> Yes indeed

> BLW 26 has been out of service since DEC 99
> when we parked her in the roundhouse (I was
> the fireman that day). At the time a 5 year
> was on the order, as well as replacement of
> a thinning crown sheet. Its been an on
> again-off again project for some time. I'm
> not sure if any other ailments have been
> found since then.

> Dave Crosby

This past Friday, I noted a fresh out of the McCabe flanger flue sheet for 26 at Steamtown, and one of the shopmen said the rear flue sheet would pose more of a challenge than the front one. It also appears they plan to replace the inside door sheet. Don't look for 26 under steam any time soon!


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Here's a summary of the railroad records holdings at the Pennsylvania State Archives, in Harrisburg, Pa.:

RAILROAD RECORDS AT PENNSYLVANIA STATE ARCHIVES,
HARRISBURG, PA

MG-48 Fall Brook Railroad & Coal Company Records, 1768 (1819-1936)-1938, 371 cu. ft.
MG-274 Lehigh Valley RR Co. Records, 1849-1982, 632 cu. ft.
MG-286 Penn Central Railroad Collection & Deposit, c.1816-1981, 4,855 cu. ft. (Includes PRR records and original equipment drawings from the Office of the Chief of Motive Power)
MG-300 Erie Lackawanna Railway Co. Deposit, 1832-1976, 177 cu. ft.
MG-311 Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. Records, 1792-1978, 406 cu. ft.
MG-427 Baldwin-Hamilton Collection, c.1854-1960, 1,106 cu. ft. (Includes many original engineering drawings for post-1941 Baldwin-built locomotives.)
MG-401 Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. Records, 1887-1959, 11.2 cu. ft.
MG-393 Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co., of Butler, Pa. Records, c.1902-1970, 155 cu. ft.
MG-315 William Sellers & Co. Records, 1860-1919, 2 cu. ft.
MG-289 George M. Hart Photographs, c.1860-1960, approx. 1 cu. ft.