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Surviving PRR Steam & Electric Locomotives plus 'Doodlebugs' Roster Effective: 3/10/2020 No. Class Wheels Bldr Bldr No. Blt Owner Location Status Notes Photo 0-4-0 cog Juniata/Altoona Works n/a 1928 Samuel C. Williams Library Hoboken, NJ Display "John Stevens" II replica 0-4-0 cog Altoona Works n/a 1939 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display "John Stevens" III replica https://www.fli C&A 1 4-2-0 R. Stephenson & Co 25 1831 Smithsonian Institute Washington DC Display "John Bull" original https://www.fli C&A 1 4-2-0 Altoona Works n/a 1939 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display "John Bull" replica https://www.fli 1 B Atlas National Museum of Ind. History Bethlehem, PA Stored From Philly Pier 122 (42" gauge) 2 B Atlas Mad River & NKP Museum Bellevue, OH (42" gauge) https://www.fli 3 B Baldwin 1912 Youngstown Steel Heritage Museum Youngstown, OH Display From Whiskey Island, OH (42" gauge) https://www.fli 7 B Atlas Lake Shore Railway Hist. Soc. North East, PA Display (42" gauge) https://www.fli LIRR 35 G5s 4-6-0 Altoona Works 4201 1928 Nassau County, NY Oyster Bay, NY Restoration 35 0-10-0T JMI 1868 Children's Museum Indianapolis, IN Display "Reuben Wells" https://www.fli LIRR 39 G5s 4-6-0 Altoona Works 4207 1929 RR Museum of Long Island Strasburg, PA Restoration https://www.fli 60 B6sa 0-6-0 Juniata Shops 2746 1913 Historic Red Clay Valley Inc Hockessin, DE Display https://www.fli 94 A5s 0-4-0 Juniata Shops 3191 1917 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 246 MP58E B-B Budd 1958 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 247 MP58AE B-B Budd 1958 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display 447 MP54 B-B ACF DURR Arkville, NY Active Used as a coach 460 E6s 4-4-2 Juniata Shops 2860 1914 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 520 L1s 2-8-2 Baldwin 44565 1916 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 643 B4a 0-6-0 Altoona Shops 2184 1901 Williams Grove Steam Assoc. Williams Grove, PA Operational Only operating PRR steam locomotive 860 Metroliner B-B Budd 1968 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display 1187 H3 2-8-0 Altoona Shops 1235 1888 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 1223 D16sb 4-4-0 Juniata Shops 1399 1905 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display Built as D16b https://www.fli 1361 K4s 4-6-2 Juniata Shops 3475 1918 Altoona Railroaders Museum Scranton, PA Restoration 1670 B6sb 0-6-0 Juniata Shops 3042 1918 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 2846 H6sb 2-8-0 Baldwin 26744 1905 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 3750 K4s 4-6-2 Juniata Shops 3703 1920 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 3936 DD1 2-B Juniata Shops 2244-2 1911 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display Paired with 3937 https://www.fli 3937 DD1 2-B Juniata Shops 2244-1 1911 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display Paired with 3936 https://www.fli 4465 E44 C-C GE 34011 1963 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 4483 I1sa 2-10-0 Baldwin 56534 1923 W. NY RR Hist. Soc. Hamberg, NY Display https://www.fli 4662 GEG350 B-B Pullman/Brill 6202-22697 1929 Wilmington & Western RR Hockessin, DE Operational Rebuilt with Cummins diesels in 1990 4666 GEG415 B-B J.G. Brill 22848-1 1930 ALLN 4666 Topton, PA Operational Rebuilt with Hamilton Diesel in 1942; on thhttps://www.fli 4668 GEG415 B-B J.G. Brill 22848-3 1930 Escanaba & Lake Superior Stored 4700 P5 2-C-2 Altoona Works 4251 1931 Nat'l Museum of Trans. St. Louis, MO Display https://www.fli 4800 GG1 2-C+C-2 Baldwin 11646 1934 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 4859 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4326 1935 NRHS - Harrisburg Harrisburg, PA Display https://www.fli 4876 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4345 1939 B&O Museum Baltimore, MD Stored Crashed into DC Union Station https://www.fli 4877 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4346 1939 United RR Hist. Society Boonton, NJ Stored https://www.fli 4879 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4348 1939 United RR Hist. Society Boonton, NJ Stored https://www.fli 4882 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4351 1939 Nat'l NYC Museum Elkhard, NJ Display https://www.fli 4890 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4359 1940 Nat'l RR Museum Greenbay, WI Display https://www.fli 