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Pennsylvania Railroad 1361 is a 4-6-2 K4 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built in May 1918 by the Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It hauled mainline passenger trains in Pennsylvania and commuter trains in Central New Jersey on the PRR until its retirement from revenue service in 1956.
The state moved again to foreclose in 1861, but it was at that point that the Pennsylvania Railroad stepped in and acquired a controlling interest in the Northern Central's stock. Thereafter, the Northern Central operated as a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad until the latter's demise in the late 20th century. [68] [21]: 22
Central Railroad of New Jersey 113; E. ... Pennsylvania Railroad 1361; ... Reading Blue Mountain and Northern 2102; U. Union Pacific 4012
PRR: 1851 1854 Northern Central Railway: Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad: PRR: 1902 1918 Pennsylvania Railroad: Susquehanna and Buffalo Railroad: 1891 Susquehanna and Clearfield Railroad: PRR/NYC: 1879 1901 Beech Creek Extension Railroad: Sold by the Pennsylvania Railroad to the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad in 1901
The Williamsport and North Branch Railroad was a short line that operated in north-central Pennsylvania between 1872 and 1937. After a long struggle to finance its construction, it was completed in 1893. It derived most of its freight revenue from logging and to a certain extent from anthracite coal traffic.
In addition, the Pennsylvania Railroad owns jointly with other carrier corporations 5.85 miles of road, as follows: Enola Branch, near Marysville, Pa., constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad during the year 1904, and owned on date of valuation by that company and the Northern Central on basis of 75 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively. 3.16
The Northern Central Connecting Railway was dissolved April 27, 1925. The Barnegat Railroad was dissolved October 8, 1925. The Roxborough Railroad was dissolved August 16, 1926. The Traverse City, Leelanau and Manistique Railway was dissolved October 31, 1926. The Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway was dissolved December 21, 1926.
The locomotive was built by Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in December 1955 for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and later passed to Conrail. [50] In 1985, Conrail repainted No. 7048 in its original Pennsylvania Railroad livery and donated it to the museum. A cosmetic restoration of 7048 was underway in late summer 2021.