The Pennsylvania Railroad’s class L5 were the railroad’s second generation of production electric locomotives after the DD1 and the last to use a jackshaft and side rods to drive the wheels. The L5 was a single-unit locomotive instead of the twin-unit DD1. The wheel arrangement in Whyte notation was 2-4-4-2 or 1-B-B-1 in the Association of American Railroads scheme. Twenty five were built in 4 distinct subclasses.
height (cm)
4.2672
length (km)
20.7264
active years end year
1928-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1924-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
builder
General Electric, Westinghouse Electric (1886), Altoona Works, Brown Boveri & Cie
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