The Pennsylvania Railroad Class GEW275 was a class of six self-propelled, gas-electric railcar that were built by Pullman Company and the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC) (later Electro-Motive Division (EMD)) for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1928.
History[]
A total of six examples of what had became the Pennsylvania Railroad Class GEW275 were ever constructed by the Pullman Company and the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC) (later Electro-Motive Division (EMD)) in 1928, and all six examples were delivered to the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The class of six self-propelled, gas-electric railcars were withdrawn from service and not a single one of the six GEW275 railcars were preserved, they were all scrapped, thus rendering them extinct.
Accidents and Incidents[]
On July 31, 1940, No. 4648 was involved and destroyed in the Doodlebug rail disaster, at that time, it had departed from Hudson station at 5:49 pm on its usual 13-mile (21-kilometer) run south to Akron on a warm summer evening with a total of 46 people aboard, a total of 46 people were killed in the accident (those said fatalities were everyone onboard No. 4648).
In the end of the accident, No. 4648 was deemed a total loss and scrapped.
Trivia[]
- Although none of the six examples of the Pennsylvania Railroad Class GEW275 had survived into preservation, three other doodlebugs from different classes of Doodlebug railcars have been preserved.
Stock list[]
Photograph | Railcar No. | Build date | Manufacturer | Status | Notes |
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Frameless | 4644 | 1928 | Pullman Company/Electro-Motive Corporation | Scrapped | |
Frameless | 4645 | 1928 | Pullman Company/Electro-Motive Corporation | Scrapped | |
Frameless | 4646 | 1928 | Pullman Company/Electro-Motive Corporation | Scrapped | |
Frameless | 4647 | 1928 | Pullman Company/Electro-Motive Corporation | Scrapped | |
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4648 | 1928 | Pullman Company/Electro-Motive Corporation | Scrapped | Involved and destroyed in the Doodlebug Disaster |
Frameless | 4649 | 1928 | Pullman Company/Electro-Motive Corporation | Scrapped |