PRR constructed 90 for use in commuter service and then built 30 for their subsidiary the Long Island RR. The 2-10-0 "Decapod" type was assigned class I. The PRR only owned one type of Decapod, class I1s, but they owned 598 of them, one of the largest classes of identical power in the United States. I1s/I1sa - heavy freight hauler.

The Norfolk and Western Y3 and Y3a classes were classes of 2-8-8-2 "Mallet" articulated steam locomotives, with a total of 80 locomotives built for the Norfolk and Western Railway between 1919 and 1923.

The Y3 models were built in 1919 by ALCO and Baldwin and were used to haul long coal trains over mountainous terrain. Faced with motive power shortages during World War II, the Pennsylvania Railroad purchased six Alco-built Y3s from N&W in 1943.

Feb 11, 2010 · The PRR received 6 Y3 locomotives and used one for parts to keep the others in service. They were mostly used for pushers on the hump in Columbus and sometimes a transfer run from yard to yard. #373 was cannibalized for parts.

HH1 – 2-8-8-2 – In 1943 the PRR aquired six Norfolk & Western Y3, 2-8-8-2, locomotives all built in 1919. They were used in Columbus for transfer and hump service.

The Pennsylvania Railroad class HH1s/Y3s are four-cylinder compound articulated locomotives that consist of six examples of ex-Norfolk and Western Railway Y3 class 2-8-8-2 (Whyte notation) wheel arrangement.

These big locomotives developed over 100,000 pounds of tractive effort on their 16 57 inch drivers and weighed in at 240 tons. Alco, Baldwin and the N&W all built various examples of …

Most railroads abandoned the 0-4-0 after the 1920s, but the PRR kept it for use on small industrial branches, especially those with street trackage and tight turns. Class B comprised the 0-6-0 type, the most popular arrangement for switcher locomotives on the PRR. Class C was assigned to the 0 …

Dec 4, 2023 · I have one of the new PRR Y3’s and like it so I could not resist adding a B&O Y3 at the sale price. The PRR uses the long tender with 3 axle trucks, the B&O uses the shorter tender with 2 axle trucks.

Aug 16, 2024 · I set up my PRR Y3 with GRJ's invention tonight: Is that black structure I see in your photo an ash removal set up? If so are they available somewhere? His ash pit is a …