Last PRR 2-10-0, stored at Hamburg, NY. Said to be well greased and stabilized.http://naphotos.nerail.org/showpic/?pho ... date%3A100

[quote="bobyar2001"]Last PRR 2-10-0, stored at Hamburg, NY. Said to be well greased and stabilized.[/quote]Whose engine is this again, that it isn't on display, [i]et al[/i]??

Belongs to the Western NY Rwy Hist Soc and it is on display-http://www.trainweb.org/wnyrhs/Joshua

I think every PRR fan would love to see the I1sa in operation again. I saw her three years ago, stored where she still is today, and I think she is in remarkably good shape, under the care of the right group of people. The only suggestion I'd make is to put her under a secured roof. Otherwise, 4483 is doing fine. The WNYRS has secured a long distance tender for her as well, which is significant on several levels. 1) I1's were frequently operated with long distance tenders; 2) the tender itself is a priceless artifact; 3) when Westinghouse had displayed her, they had cut out portions of her standard tender in order to install telephone electronics for their building! The question always arises about returning her to the PRR collection, and this remains a "can of worms". Penn Central de-accessed her while they were sinking. She faced scrapping at one point, but was rescued. She is preserved indefinitely, in a state of limbo. Should she go to the RRMofPa, she'd be amongst her breed, but would never operate again (under current collection preservation standards). Where she is, she might run again, but is similarly preserved, greased, and painted. Time will tell. In the meantime, she's doing well.

How appropriate would this be for operation? And where?Thanks,Gerald W. Kopiasz

In all sincerity, she's not a great candidate for passenger operations. She's hungry on coal, fairly slow at a run (figure 45mph tops), and has a relatively long wheel base. The best place to run her would be up and down the Curve, naturally, but there was plenty of obstacles there alone. The best scenario to run her, imho, would be to restore her and have people subscribe to have the privalege of access to the Curve, to see her drag freight up and down. Not profitable? Nope, I don't think it is. She's not a tourist line loco, but a great one for show.

One other engine that left the PRR collection some years ago is doing great (and under the care of a friend of mine) - Wayneburg & Washington 2-6-0 #4. It has run about 1990, although it is not servicable at the moment.

She's hungry on coal, fairly slow at a run (figure 45mph tops), Believe it or not the I-1 can be pressed to 55 mph. Myself, in the company of Don Wood, and the late Bud Rothaar, chased one on the old PRR. Susquehanna division, Halifax, to Sunbury, PA. (great pacing, still is!) back in 1955, Bud's 55 Chevy Belair was reading 55 on the speedometer, and we were neck, and neck with the 4311, and its train! Those were great times!Ed K. cp. Laurel Run

And what a wild ride that must have been for the engine crew!

That is was, in fact they were standing up, while the firemen in the gangway was making a circular motion with his hands, wanting to know how fast they were going, as many of the I-1's had no speed recorders. I came back with my hand held up with five fingers, and again with five fingers. At Sunbury, where they stopped south of town for water, and to clean the fire, The Engineer Wally Reider said " I often wondered what these beasts could do, now I know!"Ed K. cp. Laurel Run