File:Pennsylvania - 7688 steam locomotive (H10s 2-8-0) & tender 1 (26845429020).jpg
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This is a coal-fired H10s 2-8-0 steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works in September 1915. It was used as Pennsylvania Railroad # 7688 and retired in 1957. It is now in the collection of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in the town of Strasburg. The engine weighs about 125 tons and its tender weighs about 91 tons. Info. from rgusrail.com: "# 7688 is one of twenty-five H10 class Consolidation type (2-8-0) locomotives built by Lima in 1915 for the Pennsy. The company outshopped fifteen more for the railroad in 1916. The class was designed to haul freight in the central and western parts of the Pennsylvania Railroad system. The H10 was the last refinement of the H class and the basic freight locomotive in the area until the 1930s. # 7688 was initially assigned to the Cleveland & Pittsburgh, a Pennsylvania Railroad Lines West subsidiary, hauling coal and ore between Lake Erie and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Consolidations were the most numerous of Pennsylvania Railroad's motive power, making up roughly half the entire roster. Although eventually replaced in heavy freight service by larger engines, Pennsylvania Railroad's Consolidations continued on branch line freight and switching service, and # 7688 operated right through to the end of steam on the Pennsylvania Railroad in October 1957, after which it was retired to the Pennsylvania Railroad collection. It moved to the museum in 1969." |
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| Source | Pennsylvania # 7688 steam locomotive (H10s 2-8-0) & tender 1 |
| Author | James St. John |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by James St. John at https://flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/26845429020 (archive). It was reviewed on 7 March 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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