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Cylinders 17" x 24"
Drivers, diam. 66"
Weight on drivers, about 45,000 lb.
Weight, total engine, about 70,000 lb.
     
     Equipped with swing bolster leading truck. 
     This locomotive, in service on the Middle Division, made 153,280 miles from Sept. 9,  1867, to May 14, 1871, before being shopped for general repairs.
American Type Locomotive, Baldwin, 1876
American Type Locomotive for Fast Passenger Service, built by The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1867
 
decoration, set a precedent which was eventually followed by all the railroad throughout the country. 
     During this period, the mileage of the System was greatly increased because of the acquisition, through lease or purchase, of several important connection lines.  In 1860, control was acquired of the Northern Central Railway, running from Baltimore northward through Harrisburg to Sunbury, Pa., where it made connection with the Philadelphia and Erie.  The latter road was leased on January 1, 1862, for 999 years.  The Baltimore and Potomac, connecting the cities of Baltimore and Washington, was also acquired, and completed in 1873.  This gave the Pennsylvania a through line from Washington to the Great Lakes.  During the years 1867-1871, a large number of lines west of Pittsburgh were acquired through purchase or lease.  Most important of these was the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, which had been opened for business on December 25, 1858, and was leased by the Pennsylvania, June 7, 1869.
with double track, and represented the highest type of railroad construction at that time. Steel rails, first introduced on the road in 1864, were rapidly replacing the iron rails formerly used, with most satisfactory results. Four through trains were operated each way per day, the fastest making the trip in 13 hours 40 minutes east-bound and in 14 hours west-bound, representing an average speed, including stops, of approximately 25 miles per hour. The "Broadway Limited" now makes the run in 7 hours 50 minutes.  On the New York Division, the 90 miles between New York and Philadelphia are now covered by numerous trains in two hours, whereas in 1867 the fastest train on the New Jersey Railways ran from Jersey City to West Philadelphia, approximately 55 miles, in 3 hours 35 minutes. 
     The standard Pennsylvania Railroad passenger coach of 1867 measured 53 feet long over bumpers, seated 54 passengers, and weighed, empty, 42,500 pounds. As compared to the modern steel coach, 80 feet long over all,  weighing 122,000 pounds and seating
The acquisition of all these lines necessarily greatly increased the responsibilities of the Pennsylvania's Motive Power Department. 
     In 1867, the equipment of the Pennsylvania Railroad included 415 locomotives, 291 passenger train cars, and 8482 freight train cars. The Main Line between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh was 355 miles long,
Ten-wheeled Freight Locomotive, New Jersey Locomotive and Machine Co, 1867
Ten-wheeled Freight Locomotive, built by the New Jersey Locomotive and Machine Company, 1867
Cylinders, 18" x 22"      Drivers, diam., 54"   Weight, total engine. 73,000 lb.
 

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