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| I was just about the first person to show up today aside from the Strasburg RR Staff. I could have had another hour or so of sleep! |
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| Strasburg 8618 is a former NYC/PC/CR SW8. It came from the North Shore Railroad where it was painted in an ugly green and lettered Lewisburg & Buffalo Creek. |
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| PRR 9331 44-tonner, former East Altoona Enginehouse switcher. |
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| SRC 2, a Plymouth JLA built 1910. |
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| This tankcar built from a flatcar is similar to the East Broad Top's tankcar. |
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| A more modern tankcar and a hopper car and boxcars. |
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| Former Canadian Pacific 972 and Reading 1187 behind the Strasburg Shop. |
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| The fireboox roof sheet from LIRR G5s 39. More photos of this boiler from the shop tour. |
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| This is one of the original trucks from EBT coach #5, owned by the Tweetsie RR in North Carolina. |
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| SRC 1, a Plymouth HL built 1926. #1 was bought new by the Strasburg RR in 1926 and has been here her entire life. |
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| PRR ND 476087 |
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| SRC 475, a former N&W 4-8-0 built 1906, has been backed out of the enginehouse. |
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| The wind picks up. |
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| Dave oils his machine. |
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| 475 backs down to the ash pit to be prepared for the days chores. |
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| 475 comes up to the station platform to couple to the train. |
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| The conductor gives the engineer a signal. |
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| 475 is coupled on and ready to go once all the passenger are onboard. |
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| 475 has Baker valve gear. |
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| Time for the 12:00 shop tour. SRC 89, a former CN 2-6-0, is in the shop. |
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| A shop employee takes a break from his duties to explain what is being done to RGS 20, a 36" gauge 2-8-0 owned by the Colorado RR Museum. The smokebox is absent in this photo. See this photo for a shot of RGS 20 in the Strasburg Shop two years ago. |
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| Earlier on the page you saw a photo of a firebox roof sheet. Here is where it came from. This is LIRR 39's boiler, a Juniata-built G5s 4-6-0. |
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| This wheel from RGS 20 needed some work. |
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