4903 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4372 1940 Museum of the American Railroad Frisco, TX Display https://www.fli 4909 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4378 1941 Henry Ford Museum Cooperstown Jct, NY Stored https://www.fli 4913 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4382 1942 Altoona Railroaders Museum Altoona, PA Display https://www.fli 4917 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4387 1942 Leatherstocking RY Museum Cooperstown Jct, NY Stored https://www.fli 4918 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4388 1942 Nat'l Museum of Trans. St. Louis, MO Display https://www.fli 4919 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4389 1942 VA Museum of Transportation Roanoke, VA Display https://www.fli 4927 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4397 1942 Illinois RR Museum Union, IL Display https://www.fli 4933 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4428 1943 NRHS - Central NY Syracuse, NY Display https://www.fli 4935 GG1 2-C+C-2 Altoona Works 4434 1943 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 5690 B1 C Altoona Works 4263 1934 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 5741 G5s 4-6-0 Juniata Shops 3966 1924 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 6755 M1b 4-8-2 Altoona Works 4225 1930 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display Built as M1a https://www.fli 7002 E7s 4-4-2 Juniata Shops 929 1902 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display Built as E2 https://www.fli 7688 H10s 2-8-0 Lima 5063 1915 RR Museum of PA Strasburg, PA Display https://www.fli 9684 2-6-0 Alco 55847 1916 Greene Co. Hist. Museum Waynesburg, PA Display (36" gauge) https://www.fli 20030 L2s 2-8-2 Lima 5872 1919 City of Birmingham Birmingham, AL Display Displayed as Frisco 4018 https://www.fli Notes: PRR 430 and 435 (MP54) scrapped since I began keeping track of this list Surviving PRR Diesel Locomotives Work in Progress 12/26/2020 next up SD45 on page 17 1000 LWT-12 EMD 21463 1955 Museum of Transportation Kirkwood, MO Display Displayed as CRIP 3 1001 LWT-12 EMD 21464 1955 National Museum of Transportation Green Bay, WI Display Displayed as CRIP 2 2200 GP30 EMD 28108 1963 POT 2200 (Port of Tucson) Tucson, AZ Active as of 6/8/2017 2202 GP30 EMD 28110 1963 CYXX 2109 Pensacola, FL Active as of 2/4/2013 2225 GP30 EMD 28133 1963 WAMX 705 Slug Rubert, ID Stored as of 10/2016 2230 GP30 EMD 28138 1963 IN 2230 Ohio Active as of 9/19/2014 2233 GP30 EMD 28141 1963 CR 2233 at RRMPA Strasburg, PA Display 2234 GP30 EMD 28142 1963 CLNA 23 NC/SC Active as of 11/30/2013 2238 GP30 EMD 28146 1963 CYXX 2110 FL Active as of 2/25/2011 2247 GP30 EMD 28155 1963 WAMX 302 Remote Control Platform Rupert, ID Active as of 2/27/2011 2249 GP30 EMD 28157 1963 WMSR 501 Cumberland, MD Active 2250 GP30 EMD 28158 1963 NHIR 2198 New Hope, PA Active 2257 GP35 EMD 29006 1964 GSMR 1009 GP38-3 Bryson City, NC Active as of 12/26/2020 2262 GP35 EMD 29011 1964 FWRY 3501 Fillmore, CA Active as of 10/10/2015 2274 GP35 EMD 29023 1964 MNCR 106 GP35R Active 2309 GP35 EMD 29617 1964 HRRC 3601 CT Active as of 7/23/2018 2312 GP35 EMD 30329 1965 HRRC 3600 CT Active as of 3/29/2020 2336 GP35 EMD 30353 1965 HRRC 3603 CT Active as of 1/14/2017 2357 GP35 EMD 30374 1965 FTRX 3517 Kingsbury, IN Active as of 5/4/2019 2363 GP35 EMD 30370 1965 WAMX 3516 2369 GP35 EMD 30386 1965 CLNA 15 NC/SC Active as of 2/3/2013 2290 GP35 EMD WAMX 3515 Paducah, KY Stored as of 9/2017 2415 C424 ALCO 84558 1963 LAL 319 (GBW) Lakeville, NY Stored as of 7/2017 2423 C425 ALCO 3403-02 1965 DL 2423 Scranton, PA Active 2432 C425 ALCO 3403-10 1965 NYLE 5067 Gowanda, NY Stored as of 2/10/2012 5706 E8A EMD 16775 1952 Southern Ry no number Irondale, AL Display Parking lot display 5711 E8A EMD 16780 1952 PRR 5711 at Juniata Terminal Co. Philadelphia, PA Stored 5761 E8A EMD 16787 1952 SLRG 807 at Saratoga & North Creek North Creek, NY Stored as of 10/29/2018 5762 E8A EMD 16788 1952 NYC 4097 Duane Lake, NY Display 5764 E8A EMD 16790 1952 RPCX 5764 Monticello, IL Stored was being restored as Illinois Central 5788 E8A EMD 15653 1952 URHS 835 Boonton, NJ Stored Previously operated as Erie 835 5793 E8A EMD 15658 1952 CTVX 61 E9AM Cleveland, OH Stored 5794 E8A EMD 15659 1952 FEC 1594 Miami, FL Display Displayed as FEC; for sale 5798 E8A EMD 15663 1952 CTVX 4258 Cleveland, OH Stored 5809 E8A EMD 13102 1951 PRR 5809 at Junita Terminal Co.
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