Thursday, February 14, 2013

A Trip to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania played a major role in American railroad history.
in Amish country near Lancaster, PA.  For you movie buffs, it is
also where the movie Witness was filmed with Harrison Ford.  
This is some of the railroad history James and I saw there.



Pennsylvania Railroad D16sb No. 1223 4-4-0 1905

Pennsylvania Railroad E7s No. 7002 4-4-0 1902

Pennsylvania Railroad G5s No. 5751 4-6-0 1924

New York, Chicago & St. Louis S-2 No. 757 2-8-4 1944


Pennsylvania Railroad E6s No. 460 4-4-2  1914
Pennsylvania Railroad H10s No. 7688 2-8-0 1915

Pennsylvania Railroad E6s No. 460 4-4-2 1914

Pennsylvania Power & Light Fireless No. 4094 0-8-0F 1940


Coudersport & Port Allegany Size 2 type Snow Plow  1890c.

Pennsylvania Railroad Ep20/E7 No. 5901 1945


Reading 903 1950

Pennsylvania Railroad No. 4935 1943


James at the turntable

An early refrigerated car!

Some overviews of the museum






Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

A Second, but short visit to Steamtown National Historic Site


The largest steam train ever built, only 25 were manufactured during WW II
James and Elin were impressed




Take a ride on the Reading!


Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park




Vanderbilt's View of the Hudson and Catskill Mountains



Hyde Park Memorial Day 2012