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Pennsylvania Railroad 6755 is a preserved M1b class 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotive built in June 1930 for the Pennsylvania Railroad by the railroad's own Altoona Works as a member of the M1b locomotive class for mainline freight service.
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Locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad. See also PRR locomotive classification. Pages in category "Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives"
The line was built to the rare (in North America) and very narrow gauge of 24 inches (610 mm). Locomotives, apart from an early and unsuccessful H. K. Porter, Inc [2] 0-4-4 T Forney locomotive numbered 11 (first 11), were three 4-4-0 "American" types (#12, #11 (second 11), and #15 built in that order) [3] built by Baldwin Locomotive Works.
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Steam Trains, Inc. became organized as the 'New Hope & Ivyland Railroad (NHIR), and on June 20, 1966, the 16.7-mile line was sold for $200,000. [2] Steam Trains, Inc. started their operations on August 6, 1966 on a high note, often in an extravagant fashion, with the purchase of four steam locomotives and seven passenger cars.
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class H6, H6a, and H6b steam locomotives were of the 2-8-0 "Consolidation" freight type, the most numerous class on the railroad with 1,707 units and the second most prolific 2-8-0 class in North America, with the USATC S160 class rostering 88 units more.
Pennsylvania Railroad 520 is a preserved L1s class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive built in December 1916 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Pennsylvania Railroad for freight duties as a member of the L1s class. In 1942, the locomotive was involved in a devastating boiler explosion incident that required construction of a new ...