The PRR E44 was an electric, rectifier-equipped locomotive built by General Electric for the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1960 and 1963. The PRR used them for freight service on the Northeast Corridor .

The original group of E44's consisted of 66 units built for the PRR between 1960 and 1963. Forty-four were class E44 in 1976 and numbered 4400-4437 and 4460-4465, while units 4438 to 4459 totaling 22, were class E44A having been rebuilt to 5,000 horsepower from …

The Pennsy's brick-like, six-axle E44 freighters were the same size as the earlier design but developed 4400 hp, a power rating that no single-unit diesel would rival for decades.

The E44 class electric, built with a silicon rectifier, delivered an amazing 5000 horsepower. Referring to its pair of three-axle trucks and boxy carbody, train crews often called the E44’s “bricks.”

Dec 25, 2024 · Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4464 and another "Brick" whose road number is not recorded. Both are E-44 (C-C) electrics built by General Electric and rated at 4,400 horsepower each.

Jan 1, 2025 · The tonnage ratings of a "brick" (E44) tended to be almost a third higher than those of a (90mph geared) GG1 (GG1 nominal horsepower: 4620). (I've been going through piles of old magazines while cleaning out my mother's house.

A couple of Penn Central freights, powered with E44 "bricks" meet at a location north of Washington DC. The next day we see a work train and passenger trains. From the Green Frog Productions show "Penn Central, Volume 4" https://rfd.video/PC4

Apr 27, 2021 · E44s are hard to beat. Sometimes the simplest designs - a literal brick in this case - can be the best ones. Such a shame they were cut down in the prime time of their lives

It happens with any railroad rostering a locomotive numbered 4449, but the cameraman definitley notices and gives a Pennsylvania Railroad E44 "Brick"...

Aug 1, 1978 · Just a grab shot as the cab of this ex PRR E44 "brick" glides by with a beautiful Susquehanna River in the background. This train will be entering Enola yard just ahead in this August 1978 shot.