became longer and heavier than a single K4s could handle, necessitating double-heading with a second engine. The "Standard Railroad Of The World" made attempts to replace the 1737 and its sisters with larger,
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| dbo:abstract | The Pennsylvania Railroad's K4s class Pacific number 1737 was the prototype of the class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives that eventually would number 425 locomotives. The Pennsylvania Railroad in 1914 needed a steam locomotive to haul the passenger trains that the smaller E class Atlantics (4-4-2) could not handle. The 1737 was the first K4s ever built for the PRR. In passenger service, the 1737 would handle passenger trains, like the railroad's flagship passenger train, the Broadway Limited. In the 1930s, as the Pennsylvania Railroad had increased passenger service time tables, the trains became longer and heavier than a single K4s could handle, necessitating double-heading with a second engine. The "Standard Railroad Of The World" made attempts to replace the 1737 and its sisters with larger, more powerful classes including: K5, S1, and the T1, none of which were successful; thus, the K4s continued hauling passenger trains until the Pennsylvania Railroad replaced steam locomotives with the increasingly-popular and less-costly diesel-electric locomotives in 1957. (en) |
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| dbo:activeYearsStartYear | 1914-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
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| dbp:caption | PRR 1737 builder's photo. (en) |
| dbp:deliverydate | 1914 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:disposition | Scrapped in 1960 (en) |
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| dbp:name | Pennsylvania Railroad 1737 (en) |
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| dbp:powertype | Steam (en) |
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| dbp:valvetype | dbr:Piston_valve_(steam_engine) |
| dbp:wheelbase | between driving axles (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | The Pennsylvania Railroad's K4s class Pacific number 1737 was the prototype of the class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives that eventually would number 425 locomotives. The Pennsylvania Railroad in 1914 needed a steam locomotive to haul the passenger trains that the smaller E class Atlantics (4-4-2) could not handle. The 1737 was the first K4s ever built for the PRR. In passenger service, the 1737 would handle passenger trains, like the railroad's flagship passenger train, the Broadway Limited. In the 1930s, as the Pennsylvania Railroad had increased passenger service time tables, the trains became longer and heavier than a single K4s could handle, necessitating double-heading with a second engine. The "Standard Railroad Of The World" made attempts to replace the 1737 and its sisters with larger, (en) |
| rdfs:label | Pennsylvania Railroad 1737 (en) |
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| foaf:name | Pennsylvania Railroad 1737 (en) |
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