The Pennsylvania Railroad G5s was a class of 4-6-0 ten-wheeler steam locomotives designed for commuter and suburban passenger trains. Mechanical engineer William F. Kiesel Jr. used the boiler of an E6s Atlantic on a frame with smaller drivers and no trailing truck, which put more weight on the driving wheels and gave strong acceleration for frequent stops at the cost of top speed and a rough ride. The railroad's Juniata Shops in Altoona built 90 of them between 1923 and 1925, and 31 more followed for the Long Island Rail Road, where they were the primary passenger engine until the end of steam in 1955. Three survive, one of them in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
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built by the PRR's Juniata Shops in the mid-late 1920s
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When the first G5s rolled out of the Juniata Shops in 1923
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with three surviving examples
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a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives
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a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives
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a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives
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built by the PRR's Juniata Shops in the mid-late 1920s
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The Pennsylvania Railroad G5s is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives
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The Pennsylvania Railroad G5s is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives
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The Pennsylvania Railroad G5s is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives
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