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A team devoted to the defunct Pennsylvania Railroad.
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| Player | Model | Description |
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| "The Standard Railroad of the World" | PRR's Keystone herald | The PRR prided itself on standardization and efficiency and adopted this as their motto. The PRR had certainly earned itself the title by becoming one of the most powerful railroads in the country and a pioneer of new railroad technology and practices. |
| Penn Station was a masterpiece | New York Pennsylvania Station | Opened in 1910 as part of the PRR's project to connect directly to Manhattan via tunnels under the Hudson River. A massive station that some regarded as a masterpiece of the Beaux Arts-style. Unfortunately in 1963 the exterior and above ground floors of the station were demolished to make way for Madison Square Garden in what was considered a “monumental act of vandalism”. |
| Electrification | P5 Electric locomotives pulling a freight train | From the 1910s to the 1930s the PRR electrified it's lines between Washington and New York City and between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. The PRR's electrified trackage consisted of almost half of America's total and was one of the few American railroads to run electrified freight service. Today the PRR's electrification project forms the core of the modern Northeast Corridor. |
| Cabin car not Caboose | N6b Cabin Car | Unlike other North American railroads, the PRR had to be special and referred to the caboose as a cabin car. |
| X29 Spam | X29 Boxcar | The PRR was known for building and purchasing massive fleets of rolling stock. One of these was the X29 boxcar with over 20,000 built. While not the largest class of PRR rolling stock, it was one of most ubiquitous freight cars of the late steam/transition era. |
| Autistic Obsession with Steam | Class S2 6-8-6 steam turbine | As a major coal carrier, the PRR was not quick to accept the new diesel-electric locomotive in the 1930s and 40s. Instead the PRR poured money into large steam locomotive projects one of which included the class S2 6-8-6 steam turbine. The steam turbine had more power and fuel efficiency than conventional steam locomotives but only at high speeds. Ultimately these projects could not come close to the cost savings of the diesel-electric locomotive. |
| Horseshoe Curve | Horseshoe Curve National Landmark | Built in 1854 in Blair County, PA to allow trains to climb the Allegheny Mountains on the route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and ultimately New York to Chicago. With a 220 degree curve and an overall grade of only 1.45%, this now national landmark was considered an engineering marvel and drastically cut travel time across the state and replaced the old canal and inclined plane system. At the peak of American railroading over 100 trains a day passed through the curve and was such a vital chokepoint that it was one of the primary targets of German saboteurs in both World Wars. The Horseshoe Curve continues to be major railroad route and is now owned by Norfolk Southern. |
| J. Edgar Thomson | J. Edgar Thomson | First chief engineer and third President of the PRR. As chief engineer, Thomson was responsible for surveying the difficult route from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh including the construction of the Horseshoe Curve to cross the biggest obstacle at the time, the Allegheny Front. As President, Thomson expanded the size of railroad from it's original Philadelphia-Pittsburgh route to New York City, Washington, and Chicago. He also turned the railroad into the technological leader of it's time and set the railroad's managerial style that would allow the PRR to continue to flourish. Thomson served as President from 1852 until his death in 1874. |
| GG1 | GG1 electric locomotive | The GG1 was a famous streamlined electric locomotive that pulled passenger and later freight trains in the electrified territory of the PRR. The GG1 is best known for it's smooth Art Deco style shell and is frequently found in many railroad games. Raymond Loewy did not design the shell, but he was responsible for the all welded construction and 5 gold pin stripe paint scheme. Designed in the 1930s, the locomotive outlived the PRR and served until 1983 - a rarity for locomotives designed and built in the 1930s and 40s. After the demise of the PRR, the GG1 could be seen in livery of the Penn Central, Conrail, Amtrak, and New Jersey Transit. Stressed frames, the use of PCBs, and asbestos proved to be the downfall of the GG1. |
| Broadway Limited | Broadway Limited Drumhead | The Broadway Limited was the PRR's premier passenger train from New York to Chicago. It directly competed with New York Central's 20th Century Limited, sometimes even on the same stretch of right of way. By the era of streamlined passenger cars, the trip could be made in 16 hours. The Broadway Limited was frequently pulled by the PRR's best locomotives, the GG1, streamlined K4s, T1s, and the S1. The Broadway Limited continued into Penn Central and Amtrak but was eventually discontinued. |
