The All-Weather Fleet

This brochure is undated, but like the last few brochures shown from the Bill Hough collection it is probably from 1941. The best clue is the fact that Pennsylvania’s S1 locomotive, number 6100, is prominently featured both on the cover and inside. This somewhat experimental locomotive was first put into service in December, 1940, and only operated for about five years before being stored and eventually scrapped.

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While there were no official records (probably due to federal speed limits), the locomotive supposedly exceeded 140 miles per hour several times and may even have reached 156 miles per hour. Based on what the PRR learned from this locomotive, it built more than 50 T1 locomotives that were similar to the S1 in having four cylinders and eight drivers that — unlike most four-cylinder locomotives — did not rotate separately. This meant the locomotives could not easily handle sharp corners. They were also prone to having their drivers slip, though the problem wasn’t as bad as with the S1 locomotive.
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At the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair, the S1 locomotive was put on rollers so it could operate in place. Click image for a larger view.

Beyond the locomotives, this Chicago-oriented brochure advertises that the Pennsylvania offered ten passenger trains a day between Chicago and New York, as well as five from Chicago to Washington DC, four to Cincinnati, and three to Detroit (using Wabash tracks from Fort Wayne to Detroit).


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