PRR K4s

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4-6-2 Pacific-type locomotive steam locomotive class

The PRR K4s was a class of iconic 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotives that served as the primary passenger power for the Pennsylvania Railroad in the first half of the 20th century.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
PRR 1361 2
PRR 3750 2
PRR K2 1
PRR K3 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 4-6-2 Pacific-type locomotive ⓘ
steam locomotive class ⓘ
boilerPressure 205 psi ⓘ
boilerType fire-tube boiler ⓘ
brakeType air brakes ⓘ
buildDateEnd 1928 ⓘ
buildDateStart 1914 ⓘ
configurationName Pacific ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cylinderConfiguration simple expansion ⓘ
cylinderCount 2 ⓘ
designer Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works ⓘ
surface form: Altoona Works mechanical engineering department

Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works ⓘ
driverDiameter 80 in ⓘ
era first half of the 20th century ⓘ
frameType conventional bar frame ⓘ
fuelType coal ⓘ
gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge ⓘ
heritage symbol of Pennsylvania Railroad passenger era ⓘ
nickname Standard Passenger Pacific of the PRR ⓘ
notableFor being the standard passenger locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
iconic status in American steam locomotive history ⓘ
operator Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
powerType steam ⓘ
precededByClass PRR K2 ⓘ
PRR K2 ⓘ
surface form: PRR K3
preservedAt Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Railroaders Memorial Museum, Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
preservedLocomotive PRR K4s self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PRR 1361

PRR K4s self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PRR 3750
primaryUse passenger service ⓘ
railroadClass K4s Pacific ⓘ
surface form: K4s
railway Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
region Northeastern United States ⓘ
retirementPeriod 1950s ⓘ
serviceEntry 1914 ⓘ
succeededByClass PRR E8 ⓘ
PRR T1 ⓘ
survivingUnits 2 ⓘ
tenderType coal and water tender ⓘ
totalProduced 425 ⓘ
tractiveEffort about 44,460 lbf ⓘ
UICClassification 2′C1′ h ⓘ
usedOnRoute New York–Philadelphia–Pittsburgh–Chicago ⓘ
surface form: New York–Chicago

New York–St. Louis route ⓘ
surface form: New York–St. Louis

New York City–Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C.–New York
usedOnService Pennsylvania Railroad mainline passenger trains ⓘ
valveGear Walschaerts ⓘ
wheelArrangement 4-6-2 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

K4s Pacific → famousExample → PRR K4s ⓘ
this entity surface form: PRR 1361
K4s Pacific → famousExample → PRR K4s ⓘ
this entity surface form: PRR 3750
K4s Pacific → precededByClass → PRR K4s ⓘ
this entity surface form: PRR K2
K4s Pacific → precededByClass → PRR K4s ⓘ
this entity surface form: PRR K3
PRR K4s → preservedLocomotive → PRR K4s self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PRR 1361
PRR K4s → preservedLocomotive → PRR K4s self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PRR 3750
K4s Pacific → railroadClass → PRR K4s ⓘ