| Spirit of Altoona 1361 | K4s #1361 | The #1361 is one of two existing examples of the PRR's class K4s 4-6-2 Pacific. The 1361 was preserved on display at the Horseshoe Curve until the 1980s. After a brief and mismanaged restoration to excursion service, the 1361 was left dissembled and scattered across Pennsylvania as part of an extremely slow and horribly managed restoration project. It wasn't until 2015 that all parts were returned to the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona. A new restoration project to return the 1361 to running excursion service has since been started by the Railroaders Memorial Museum that has proved to be far more competent. No completion date has been announced, but more progress has been made since 2019 than in the previous +20 years of restoration efforts. |
| Destined to Fail | Penn Central's herald | Formed in 1968, the Penn Central was the result of a merger between the PRR and the PRR's rival New York Central to combat decreasing revenues and traffic and increasing competition. The PRR and NYC were bitter rivals, had polar opposite corporate cultures, and had many duplicate routes. Furthermore, in order to gain approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission for the merger, Penn Central also had to take over freight and passenger operations of the failing New Haven. The new railroad failed to integrate the two drastically different railroads and the New Haven acted like a malignant tumor. By 1970 Penn Central filed for bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy in the US at the time. The bankruptcy of Penn Central and damages from Hurricane Agnes in 1972 caused the cataclysmic collapse of the northeastern railroads and forced the federal government to create the Consolidated Rail Corporation, also known as Conrail. |
| Slips away your profits | Class T1 4-4-4-4 Duplex | The T1 4-4-4-4 Duplex was a streamlined steam locomotive designed and built by the PRR to replace the K4s 4-6-2 Pacific to pull the more modern and heavy passenger trains of the late 1930s and 1940s. Unlike most railroads that chose the traditional 4-8-4 wheel arrangement for a more powerful locomotive, the PRR went with a duplex engine design that included four cylinders instead of two. Due to this duplex design the T1 was extremely powerful and fast, likely the fastest steam locomotive ever built, and was not as rough on track as a 4-8-4 would have been. It was also an extremely long locomotive with a rigid frame that restricted its use to mainline track. The T1 was a controversial design and was plagued with issues that the railroad seemed to have been working out. Unfortunately between high maintenance costs and the advent of the diesel-electric, the T1 did not serve long and all were eventually scrapped. One of the most well known issues of the T1 was wheel slippage, the cause of which is still up for debate. The T1s were highly sophisticated, powerful, and fast but perhaps could be considered a poor financial decision by the railroad. |
| Centipedes | Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2 "Centipedes" | Baldwin Locomotive Works of Eddystone, PA was the largest manufacture of steam locomotives in the world and one of the PRR's main builders of locomotives aside from the PRR's own shops. By the 1940s it was clear the diesel-electric was the future and steam locomotive builders would need to adapt. Baldwin attempted to enter the diesel-electric market but would eventually fail to compete with more experienced motor builders like EMD and GE. The PRR remained loyal to its longtime ally and was one of the primary users of Baldwin's diesels. One of these was one of Baldwin's first attempts at a road engine, the DR-12-8-1500/2. Nicknamed "Centipedes" because of their near continuous set of wheels they by far were some of the most unique looking diesel locomotives in the PRR's fleet. By the time the "Centipedes" entered production they were already obsolete. They also proved to be unreliable and complicated to maintain. Baldwin had built the units individually like steam locomotives without uniform designs which meant no two were exactly alike. Baldwin diesel locomotives in general also lacked the ability to M.U. with locomotives of other manufacturers. The PRR was the main user of the "Centipedes" and would eventually regulate them to helper service after buying new and better diesel locomotives. |
| The Belpaire | Class H3 2-8-0 | The Belpaire firebox was a square-shaped firebox design that gave steam locomotives a box like appearance at the firebox end of their boilers. The design was common in Great Britain and rare in North America. The PRR was one of only two American railroads to adopted the Belpaire firebox. This made PRR locomotives extremely unique and easily recognizable amongst American steam locomotives. After adopting the design all major classes of PRR steam locomotives would use it with the exception of USRA designs and the J1 2-10-4, a design taken from a different railroad. |
