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DIESEL ENGINES
ALASKA 1034
RS-1. APRIL 17, 2004.
BLW 1200
1200 HP SWITCHER BUILT FOR THE US NAVY. AUG 24, 1996.
CONRAIL 2233 
GP30. EX PRR 2233. CONRAIL IS ENTITLED TO A PRESERVED ENGINE. APRIL 17, 2004.SERIAL #28141.BUILT 4/63, CLASS 0-4-4-0.
DOT RS-1
BUILT BY ALCO FOR THE US ARMY IN 1942, THEN USED BY THE ALASKA RR. OWNED BY THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM. APRIL 20, 2002.
MCRR 701
MONONGAHELA TERMINAL SWITCHER ALCO C-415 BUILT JULY 1968. APRIL 20, 2002
M&P 81
MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA EMD NW-2. APRIL 17, 2004.
PRR 2233
EX CONRAIL/PC/PRR 2233 GP30. APRIL 20, 2002.
PRR 5901
1ST ATTEMPT AT A RESTORATION. LATER RESTORATION COMPLETED AT JUNIATA SHOPS. ENGINE NOW STORED INDOORS. SEPT 1990
PRR 5901
FULL COSMETIC RESTORATION BY THE JUNIATA SHOPS. UNIT HAS NO PRIME MOVER. APRIL 20, 2002.
PRR 7006
GP9 BUILT IN 1955. THIS UNIT WAS FORMERLY CONRAIL 7006. AUG 24, 1996.
PRR 7006
REVERSE ANGLE AND NO PEOPLE. APRIL 20, 2002.

NON REVENUE EQUIPMENT
   
CR 45210
CONWAY 25 TON WRECK CRANE. EX ERIE 3302 BUILT IN 1954 WITH IDLER CAR 31188(EX PRR 470189. APRIL 20, 2002.
LV 2606
4 WHEEL WOODEN CABOOSE. UNDERFRAME FROM L &NE MAINENACE CAR 671. APRIL 20, 2002.
PL&E 508
BAY WINDOW CABOOSE. APRIL 17, 2004.
   

PASSENGER CARS
   
CV B
CUMBERLAND VALLEY RR BAGGAGE/PASSENGER COACH BUILT IN 1855. APRIL 20, 2002.
LV 1552
PULLMAN HEAVYWEIGHT PARLOR LOUNGE CAR "WHITE DIAMOND". APRIL 17, 2004.
PRR 6
CLASS Ba WOODEN BAGGAGE CAR, BUILT 1882. APRIL 20, 2002.
PRR 1650
CLASS P53 COACH BUILT IN ALTOONA, PA IN 1908. APRIL 17, 2004.
RDG 1
BUDD BUILT OBSERVATION COACH FOR CRUSADER SERVICE. APRIL 17, 2004.
RDG 1189
PULLMAN CAFE LOUNGE CAR FOR KING COAL SERVICE THEN CRUSADER SERVICE. APRIL 17, 2004.
WM 203
WESTERN MARYLAND PULLMAN BUILT IN 1914 BUSINESS CAR. APRIL 20, 2002.
   
   
   
 

ELECTRIC ENGINES
AMT 502
E44 ELECTRIC FREIGHT ENGINE. FORMER PRR 4465. AUG 24, 1996.
AMT 603
E60 PASSENGER MOTOR. RETIRED AFTER MODERNIZATION. STRASBURG, PA. APRIL 17, 2004.
PC 607
MP54-EL BUILT IN 1913 BY PRESSED STEEL FOR COMMUTER SERVICE. AUG 24, 1996.
PRR 246
BUDD BUILT PIONEER III "SILVERLINER" CAR RETIRED BY SEPTA IN PHILADELPHIA. SOME OF ITS SIBLINGS WENT OUT WEST FOR TEST CRASHING FOR THE DOT AND FRA. APRIL 17, 2004.
PRR 860
ORIGINAL BUDD METROLINER CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY UNMODIFIED CAR LEFT.THIS CAR STILL HAS THE DYNAMIC BRAKES UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR. APRIL 17, 2004.
PRR 3937
DD-1 BUILT IN JUNIATA IN 1911. AUG 24, 1996. NOTICE THE HEADLIGHT HAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER 4780,???.
PRR 4465
FULL COSMETIC RESTORATION FROM AMTRAK 502. GE BUILT IN 1963, CLASS E44 4400HP LOCOMOTIVE. THIS IS THE LAST SURVIVING UNIT OF IT'S KIND. I GUESS WELSH DID TO THE STOCK WHAT HE DID TO ALL THE IMPORTANT LOCOMOTIVES THAT GE SCRAPPED. APRIL 20, 2002.
PRR 4800
BALDWIN BUILT GG-1 PROTOTYPE. REFERRED TO AS "OLD RIVETS" SINCE THEY WERE NOT POLISHED DOWN. JUNE 1, 2002.
PRR 4935
GG-1 BUILT IN MARCH 1943. EX AMTRAK 4935. DURING THE RESTORATION, THIS PERSON WAS TAPPING THE PAINT OFF OF THE TRUCKS WITH A SMALL HAMMER. AUGUST 1986.
PRR 4935
AFTER FULL COSMETIC RESTORATION. APRIL 20, 2002.
PRR 5490
ALTOONA ELECTRIC BOX CAB. SEPTEMBER 1986.
PRR 5690
RESTORED AND RENUMBERED?. B1 BOXCAB INSIDE THE MUSEUM. APRIL 20, 2002.
SEPTA 246
A PAIR OF EX PRR PIONEER III MU CARS. 247 IS THE TRAILER. THEY ARE NO LONGER SELF PROPELLED. APRIL 20, 2002.
   

