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PRR CC2s

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Power type
  
Steam

Build date
  
April–September 1919

Builder
  
Baldwin

Configuration
  
0-8-8-0

Serial number
  
51716, 51867, 51904, 51938, 51973, 51994, 52054, 52227, 52291 and 52372

Gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) class CC2s consisted of an experimental 0-8-8-0 single (as opposed to compound) type of steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1919 for PRR; 10 were produced. These were used for transfer runs, and used for switching as "yard hump" power.

By 1957, all steam locomotives of the PRR were retired when the PRR switched from steam to diesel. These large engines continued to pull heavy transfer runs throughout the 1940s the PRR sold them for scrap between October 1947 and April 1949.

References

PRR CC2s Wikipedia