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Are you interested in taking a part of the Steamtown experience home with you? Steamtown National Historic Site has a fun way that you can do just that. Trading cards are not just for your favorite sports hero but can now be for your favorite locomotive or rail car. You can begin to fuel your love of railroading by collecting Steamtown Trading Cards. Each year new collectable trading cards are produced featuring Steamtown’s historic locomotives and/or rail cars. These highly sought-after trading cards are only available at Steamtown National Historic Site so come visit us soon and start your collection.
 
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Baldwin Locomotive Works No. 26

Built: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania, March 1929
Builder's Number: 60733

Owners: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania
Jackson Iron and Steel, Jackson, Ohio
Mad River and Nickel Plate Railroad Museum, Bellevue, Ohio
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: 0-6-0 Switcher with Slope-Backed Tender

Cylinders: 20 by 24 inches
Boiler Pressure: 180 psi
Tender Capacity: Coal: 7 tons
Weight on Drivers: 124,000 pounds
Drive Wheels: 50 inches
Tractive Effort: 29,375 pounds
Water: 1,750 gallons
Total Weight: 124,000 pounds
 
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Union Pacific Railroad "Big Boy" No. 4012

Built: American Locomotive Company (ALCO), Schenectady, New York, November 1941, Builder's Number: 69583

Owners: Union Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, Vermont; Scranton, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" simple articulated heavy freight locomotive

Cylinders: 23 3/4 by 32 inches x4
Boiler Pressure: 300 psi
Tender Capacity: Coal: 28 tons
Weight on Drivers: 540,000 pounds
Drive Wheels: 68 inches
Tractive Effort: 135,375 pounds
Water: 24,000 gallons
Total Weight: ~1,200,000 pounds
 
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Berlin Mills Railway No. 7

Built: Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, January 1911
Builder's Number: 1679

Owners: Berlin Mills Railway, Berlin, New Hampshire
Groveton Paper Company, Groveton, New Hampshire
Woodsville, Blackmount & Haverhill Steam Railroad Co. Inc., Haverhill, New Hampshire
Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, Vermont
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: 2-4-2T Saddle Tank Switching Locomotive

Cylinders: 17 by 24 inches
Boiler Pressure: 140 psi
Tender Capacity: Coal: 2 tons
Weight on Drivers: 85,000 pounds
Drive Wheels: 44 inches
Tractive Effort: 21,720 pounds
Water: 1,500 gallons
Total Weight: 113,000 pounds
 
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Canadian National Railways No.3254

Built: Canadian Locomotive Company, Kingston Works, Kingston, Ontario 1917
Builder’s Number: 1497

Owners: Canadian Government Railways
Canadian National Railways, Montreal, Quebec
Willis F. Barron, Ashland, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg and Northern Railroad, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Steamtown USA, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: 2-8-2 Mikado Medium Freight Locomotive

Cylinders: 27 by 30 inches
Boiler Pressure: 180 psi
Fuel Capacity: Coal: 17 tons
Weight on Drivers: 209,970 pounds
Drive Wheels: 63 inches
Tractive Effort: 53,115 pounds
Water: 7,200 gallons
 
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Grand Trunk Western Railroad No.6039

Built: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania, 1925
Builder’s Number: 58463

Owners: Grand Trunk Western Railway, Canadian National Railway, Montreal, Quebec
Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Canadian National Railway, Montreal, Quebec
Steamtown USA, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: 4-8-2 Mountain Medium Dual Purpose Locomotive, Class U-1-c

Cylinders: 26 by 30 inches
Boiler Pressure: 210 psi
Fuel Capacity: Coal: 18 tons
Weight on Drivers: 231,370 pounds
Drive Wheels: 73 inches
Tractive Effort: 49,590 pounds
Water: 13,575 gallons
Total Weight: 604,110 pounds
 
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Business Car No.353

Built: The Pullman Company, Pullman, Illinois, 1916

Owners: Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, New York, New York
Dick Horstmann, Syracuse, New York
SPO Partners & Co., Mill Valley, California
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: Heavyweight 6-axle Pullman Business Car

Cost: $36,592.55
Weight: 172,100 lbs
Length: 82’53/8”
Height: 14’11”
Width: 11’2”
Staff: 2
 
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New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad No. 514

