Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b

Pennsylvania Railroad E2b

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	General Electric
Build date	1952
Total produced	6

Specifications
Configuration:
• AAR	B-B
• UIC	Bo'Bo'
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electric system/s	11 kV, 25 Hz AC
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Transmission	AC current fed via transformer tap changers to AC traction motors.

Performance figures
Maximum speed	65 MPH
Power output	2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Tractive effort	35,400 lbf (157 kN)

Career
Operators	Pennsylvania Railroad
Class	E2b
Numbers	4939–4944
Scrapped	1964

Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b comprised six experimental B-B electric locomotives built for the railroad by General Electric.

In 1952 the Pennsylvania Railroad took delivery of eight experimental locomotives:

4 locomotives of the class E2b with the road numbers #4939–#4942 built by General Electric
2 locomotives of the class E2c with the road numbers #4995 and #4996 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton & Westinghouse
2 locomotives of the class E3b the road numbers #4997 and #4998 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton & Westinghouse

GE built two demonstrators to show the Great Northern Railway. These two were sold to the PRR in March 1953 and numbered #4943–#4944.

The class E2b locomotives were commonly used in three pairs. Like most previous PRR electric locomotives, they were straight AC-powered, and did not use rectifiers. Because of this, they could work in multiple with existing PRR locomotives, and generally did so with class P5a.

The locomotives were scrapped in 1964.

Notes

^ Staufer & Pennypacker 1962, pp. 300–301

References

Middleton, William D. (2002). The Pennsylvania Railroad - Under Wire (1st ed.). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-617-7.
Staufer, Alvin F.; Pennypacker, Bert (1962). Pennsy Power: Steam and Electric Locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1900-1957. Research by Martin Flattley. Carollton, Ohio: Alvin F. Staufer. ISBN 978-0-9445-1304-0.
Volkmer, William D. (1991). Pennsy Electric Years. Edison, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books, Inc. pp. 30, 126. ISBN 978-1-878887-01-6.

v t e Electric locomotives built by GE
DC Electrics (Bipolar motors)	NYC S-Motor NYC T-Motor MILW EP-2 “Bi-polar”
DC Electrics	Canadian National Class Z-1-a JNR ED11 [ja] JNR ED14 [ja] MILW EF-1 / EP-1 MILW ES-1 MILW ES-2 GE 289A Boxcab Mexican Railway Boxcabs NYC P Motor NYC Q-Motor NYC R-Motor CUT P1-a Tri-power boxcab NYC R-2 Paulista Rwy. 2-C+C-2 “Little Joe” CN Centercab Electric NJ E-10
AC Electrics	New Haven EP3 PRR P5a PRR GG1 New Haven EP4 New Haven EF3a PRR E2b
AC Electrics (3 phase)	GN boxcab
AC Electrics (motor generator)	New Haven EF2 New Haven EY3 GN Y-1 / PRR FF2 GN W-1 VGN EL-2B
AC Electrics (Ignitron Rectifier)	New Haven EP-5 VGN EL-C / New Haven EF-4 / PC E33 PRR E44
AC Electrics (Silicon Rectifier)	E50C E60C E60CH / E60CP / E60MA E25B E60C-2
Battery locomotives	Wabtec FLXDrive
(see also: List of GE locomotives)

Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives

A (0-4-0):	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5s
B (0-6-0):	B1 (s) B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B1 (e)
C (0-8-0):	C1 C29 C30 C31
D (4-4-0):	D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 D11 D12 D13 D14 D15 D16 D21 D22 D23 D24 D25 D26 D30 D31 D32 D33 D34 D35 D36 D37 D38 D39 D61 "Odd D" #10003
E (4-4-2):	E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E21 E22 E23 E28 de Glehn
F (2-6-0):	F1 F2 F3 F21 F22 F23 F24 F25 F26 F27 F30 F31 F61
G (4-6-0):	G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G53

H (2-8-0):	H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H8 H9 H10
I (2-10-0):	I1
J (2-6-2 and 2-10-4):	J1 J28
K (4-6-2):	K1 K2 K3s K4s K5 K21s K28 K29s
L (2-8-2):	L1s L2s L5 L6
M (4-8-2):	M1
N (2-10-2):	N1s N2s
O (4-4-4):	O1

P (4-6-4):	P5
Q (4-6-4-4 and 4-4-6-4):	Q1 Q2
R (4-8-4):	R1
S (6-4-4-6 and 6-8-6):	S1 S2
T (4-4-4-4):	T1
Articulated steam locomotives:	CC1s CC2s HC1s HH1 HH1s HH2s
Articulated electric locomotives:	AA1 BB1 BB2 BB3 DD1 DD2 FF1 FF2 GG1
Non-standard:	E2b E2c E3b E44

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