Tag Archives: Trains A look inside a passenger car from the Pennsylvania Railroad. PRR class P70 built in 1928 by the Standard Steel Car Company. Those seats were not very comfortable. Shot at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA. For more information on the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, visit their web site atwww.rrmuseumpa.org/index.shtml. I shot this...  Built in 1905 and weighing 141,000 pounds, this Pennsylvania Railroad 1223 Locomotive is one of three existing engines of the PRRD16sb Class. It has a 4-4-0 (2 B) wheel arrangement. In 1960, the 1223 was leased and transferred to the Strasburg Rail Road, a tourist line in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, where it was returned to operating...  Pennsylvania Railroad No. 5901. PRR Class EP20. Purchased 12/1976 from Penn Central Corp. Restored by RMPA to late 1940s-early 1950s appearance. 1st psgr diesel on PRR. It has a fuel oil capacity 1200 gallons and weighs 315,000 lbs when fully loaded. More information on this locomotive can be found on this page. Railroad Museum of...  Pennsylvania Railroad passenger coach cars line up for “departure” in front of the rail station facade within the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. The coach in the foreground is # 3556, a PF class, built in Altoona Pennsylvania in 1886. It is made of wood construction. You can see the summary engineering drawings for its construction...  Locomotive 7002 has a long and sorted history. The original 7002 engine was built as a class E2 in 1902 for the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway as engine #2 (renumbered to 7002). In 1905, on the maiden westbound run of the Pennsylvania Special (renamed the Broadway Limited in 1912), the train was clocked...  The indoor station area at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Because of a very demanding work schedule, I haven’t picked up a camera in a month so I decided to go down to the Museum because it’s one of my favorite places to shoot and I wanted to try out some new techniques. For more...  This self propelled diesel passenger rail car had a carrying capacity of 90 passengers. They were built by the Budd Company in Philadelphia between the years of 1949–1962. A total of 398 were built. The car features a stainless steel body, 85 feet in length, an air braking system and a hydraulic torque converter transmission.... |
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