Pennsylvania Railroad Class GEW275 No. 4648

Pennsylvania Railroad No. 4648 was a "GEW275" self-propelled, gas-electric railcar that was built by Pullman Company and the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC) (later Electro-Motive Division (EMD)) for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1928.
==History==
Pennsylvania Railroad No. 4648 was constructed by the Pullman Company and the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC) (later Electro-Motive Division (EMD)) and designated as a class "GEW275". It was one of the six examples of the class GEW275 and it was delivered to the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1928.
On July 31, 1940, No. 4648 was involved and destroyed in the Doodlebug rail disaster, at that time, it had departed from Hudson station at 5:49 pm on its usual 13-mile (21-kilometer) run south to Akron on a warm summer evening with a total of 46 people aboard, a total of 46 people were killed in the accident (those said fatalities were everyone onboard No. 4648).
In the end of the accident, No. 4648 was deemed a total loss and scrapped. None of the six GEW275 railcars were preserved, they were all scrapped along with No. 4648.
== See also ==
* Pennsylvania Railroad Class GEW275
* Pennsylvania Railroad No. 4646
* Pennsylvania Railroad No. 4647
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