PRR 5544, T-1, 1949         
Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of three Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotives that was taken in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in July of 1949. On the right is PRR engine #5544, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1946 and retired in January of 1956. On the left are PRR engines #5880 and another E-7 whose number is not recorded. Both are EP-20's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5880 was built in April of 1949 and renumbered "4204" in 1966. Visible on the far right are two PRR GG-1's waiting for their next assignments. Roy Healey Collection; #39 of 40.
Date: 7/24/1949 Location: Harrisburg, PA Views: 521 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 5544(UNKNOWN) PRR 5880(E7A)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 5544, T-1, 1949
Picture Categories: Steam,Passenger This picture is part of album:  PRR: Healey ~> PRR Passenger Engines
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Robert Farkas General What a contrast! 3/17/2018 10:36:22 PM
Mike Woodruff General An excellent article in the January 1979 issue of TRAINS magazine by W. A. Gardiner contrasted the service histories of the T-1 and that first pair of EMD E7s. In their first six months in service, the T-1 ran 2,800 miles, the E7s 69,000 miles. 3/17/2018 11:04:02 PM

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