| Containers before it was cool | PRR DD1 containers | The shipping container revolutionized global shipping and gave new life to the North American railroad industry in the later half of the 20th century. But the idea of intermodal freight had been tried by many before including the PRR. In an effort to save on costs and attract business in the 1930s, the PRR had attempted to containerize less-than-carload freight using containers loaded onto flatcars that could then be loaded onto trucks. Unfortunately it did not revolutionize the industry like the double-stacked container well car would do in the 1980s. |
| Rail Barons | Thomas A. Scott | Thomas A. Scott was an infamous rail/robber baron as 4th President of the PRR and Assistant Secretary of War during the Civil War. He is perhaps best known for his involvement in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 as President of the PRR, particularly the Pittsburgh Railway Riots that saw the worst violence of the strike. |
| Making Bongs Seethe | T1 #5550 Project | The T1 #5550 is a T1 locomotive currently being built by the T1 Trust. Since all the T1 locomotives were scrapped, the T1 Trust has set out to build a new one from scratch using the original blueprints but using modern construction and including modern features required by large railroads such as PTC. The T1 Trust intends to rebuild a T1 to study it's unique and sophisticated design and solve many of the questions and controversies surrounding the locomotive's performance. One of these is the locomotive's top speed. The T1 is unofficially regarded as the fastest steam locomotive ever built but because PRR locomotives did not have speedometers and the speed's achieved would have been against Company rules, there is no official record. The official record is currently held by a British locomotive called the Mallard. Since the fastest steam locomotive record is the last bit of pride the British have left, they were obviously upset. And yes people were unironically seething that the Mallard's record could be broken when this project was launched. This is not a shitpost. |
| Fat Ass Decapods | Class I1 2-10-0 "Hippos" | The Class I1 2-10-0 "Hippos" were the dominate freight locomotive of the PRR from World War I until World War II. They were perhaps the most powerful 2-10-0 Decapod type locomotive in use in the world with large fat boilers that earned them the name "Hippos". The Hippo was well suited for slow drag freights across the mountainous grades of Pennsylvania. The Hippos could be found dragging heavy iron ore trains in Pennsylvania all the way up until the late 1950s. |
| Alexander J. Cassatt | Alexander J. Cassatt | Highly successful 7th President of the PRR, responsible for greatly improving and expanding the PRR's infrastructure and assets. This included double tracking the entire mainline (and quadruple tracking in some areas), creating freight bypass "cutoffs", streamlining junctions with flyovers, eliminating grade crossings, rerouting right-of-ways to avoid busy street running, and more. His improvements greatly improved the railroad's efficiently and helped give it the motto of "The Standard Railroad of the World". Cassatt was also responsible for starting the construction of Pennsylvania Station in New York City and the tunneling of the Hudson to allow trains to go directly into Manhattan. Since steam could not be used in the tunnels, electric locomotives had to be used which initiated electronification that decades later would expand down the Northeast Corridor. To avoid the risk of fire in he new Hudson Tunnels, Cassatt also directed the PRR to design and build the nations first all steel passenger cars, a massive safety improvement for passenger travel. Many of Cassatt's infrastructure improvements can still be found across cities in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic to this day including the still in use East River Tunnels under the Hudson River. |
| Altoona Works | Altoona Works Erecting Shop | The city of Altoona was founded by the PRR during its initial construction to service the railroad before crossing the Allegheny Mountains. The PRR facility here would become known as Altoona Works and served as the main shops of the PRR - it should be noted that the company headquarters remained in Philadelphia. Altoona Works would eventually grow into the largest railroad complex in the world and would include several facilities including the Altoona Machine Shops, the Juniata Shops, the Altoona Car Shops, the South Altoona Foundries, and the East Altoona Enginehouse. Not only did it serve as the railroads main maintenance facility, but would also become a major builder of the railroad's own locomotives and rolling stock. The PRR built more of it's own locomotives than any other railroad in the country. Altoona would also serve as the center of the railroad's research and development which included a Stationary Test Plant, something that no other railroad possessed. As the electric and diesel-electric locomotive came to prominence, Altoona Works lost it's status as a major locomotive manufacturer since it did not build it's own diesel engines or electric motors. Ownership of Altoona Works passed on to Penn Central and then Conrail where operations continued to downsize through these years, but the facility still served as the main shops of both successors. So prominent was Altoona Works that when Conrail was bought out by Norfolk Southern and CSX at the end of the 20th Century, Norfolk Southern closed it's own historic Roanoke Shops and made Altoona it's main locomotive servicing facility. Altoona Works still exists today as the Juniata Locomotive Shop, operated by Norfolk Southern. |
