57 ELECTRIC ENGINES.
MOST POWERFUL IN WORLD. PENNYSYLVANIA RAILWAYS* HUGE ORDER-. . (U.P.A, by Elec. Tel. Copyright l (Rec. Nov; 11, 6.30 p.m.) PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 10 The Pennsylvania Railroad Company today announced that it had placed orders • for 57 electric engines “to be tbe most powerful electric passenger locomotives ever built in the world.” It is one of the largest locomotive equipment orders • in the history of the United States railroads, involving 15,000,000 dollars. The engines are designed for operating at a-speed of 90- miles an hour and hauling trains of standard size and length.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12399, 12 November 1934, Page 5
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