The five engines are:
- M1b 4-8-2 No. 6755, built at Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pa. in 1930
- K4s 4-6-2 No. 3750, built at Juniata in 1920
- L1s 2-8-2 No. 520, built by Baldwin in 1916
- H10s 2-8-0 No. 7688 built by Lima in 1915
- B6sb 0-6-0 No. 1670 built at Juniata in 1916
The locomotives are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The majority of the work will be undertaken by an outside contractor, Sandman’s Sandblasting & Coatings of Manchester, N.Y., and will be overseen by museum rolling stock curator/restoration shop manager Allan Martin.
Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society President Steve Staffieri said the non-profit is matching contributions up to $50,000. The Philadelphia Chapter of the PRRT&HS kicked off the campaign with a $1,000 donation. The five locomotives will be also the focus of the Friends’ annual fund drive.
The famous “Lindbergh Engine” No. 460 will join the five engines in the new roundhouse. Museum staff, volunteers, and contractors spent about 29,000 hours restoring the engine to its 1950s look. For now it will be displayed in the Museum’s 100,000-square-foot Rolling Stock Hall until the new roundhouse is completed.
No. 460 earned its nickname on June 11, 1927, when it was used by the International News Reel Co. to rush film footage from Washington to New York. The newsreel company filmed a special ceremony at the U.S. Capitol honoring aviator Charles A. Lindbergh after his nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris.
Since the museum’s restoration shop was built in 1998, artifacts that have undergone various stages of restoration or preservation work include Buffalo & Susquehanna combination car No. 35, the John Bull locomotive, a Coudersport & Port Allegany snow plow, a Pennsylvania Power & Light fireless steam engine, a Cumberland Valley Railroad coach, a PRR air brake instruction car and caboose No. 478396, and a GP38 simulator. Eight locomotives have also had asbestos abated.
Railroad museum officials say the state’s Historical & Museum Commission has approved all documents and drawings for the proposed six-stall, $6.1 million roundhouse. He expects the Commission to solicit bids for construction soon, with groundbreaking in the spring. Construction would be completed in 18 months, he said.
Donations to the Ready for the Roundhouse campaign can be made at www.rrmuseumpa.org. Tax deductible contributions may also sent to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, P.O. Box 125, Strasburg, PA 17579.
Thanks for the information, That being said couldn’t these groups work something out to get
a PRR steam engine on Horseshoe Curve?
Is there a way to stop the Paul guy from constantly posting comments that have nothing to do with the subject of a post. The comments are supposedly vetted before appearing.
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@ Bill Snorteland: the Horse Shoe Curve historical site is (or used to be?) part of the Altoona Railroaders’ Memorial Museum, but K-4s No. 3750 is the property of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. These are two distinct organizations with distinct resource levels. Also, the RR Museum of PA can better protect the Pacific and the other engines listed from the elements in its planned roundhouse, I believe.
But what about the PRR G5 4-6-0 ten-wheeler at Strasburg RR. Any plans to donate it to the RR Museum of PA? Juniata orginally designed and built these engines for commuter service in Pittsburgh’s hilly terrain, but they worked all over PA and on the LIRR, too. They were very economical performers in stop-and-go service, but hand fired.
Why not put the K-4 at the Horseshoe Curve site to replace the diesel engine there now?
I dont know who this Paul guy is Jeff, but whoever he is, he must be a robot. I’m fed up with this guy posting crap like that.