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PRR Washington Tours 1914
The four pages below hold a variety of images and copies of various documents;
1. Photos taken by my self in the USA mainly at the Pennsylvania
State Railroad Museum at Strasburg Pa.
2. Images of the PRR of old
3. Scans of part of the January 1967 and January 1965 passenger
timetables.
4. Photos of American Locomotives imported into Europe
5. A copy of a brochure from 1914 on escorted tours of Washington DC.
Below are a few statistics from the 1954-55 and 1960 editions of Jane's World Railways
about the Pennsylvania Railroad.
If a comparative figure is not given there wasn't one....
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1954-55 |
1960 |
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Route length ( miles ) |
10,111 |
9,917 |
Track length ( miles ) |
25,110 |
23,555 |
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Electrified route length |
671 |
671 |
Electrified track length |
2,252 |
2,252 |
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Number of: |
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Steam locomotives |
1,721 |
22 |
Electric locomotives |
271 |
270 |
Diesel locomotives |
1,330 |
1,523 |
Gas (petrol) locomotives |
1 |
0 |
Passenger cars |
5,471 |
4,284 |
Electric unit cars |
499 |
510 |
Diesel railcars |
19 |
10 |
Freight cars |
183,925 |
154,847 |
Service cars |
5,073 |
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Floating equipment |
351 |
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Total freight carried ( Imp.
Tons ) |
202,267,000 |
154,255,000 |
Total number of passengers
carried |
72,879,000 |
53,612,000 |
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Revenue in US$ |
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8442321000 |
Expenses in US$ |
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7151859000 |

clip art curtsy of Chris Brandt
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