Built: Electro-Motive Division, General Motors Corporation, La Grange, Illinois, 1958
Builder’s Number: 24505

Owners: New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Cleveland, Ohio
Norfolk & Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia
Steamtown USA, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: ERS-17E Model GP9

Engine: EMD 567C V16 two stroke diesel
Cylinders: 8 1/2 x 10 inches
Horsepower: 1.750
Traction Motors: 4 x EMD 567D D-37-B
Drive Wheels: 40 inches
Length: 56 ft 2 inches
Fuel: 1,800 gallons
Total Weight: 259,500 pounds
 
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New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad No. 759

Built: Lima Locomotive Works, Lima, OH, August 1944
Builder’s Number: 8667

Owners: New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad, Cleveland, Ohio
Steamtown USA, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: 2-8-4 Berkshire, Class S-2

Cylinders: 25 by 34 inches
Boiler Pressure: 245 psi
Fuel Capacity: Coal: 22 tons
Weight on Drivers: 264,300 pounds
Drive Wheels: 69 inches
Tractive Effort: 64,100 pounds
Water: 22,000 gallons
Total Weight: 440,800 pounds
 
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Reading Company No. 2124

Built: Baldwin Locomotive Works; Reading Company Shops, Reading, Pennsylvania, January 1947, Builder's Number: (old) 2044

Owners: Reading Company, Reading, Pennsylvania
Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, Vermont
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: 4-8-4 Northern, Class T-1

Cylinders: 27 by 32 inches
Boiler Pressure: 240 psi
Tender Capacity: Coal: 26 tons
Weight on Drivers: 278,200 pounds
Drive Wheels: 70 inches
Tractive Effort: 68,000 pounds
Water: 19,000 gallons
Total Weight: 441,300 pounds
 
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Canadian Pacific Railway No. 2317

Built: Montreal Locomotive Works, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 1923,
Builder's Number: 64541

Owners: Canadian Pacific Railway, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, Vermont
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: 4-6-2 Pacific, Class G-3-c

Cylinders: 25 by 30 inches
Boiler Pressure: 200 psi
Tender Capacity: Coal: 17 tons
Weight on Drivers: 181,500 pounds
Drive Wheels: 75 inches
Tractive Effort: 42,600 pounds
Water: 12,000 gallons
Total Weight: 489,000 pounds
 
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Illinois Central Railroad No. 790

Built: American Locomotive Company, Cooke Works, Patterson, New Jersey, November 1903, Rebuilt 1918, Builder's Number: 28686

Owners: Chicago Union Transfer Company, Chicago, Illinois
Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Illinois
Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, Vermont
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: 2-8-0 Consolidation

Cylinders: 22 by 26 inches
Boiler Pressure: 190 psi
Tender Capacity: Coal: 8 tons
Weight on Drivers: 161,000 pounds
Drive Wheels: 44 inches
Tractive Effort: 42,000 pounds
Water: 6,500 gallons
Total Weight: 183,000 pounds
 
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Caboose No. 889

Built: DL&W Keyser Valley Car Shops, Scranton, Pennsylvania, September 1952, Builder's Number: 3187 (originally 2200 Class locomotive tender)

Owners: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Erie-Lackawanna Railway, Cleveland, Ohio
Consolidated Rail Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: NE Class 4-Axle Steel Caboose

Trucks: Barber-Bettendorf
Wheelbase: 66 inches
Wheels: 36 inch cast
Brakes: Westinghouse AB type
Height: 13 feet 8 1/2 inches
Width: 9 feet 3 3/4 inches
Length: 31 feet 6 1/4 inches
Total Weight: 49,500 pounds
 
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Public Service Electric & Gas Company No. 6816

Built: H.K. Porter Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 1923,
Builder's Number: 6816

Owners: Public Service Electric & Gas Company, Newark, New Jersey
Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, Vermont
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Type: 0-6-0F "Fireless Cooker" Type Switching Engine

Cylinders: 30 by 28 inches
Boiler Pressure: Storage: 190psi
Operating: 60psi
Fuel Capacity: Coal: 0 tons
Water: 0 gallons
Drive Wheels: 52 inches
Tractive Effort: 24,300 pounds
Total Weight: 125,000 pounds
Weight on Drivers: 125,000 Pounds

Last updated: October 16, 2024

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