| K4s Pacifics | Class K4s 4-6-2 Pacific | The K4s 4-6-2 Pacific was the mainstay of the PRR's passenger locomotive fleet. It was an extremely successful 4-6-2 Pacific design that even supposedly influenced British locomotives such as the Flying Scottsman. In service from 1914 until the end of steam in 1957, this locomotive was never fully replaced by another steam locomotive as the PRR's premier passenger locomotive. When passenger trains became too heavy in the 1930s, K4s could be found double- or even triple-heading trains. A costly move but one the PRR could do thanks to a surplus of steam locomotives as a result of electrification. Two examples of the K4s are preserved, one being the 1361. The K4s is the official steam locomotive of the state of Pennsylvania. |
| Raymond Loewy | Raymond Loewy | Raymond Loewy was a famous industrial designer who worked with the PRR in the 1930s and was responsible for most of the PRR's streamlining. He was responsible for designing the T1 4-4-4-4 Duplex, the S1 6-8-6 steam turbine, the Q1 4-6-4-4, and streamlined versions of the K4s 4-6-2 Pacifics. He was also responsible for designing the "sharknose" Baldwins diesel locomotives. While Loewy did not initially design the GG1, he was responsible for the eventual design that featured all welded construction and the 5 gold pin stripe paint scheme. |
Exports and Aesthetics
Latest
- Tactical Export: What is autism I ask? To many people trains and autism go together like niggers and crime. But what if this was more than just about the trains? /PRR/ is not just a team about trains. It is a team about the history and uniqueness of a railroad that shaped this country almost more than any other corporation has. A railroad that itself was one of the most autistic of all the railroads. Besides, is it anymore autistic than making a team about animated Japanese school girls pretending to be idols?
- Aesthetics Export: Went with the same aesthetics from DBC since it was only a backup team. I won't just use generic train models, that defeats the soul of the team.
- Audio Export: train sounds
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Divegrass Before Christmas 4: yfw da Burrs celebrate da Christmas
- Tactical Export: Tactics
- Aesthetics Export: Aesthetics
- Music Export: Updated Music with some chants
- Pastebin: Pastebin
Player Stats
Scoring
| Player Name | Total Goals | Total Assists |
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| Broadway Limited | 4 | 3 |
| Spirit of Altoona 1361 | 8 | 6 |
| GG1 | 18 | 7 |
| Horseshoe Curve | 1 | 2 |
| J. Edgar Thomson | 1 | 2 |
| X29 Spam | 0 | 2 |
Goalkeeping
| Player Name | Total Saves |
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| "The Standard Railroad of the World" | 10 |
| Destined to Fail | 2 |
Match History
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| 8 September 2023 |  /LAD/
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/ag/ League: The 7 Deadly Sans Round of 32 |
3-5 L | Spirit of Altoona 1361  37'GG1 43', 69'
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| 3 September 2023 |  /testing/
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/ag/ League: The 7 Deadly Sans Group L |
5-2 W | GG1 30', 63', 79' Spirit of Altoona 1361 35'J. Edgar Thomson 72'
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| 27 August 2023 |  /音MAD/
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/ag/ League: The 7 Deadly Sans Group L |
2-2 D | 31', 82' GG1
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| 26 August 2023 |  /monhun/
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/ag/ League: The 7 Deadly Sans Group L |
3-3 D | 7' Spirit of Altoona 1361 31', 60' GG1
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| 20 December 2022 |  /🗿/
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 Divegrass Before Christmas 4: yfw da Burrs celebrate da ChristmasQuarter Finals |
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| 19 December 2022 |  /babylon/
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Divegrass Before Christmas 4: yfw da Burrs celebrate da Christmas Round of 16 |
5-2 W | GG1 18', 72', 77' Horseshoe Curve 25'Spirit of Altoon 1361 88'
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| 15 December 2022 |  /troubleshooter/
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Divegrass Before Christmas 4: yfw da Burrs celebrate da Christmas Group G |
7-3 W | Spirit of Altoona 1361 19', 67', 70' GG1 56', 89'Broadway Limited 83', 90+4'
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| 13 December 2022 |  /mwc/
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Divegrass Before Christmas 4: yfw da Burrs celebrate da Christmas Group G |
4-0 W | GG1 18', 55', 76', 87'
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| 10 December 2022 |  /racestars/
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Divegrass Before Christmas 4: yfw da Burrs celebrate da Christmas Group G |
3-0 W | Broadway Limited 12', 70' Spirit of Altoona 1361 89'
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