The PRR E44 was an electric, rectifier-equipped locomotive built by General Electric for the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1960 and 1963. The PRR used them for freight service on the Northeast Corridor .

The Pennsy's brick-like, six-axle E44 freighters were the same size as the earlier design but developed 4400 hp, a power rating that no single-unit diesel would rival for decades.

The original group of E44's consisted of 66 units built for the PRR between 1960 and 1963. Forty-four were class E44 in 1976 and numbered 4400-4437 and 4460-4465, while units 4438 to 4459 totaling 22, were class E44A having been rebuilt to 5,000 horsepower from …

Jan 1, 2025 · The tonnage ratings of a "brick" (E44) tended to be almost a third higher than those of a (90mph geared) GG1 (GG1 nominal horsepower: 4620). (I've been going through piles of old magazines while cleaning out my mother's house.

A couple of Penn Central freights, powered with E44 "bricks" meet at a location north of Washington DC. The next day we see a work train and passenger trains. From the Green Frog Productions show "Penn Central, Volume 4" https://rfd.video/PC4

E44 "Bricks" of the Pennsylvania Railroad are at the east (south) end of Enola Yard in the early Penn Central era. Conrail would finally remove the electrification here in 1983. From the Green Frog...

Jul 28, 2020 · I'm opening a new topic for the completed work of my MOC PRR E44 locomotive Plenty of adjustments from the Stud.io model: The trucks are completely redesigned, using technic structure. The pantographs, windows, handrails and panels are also adjusted. RC receiver is moved to the short nose. Around 1350 bricks. Powered by 2x PF M-motors.

Meet on the curve finds an E44 brick with a mixed freight with several cabin cars and the consist passing a GG1 with a passenger train. Another long passenger trained with an eclectic mix of cars rolls past the colonial shelter.

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The E44 class electric, built with a silicon rectifier, delivered an amazing 5000 horsepower. Referring to its pair of three-axle trucks and boxy carbody, train crews often called the E44’s “bricks.”