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PRR’s first passenger diesel

By Mitch Horner | February 3, 2026

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A vintage black and white photo showing a streamlined diesel locomotive leading a passenger train out of a city

Pennsylvania E7A 5901, one of the units constituting the big road’s first passenger diesel, teams up with an E7B and another E7A on a “Blue Ribbon” limited departing Chicago. This historic unit is preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. PRR photo

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