Pennsylvania Railroad class E1

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Pennsylvania Railroad's E1 class comprised three experimental 4-4-2 "Atlantic" locomotivess built in 1899 to compete with the Reading Railroad on the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Camden, New Jersey), to Atlantic City, New Jersey, high-speed seashore passenger train service. These engines were designed as cab-center or camelback locomotives with wide fireboxes and 80 in (2,032 mm) drivers that carried 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) per axle. They proved capable in fast service but the inherent danger of separating the engineer from the fireman was unacceptable to the PRR so they were sold to their subsidiary the Long Island Rail Road in 1903. While the camelback design was unfavorable the Atlantic style proved to be everything the Pennsylvania Railroad needed at that time. They went on to acquire 596 additional units over the next fifteen years.

Class E1a

E2 engine #269, the first of the class, was built in July 1900 and was reclassified to E1a in 1902.

References

Staufer, Alvin F.; Edson, D. William; Harley, E. Thomas (December 1993). Pennsy Power III. Staufer. ISBN 0-944513-10-7.

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External images
PRR 700 builder's photo
PRR 820 builder's photo

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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