The PRR E44 was a Co-Co type electric, 11 kV 25 Hz AC, 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. They continued in service under Penn Central and Conrail until Conrail abandoned its electric operations in the early 1980s. They were then acquired by Amtrak and NJ Transit, where they lived short lives; all were retired by the mid-1980s. One is preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. 66 of the E44 were built, 44 of them were were upgraded to E44a.
Unit 4410 was built by General Electric during April 1961.
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