- PRR FF2
The
Pennsylvania Railroad 's class FF2electric locomotives comprised eightboxcab units purchased from the Great Northern Railway in 1956 following the GN's dismantling of itsCascade Tunnel electrification . Their GN classifications were Y1 and Y1a. One unit was dismantled for spares, and the remaining seven were overhauled and converted to PRR standards and then placed into service, being assigned #1–#7 on the PRR.They were of
2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement in theWhyte notation , or 1-C+C-1 in theAmerican Association of Railroads scheme. They usedmotor-generator sets to rectify the AC line voltage into DC current for theirtraction motor s.References
* cite book
author = Staufer, Alvin
title = Pennsy Power
id = LOC 62-20878
year = 1962
publisher = Staufer
pages = 248–253* cite web
author = Pennsylvania Railroad
url = http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=ff2.gif&sel=ele&sz=sm&fr=
title = FF2
work = PRR Locomotive Diagrams
accessdate = 2006-01-05 (simple drawing and specifications, for general reference by railroad staff).
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