PRR CC2s

The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) class CC2s consisted of a single experimental 0-8-8-0 steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1919, it place service on the PRR, 10 were produced. These were used for Transfer Runs, and used for switching as "Yard Hump" These Locomotives were replaced over time. By 1957, all steam locomotives of the PRR were retired when the PRR switched from steam to diesel. These Large engines continued to pull Heavy Transfer Runs throughout the 1940s the PRR scrapped them possibly the 1950s.

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