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PRR Odd D 10003

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Power type
  
Electric

Total produced
  
1

AAR wheel arr.
  
2-B

Build date
  
1907

Configuration
  
4-4-0

PRR Odd D 10003

Builder
  
Baldwin and Westinghouse

Pennsylvania Railroad's Odd D #10003 was an experimental electric locomotive built in 1907 by Baldwin and Westinghouse. It had an 4-4-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 2-B in the AAR scheme. On the PRR, class D was assigned to 4-4-0 locomotives. Production classes of locomotive were assigned a number after the letter, but one-off locomotives were simply designated "Odd".

In testing, #10003 proved to be more stable at speed than the two class AA1 B-B locomotives the PRR had also constructed, so its 4-4-0 arrangement and high center of gravity was chosen as the design for the PRR's DD1 production locomotives.

References

PRR Odd D 10003 Wikipedia