Sunday, December 8, 2024

Erie, PA: Wabtec/GE/Alco Locomotive

If you are here because of "Erie, PA: Union Station and Freight House," then you need to go there.

Building 10: (Satellite)

Project Algerine posted
In 1929, General Electric in Erie, Pennsylvania, began constructing 22 class P-1A electric locomotives, each with a 3,030-horsepower capacity. These locomotives were used to haul New York Central passenger trains at Cleveland's Union Terminal and New York's Grand Central Station. 
The first of these locomotives was demonstrated in Erie on August 9, 1929, before being delivered to the Cleveland Union Terminals Company. 
See more of Erie's train history on YouTube
Alex Joseph: Of note, these never left the electrified portions of the NYC System in the cities of New York and Cleveland, with the portion from Cleveland to Croton-Harmon, NY handled by steam/diesel. The electrics were cut off around Collinwood, OH. for NYC bound trains and resumed at Croton-Harmon along the Hudson River to travel into the city.
Phil Haddix: Building 10 hasn’t changed much
Derya M. Ferendeci shared
P1A gestation in Building 10 in Erie...

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Building locomotives in Erie, Pennsylvania • 1946!
James McKee Ridgway Jr.: GE subcontracted for Fairbanks-Morse with the so called “Erie Builts”…
Charles Bennett: I think one year they produced 900 locomotives in the eighties.
Scott Kreutz: Building 10 still looks the same!
Carl Byron: That's a goodie!! F-M "Erie-Builds" under assembly in the center!! Note the side girder construction. Now compare and contract with the Alco-GE PA carbody of later that year........

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Aerial over General Electric circa 1930s in Erie Pa!
Dominick Comi: I worked in a few of these buildings. 2, 6, 4, 12, 14, 18. I started in bldg 20. It's not completely built in this picture.

MP Rail Photography posted
The Wabtec facility in Erie sits idle on the day after Thanksgiving with some interesting power sitting in the yard including GECX 2015, a ET44AC demonstrator, and a tarped unit that appears to be in Lackawanna Railroad livery.
November 28, 2025
Erie, PA

Both NYC and Nickel Plate went along the south side of the plant.
1957/59 Erie North Quad @ 24,000

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