STEAM ENGINES
   
BEDT 13
A LONG WAY FROM BROOKLYN. 0-6-0 CLASS T SWITCHER BUILT BY PORTER IN 1919. SEPT 1990.
LEETONIA 20 
SHAY GEARED CLASS 65-3, THREE TRUCK LOGGING LOCOMOTIVE BUILT BY LIMA IN 1905. APRIL 20, 2002.
HEISLER 4 
GEARED LOCOMOTIVE BUILT 1918, CLASS 53-8-38. APRIL 20, 2002.
MASON LUMBER 4
CLIMAX BUILT IN 1913, GEARED LOCOMOTIVE CLASS B. APRIL 20, 2002.
NYC& STL 757
LIMA BUILT 2-8-4 CLASS S-2 BERKSHIRE BUILT IN 1944. APRIL 20, 2002
PPL 4094
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company, 0-8-0, Class 8-30, built Heisler Locomotive Works, 1939, switching service. The largest "fireless" (and only 0-8-0 streamlined "fireless") ever built. Exhibited at the New York World's Fair, 1939-1940. (DISCRIPTION FROM THE MUSEUM WEBSITE). AUG 24, 1996.
PRR 520
BALDWIN 2-8-2 CLASS L1, BUILT IN 1916. APRIL 20, 2002.
PRR 1187
2-8-0 CLASS H3 CONSOLIDATION. BUILT IN 1988 AT THE ALTOONA SHOPS. JUNE 1, 2002.
PRR 1670
JUNIATA BUILT IN 1916 0-6-0 CLASS B6sb SWITCHER. APRIL 20, 2002. THIS DIGITAL SHOT HAS NO COLOR CORRECTION. THE NATURAL LIGHT STREAMING IN OVERPOWERED THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS.
PRR 2846
BALDWIN 2-8-0 CLASS H6sb CONSOLIDATION BUILT IN 1905. APRIL 20, 2002.
PRR 3750
JUNIATA SHOPS BUILT IN 1920 K4s PACIFIC. THE OFFICIAL ENGINE OF PENNSYLVANIA. APRIL 20, 2002.
PRR 5741
JUNIATA BUILT IN 1924 4-6-0 CLASS G5s PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE.
PRR 6755
4-8-2, CLASS M1b "MOUNTAIN", BUILT AT THE JUNIATA SHOPS IN JUNE 1930. LARGEST PRESERVED PRR STEAM ENGINE. AUG 24, 1996.
PRR 7002
4-4-2 BUILT IN 1902 AS 8063 CLASS E-2 IN JUNIATA. RENUMBERED AS E2 7008 IN 1948 TO REMEMBER ORIGINAL 7008 WHICH WAS SET WORLD SPEED RECORD AND WAS SCRAPPED. APRIL 20, 2002.
PRR 7688
LIMA BUILT IN 1915, 2-8-0 CLASS H10 CONSOLIDATION. APRIL 20, 2002.
RDG 1251
READING BUILT IN 1916 CLASS B4a SWITCHER. APRIL 20, 2002.
VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE 20 
BALDWIN BUILT IN 1875 2-6-0 CLASS 8-28d "TAHOE". EX CN 3687. APRIL 20, 2002.

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