Pennsylvania Railroad class E2b comprised six experimental B-B

electric locomotive An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuelled prime movers, such as diesel engines or g ...

s built for the railroad by

General Electric General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston. The company operated in sectors including healthcare, aviation, power, renewable en ...

. 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 E3c with the road numbers #4995 and #4996 built by

Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, it moved to nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in the early 20th century. The company was for decades t ...

& Westinghouse * 2 locomotives of the class E3b the road numbers #4997 and #4998 built by

& Westinghouse GE built two demonstrators to show the Great Northern Railway. These two were sold to the PRR in March 1953 and numbered . 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

References

* * * 11 kV AC locomotives E2b General Electric locomotives B-B locomotives Experimental locomotives Electric locomotives of the United States Standard gauge locomotives of the United States Railway locomotives introduced in 1952 Scrapped locomotives {{US-train-stub Streamlined electric locomotives