Standard Passenger Pacific of the PRR

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The "Standard Passenger Pacific of the PRR" refers to the Pennsylvania Railroad’s K4s class, a highly successful and iconic 4-6-2 steam locomotive that became the railroad’s primary passenger engine in the early to mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 4-6-2 steam locomotive ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive class ⓘ
preserved steam locomotive ⓘ
preserved steam locomotive ⓘ
steam locomotive class ⓘ
steam locomotive class ⓘ
buildDateEnd 1928 ⓘ
buildDateStart 1914 ⓘ
configurationName Pacific ⓘ
countryOfOperation United States ⓘ
designer Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad Mechanical Department ⓘ
famousFor being the standard passenger Pacific of the PRR ⓘ
high-speed passenger service ⓘ
fuelType coal ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
heritage iconic symbol of the Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
inServiceFrom 1910s ⓘ
inServiceUntil 1960s ⓘ
introducedOn Pennsylvania Railroad main line ⓘ
maximumSpeed over 80 mph ⓘ
nickname Standard Passenger Pacific of the PRR ⓘ
notableExample PRR 1361 ⓘ
linked to: PRR

PRR 3750 ⓘ
linked to: PRR K4s
operator Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
powerType steam ⓘ
primaryUse passenger service ⓘ
railroad Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
railroadRegion Northeastern United States ⓘ
railway Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
refersTo Pennsylvania Railroad K4s class ⓘ
linked to: PRR K4s
retirementPeriod 1950s ⓘ
early 1960s ⓘ
successorTo Pennsylvania Railroad K2 class ⓘ
linked to: PRR K2

Pennsylvania Railroad K3 class ⓘ
linked to: PRR K4s
totalProduced 425 ⓘ
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ
UICClassification 2′C1′ h ⓘ
usedOnService New York–Chicago passenger trains ⓘ
New York–St. Louis passenger trains ⓘ
Washington–New York passenger trains ⓘ
usedWith heavyweight passenger cars ⓘ
lightweight streamlined passenger cars ⓘ
wheelArrangement 4-6-2 ⓘ
whyNotable primary passenger locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PRR K4s → nickname → Standard Passenger Pacific of the PRR ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works → railroadShopFor → Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives ⓘ
linked to: Standard Passenger Pacific of the PRR