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 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 …

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 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.”

Aug 27, 2024 · The E44 freight electric locomotive was an Ignitron-rectifier built by GE in 1959 as the PRR needed a new freight locomotive to replace its aging fleet of P5s and supplement its GG1s (which by the late 1950s were used in both freight and passenger service).

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.

It happens with any railroad rostering a locomotive numbered 4449, but the cameraman definitley notices and gives a Pennsylvania Railroad E44 "Brick"...

View of the 60-year-old E44 locomotive No. 4465, constructed in 1963 by General Electric in Erie, Pennsylvania. Train crews often referred to the E44s as “bricks” due to their boxy car body. The...

Aug 1, 1978 · Just a grab shot as the cab of this ex PRR E44 "brick" glides by with a beautiful Susquehanna River in the background. This train will be entering Enola yard just ahead in this August 1978 shot.

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.