Pennsylvania Railroad Class E6

Pennsylvania Railroad E6s #1067 was an example of this class.

Pennsylvania Railroad class E6 were a series, and were the final type of 4-4-2 "Atlantic" locomotive built by the railroad, and second only to the Milwaukee Road's streamlined class A in size, speed and power in size, speed and power. Although quickly ceding top-flight trains to the larger K4s Pacifics, the E6 remained a popular locomotive on lesser services and some lasted to the end of steam on the PRR.

History

These engines were built by the PRR Juniata Shops between 1910–1914 for the Pennsylvania Railroad they were designed by the Pennsy's General Superintendent of Motive Power, Lines East, Alfred W. Gibbs, and his team. They produced an Atlantic of modern design, featuring a large and free-steaming boiler, outside Walschaert valve gear, piston valves on the cylinders, and a cast steel KW pattern trailing truck designed by the PRR's Chief Mechanical Engineer, William F. Kiesel, Jr. Modern features never present on the E6 design, and never retrofitted, included the mechanical stoker, power reverse and feedwater heater.

Today only one member series #460, called the Lindbergh Engine, is preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania because all the others were sold for scrap.

See also

• List of Pennsylvania Railroad Class E6 locomotives