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Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
Maryland & Pennsylvania #81
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / Jul 2020 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / Jul 2020 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / Jul 2024 / Gragg Robinson
aryland & Pennsylvania for the most part was a very active short line that operated between York, PA and Baltimore, MD. MPA ended up being more progressive than most of the larger railroads with their adoption of 3 new diesels in 1946, No.81 being among them. No. 81 worked switching duties in the yard and branchline for MPA faitfully until it was leased and sold to PH Glatfelter Paper Company in the 1980s where it was used at their Spring Grove, PA plant. Glatfelter donated the locomotive to the Railroad Museum in 1997.
1948 Official Guide ad / collection
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
Monongahela Connecting #701
May 2024 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
May 2024 / RWH
from The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide - Jerry Pinkepank - 1973 / collection
May 2024 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
May 2024 / RWH
1986 Official Guide ad / collection
from American Shortline Railway Guide
4th Edition - Edward Lewis - 1991 / collection
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
Baldwin Locomotive Works #1200
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
May 2024 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
May 2024 / RWH
The Baldwin S-12 or BLH S12 was a 1,200-horsepower (890 kW) diesel-electric switcher locomotive. Utilizing a turbocharged 6-cylinder version of the powerful 606A diesel prime mover, S12s were known for their "lugging" power, despite being temperamental. Like most BLH switchers, the S12 had AAR Type-A switcher trucks in a B-B wheel arrangement. 451 units were built between 1951 and 1956, when BLH left the locomotive market.
Strasburg, Pa / Jul 2020 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / Jul 2020 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
from Diesels from Eddystone: The Story of Baldwin Diesel Locomotives - Dolzall and Dolzall / collection
Conrail #2233
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
May 2024 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
No. 2233 was one of the last locomotives painted Conrail blue by former employees at the former Pennsylvania Railroad/Penn Central/Conrail Juniata Shops.
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Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
Pennsylvania #5901
May 2024 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
May 2024 / RWH
The E7 was a 2,000-horsepower (1,500 kW), A1A-A1A passenger train locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois. 428 cab versions, or E7As, were built from February 1945 to April 1949; 82 booster E7Bs were built from March 1945 to July 1948. The 2,000 hp came from two 12 cylinder model 567A engines. Each engine drove its own electrical generator to power the two traction motors on one truck. The E7 was the eighth model in a line of passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD E-units, and it became the best selling E model upon its introduction. In profile the front of the nose of an E7A was less slanted than on earlier EMD passenger locomotives, and the E7, E8, and E9 units have been nicknamed “bulldog nose” units. Some earlier units were called “shovel nose” units or “slant nose” units.
Ex-Pennsylvania Railroad E7A #5901 is preserved as the only surviving example of the E7. This locomotive has been cosmetically restored, and is currently on indoor display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, in Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Aug 1994 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / Aug 1994 / RWH
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
Pennsylvania #7006
Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
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Strasburg, Pa / May 2024 / RWH
from The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide
- Jerry Pinkepank - 1973 / collection