PRR C1

Pennsylvania Railroad C1

PRR C1 locomotive #6560. Photographed at Louisville, KY., 28 June 1950 by Otto Perry

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Pennsylvania Railroad
Build date	1925, 1927
Total produced	90

Specifications
Configuration	0-8-0
UIC class	Dh
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter	56 in (1.422 m)
Axle load	74,000 lb (33.6 t)
Loco weight	278,000 lb (126.1 t)
Boiler pressure	250 psi (1.72 MPa)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	27 in × 30 in (686 mm × 762 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	76,154 lbf (338.7 kN)

Career
Numbers	6550–6639
Retired	1948–1953
Disposition	all scrapped

The PRR C1 was the Pennsylvania Railroad's class of 0-8-0 steam locomotive, used in switching service. The 0-8-0 was common on most railroads, but not on PRR; when the railroad needed bigger motive power, they used the 2-8-0 "Consolidation". PRR wanted the best motive power to handle the switching chores at yards and interchanges and the C1 class was the heaviest two-cylinder 0-8-0 switcher ever produced. Calculated tractive effort was 76154 lb, based on 78% MEP with 60% maximum cutoff. The C1s were retired between 1948 and 1953.

None survive today.

Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives

A (0-4-0):	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5s

B (0-6-0):	B1 (s) B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B1 (e)

C (0-8-0):	C1 C29 C30 C31

D (4-4-0):	D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 D11 D12 D13 D14 D15 D16 D21 D22 D23 D24 D25 D26 D30 D31 D32 D33 D34 D35 D36 D37 D38 D39 D61 "Odd D" #10003

E (4-4-2):	E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E21 E22 E23 E28

F (2-6-0):	F1 F2 F3 F21 F22 F23 F24 F25 F26 F27 F30 F31 F61

G (4-6-0):	G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G53

H (2-8-0):	H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H8 H9 H10

I (2-10-0):	I1s

J (2-6-2 and 2-10-4):	J1 J28

K (4-6-2):	K1 K2 K3s K4s K5

L (2-8-2):	L1s L2s L5 L6

M (4-8-2):	M1

N (2-10-2):	N1s N2s

O (4-4-4):	O1

P (4-6-4):	P5

Q (4-6-4-4 and 4-4-6-4):	Q1 Q2

R (4-8-4):	R1

S (6-4-4-6 and 6-8-6):	S1 S2

T (4-4-4-4):	T1

Articulated steam locomotives:	CC1s CC2s HC1s HH1s HH2s

Articulated electric locomotives:	AA1 BB1 BB2 BB3 DD1 DD2 FF1 FF2 GG1

Non-standard:	E2b E2c E3b E44

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