The Strasburg Rail Road is the oldest continuously operating railroad in the western hemisphere (second oldest in the world only to the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales) and the oldest public utility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Rolling Stock[]
Locomotives[]
| No. | Name | Notes | Photo |
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| 475 | Strasburg Rail Road No. 475 | Originally built by Baldwin in 1906 for the N&W Railway. Sold to the railroad in 1991. Had an accident with an excavator on November 2nd 2022 and was repaired on November 6th | 
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| 89 | Strasburg Rail Road No. 89 | Originally built in 1910. Sold to the railroad in 1972. | 
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| 90 | Strasburg Rail Road No. 90 | Built in 1924. Sold to the railroad in 1967. | 
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| 15 | Strasburg Rail Road No. 15 | Originally built in 1917 as a H. K. Porter, Inc 0-6-0ST. Sold to the railroad in 1998 and rebuilt in 1999 to resemble Thomas. | 
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| 8618 | Strasburg Rail Road No. 8618 | Originally built for New York Central in 1951. Sold to the railroad in 2009. Due to its resemblance, this is sometimes dressed up as Mavis for Day Out with Thomas Events. | 
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| 2 | Strasburg Rail Road No. 2 | Originally built in 1930. Sold to the railroad in 1984. Like with 8618 with Mavis, due to its resemblance, this is sometimes dressed up as Rusty for Day Out with Thomas Events | 
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| 1 | Strasburg Rail Road No. 1 | Originally built in 1926. Sold to the railroad that same year. | 
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| 10 | Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway doodlebug car | Built in 1915 by the Oxford shops from the Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway. Sold to the railroad in 1962. | 
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| 31 | Strasburg Rail Road No. 31 | Originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Canadian National Railway as #7312. It was built in 1908 and bought by Strasburg in 1968. It has been taken in for overhaul and has stayed in the shed since 2009. As of 2022 No.31 is still in the process of being overhauled. |
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| 1235 | Strasburg Rail Road No. 1235 | Originally built for Santa Fe in 1953. Sold to the railroad in 2018. |
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Trivia[]
- It was a filming location for Thomas and the Magic Railroad. In it, the 475 acts as the Rainbow Sun.
- In Thomas and the Magic Railroad, the scene with the "Rainbow Sun" (#475) was filmed at Strasburg. 475 and three of the railroad’s passenger cars (only two of which appeared in the film) were given Indian Valley Railroad lettering. After the film wrapped production, the passenger cars retained the lettering for several more months.
- The nearby Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania occasionally uses Strasburg Railroad tracks to connect to the Amtrak Philadelphia-to-Harrisburg Main Line junction in Paradise, Pennsylvania.
- On 2 November 2022, 475 collided with an excavator while running around to the other end of its train, damaging the headlight and smokebox door. The incident was captured on video by both a live webcam and a passenger onboard. It was repaired with a new front smokebox plate and headlight.
- As of 2024, the Strasburg Rail Road opens a six-track freight yard located at Southern Lancaster County as part of the mainline.
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External links[]
- Official website
- Strasburg Rail Road on the Locomotive wiki.