The electrical system was decommissioned, and the Y-1 locomotives were sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad, who classified them as FF2. GN 5011 was broken up for spares, and the remaining seven locomotives were overhauled and converted to PRR standards and then placed into service, being assigned numbers 1–7 on the PRR.

FF2 - 2-6-6-2 motor-generator AC electric locomotives acquired second-hand from the Great Northern Railway (their classes Y1 and Y1a) in 1956. GG1 - express passenger and freight electric locomotive, highly successful.

The PRR bought eight, old, box cab, 2- 6-6-2 electric locomotives from the Great Northern Railway in 1955. One had been modernized with an EMD F unit type carbody which exceeded the PRR’s clearance limits.

Among the changes was the PRR removed the rooftop bus connectors, regenerative braking, and added PRR MU connections, US&S cab signals and electric water coolers. The other noticable difference the Pennsy made was to remove the side doors and …

Jan 14, 2021 · PRR class AA1 10002 was one of two experimental D.C. third-rail units the railroad built when planning the electrification for New York’s Pennsylvania Station, which opened in 1910.

Pennsylvania Railroad | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | FF2 #6 | February 17, 1958 | John Bowman, Jr. photograph Built March 1930 by Alco / General Electric for Great Northern Railroad Y1 class #5016 | Alco B/N 68274 | GE B/N 11151 Sold to PRR …

The Pennsylvania Railroad 's class FF2 electric locomotives comprised eight boxcab units purchased from the Great Northern Railway in 1956 following the GN's dismantling of its Cascade Tunnel electrification.

Oct 2, 2010 · In the spring of 2003, MTH brought out an excellent Premier-line model of the FF2. It's another in their line of die-cast Pennsy electric locomotives and is deceptively heavy and powerful. As you...

One more item, When the Great Northern dropped electrification, they sold their eight (8) Y1 class electrics to the Pennsylvania Railroad. The PRR gave them road numbers 1-7 (class FF2) with …

The Pennsylvania Railroad 's class FF2 electric locomotives comprised eight boxcab units purchased from the Great Northern Railway in 1956 following the GN's dismantling of its Cascade Tunnel electrification. Their GN classifications were Y1 and Y1a.