PRR B1
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The Pennsylvania Railroad
's class B1 comprised 42 switcher
-type electric locomotive
s built between 1926
and 1935
. They were of 0-6-0
wheel arrangement
in the Whyte notation
with 700 horsepower. As built, the first 28 locomotives formed permanently coupled pairs, known as BB1's. The last extant unit is preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the "Pennsy", the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
's class B1 comprised 42 switcher
Switcher
A switcher or shunter is a small railroad locomotive intended not for moving trains over long distances but rather for assembling trains ready for a road locomotive to take over, disassembling a train that has been...
-type electric locomotive
Electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or an on-board energy storage device...
s built between 1926
1926 in rail transport
-May events:* May 1 - Burlington Refrigerator Express is formed as a joint venture between the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Fruit Growers Express ....
and 1935
1935 in rail transport
-January events:* January 2 - Chicago and North Western Railway begins 400 passenger train service between Chicago, Illinois, and Saint Paul, Minnesota; it was so named because the 400 mile trip was intended to take 400 minutes, though that pace wasn't quite reached until a few months later...
. They were of 0-6-0
0-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
wheel arrangement
Wheel arrangement
In rail transport, a wheel arrangement is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed beneath a locomotive.. Several notations exist to describe the wheel assemblies of a locomotive by type, position, and connections, with the adopted notations varying by country...
in the Whyte notation
Whyte notation
The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early twentieth century encouraged by an editorial in American Engineer and Railroad Journal...
with 700 horsepower. As built, the first 28 locomotives formed permanently coupled pairs, known as BB1's. The last extant unit is preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.