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 #406088  by Statkowski
 
How many working railroads (not museum operations) received PRR steam engines?

Just off the top of my head I can think of:
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
Long Island Rail Road
Lehigh & New England

 #406224  by Aa3rt
 
This is a pretty big question depending on how far you are wanting to go back. A few from the top of my head:

Western Allegheny rostered a number of 2-8-0's of PRR heritage.

The Susquehanna & New York (Towanda-Williamsport, PA) had at least two-a 4-4-0 and a 2-8-0.

The Sheffield and Tionesta (Warren & Forest Counties, PA) also had an ex-PRR loco used in construction of the line.

The Washington, Brandywine & Point Lookout in Maryland rostered an ex-PRR 4-4-0.

The Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern also had an ex-PRR 4-6-0 (PS&N #3, IIRC) used in construction of the line.

The Washington (DC) Terminal also had a number of PRR locos lettered WT.

 #407156  by BaltOhio
 
In the"relatively recent" category were:

DT&I #410-417 H-8sc and H-10s, #317 L-1s
LIRR #101-119 H-10s (31 G-5s were built directly for the LIRR)
Bellefonte Central #20, 22 H-9s, plus 1 H-8sb
LEF&C #5 H-9s
N&PBL #45 H-9s plus 1 H-8sb
PC&Y #12 H-8/H-10s
Interstate #9 H-8sc, #14-15 L-1s
Cambria & Indiana #22-23 L-1s
AT&SF #82-884 L-1s
Raritan River #8 B-6
L&NE #501-504 L-1s

As best I can tell, the PRSL locos all came through the WJ&S.

Washington Terminal had 30 B-6s and 2 B-6sa built directly for it by Juniata; same for three C-1. None of these went through PRR hands.


Herb Harwood

 #407200  by Aa3rt
 
BaltOhio wrote:In the"relatively recent" category were:

Washington Terminal had 30 B-6s and 2 B-6sa built directly for it by Juniata; same for three C-1. None of these went through PRR hands.

Herb Harwood
Thanks for the correction, Herb! I'll have to file this information in the "You learn something new everyday" category.

Thanks for the additions as well, I'd totally forgotten the Bellefonte Central and the Cambria & Indiana.

 #416862  by Allen Hazen
 
According to Stauffer's "Pennsy Power," Union Transport in New Jersey (short line serving Fort Dix-- the same company that later operated 9999, the last PRR/PC GE 44-tonner) had the last PRR steamer in refular service, a B-6. But this may have been leased from PRR, so not technically "ex".
 #475926  by Telford
 
May be a "dum" question, but am I reading this correctly that there is a Cambria and Indiana L-1 still in operation??

Telford

BaltOhio wrote:In the"relatively recent" category were:

DT&I #410-417 H-8sc and H-10s, #317 L-1s
LIRR #101-119 H-10s (31 G-5s were built directly for the LIRR)
Bellefonte Central #20, 22 H-9s, plus 1 H-8sb
LEF&C #5 H-9s
N&PBL #45 H-9s plus 1 H-8sb
PC&Y #12 H-8/H-10s
Interstate #9 H-8sc, #14-15 L-1s
Cambria & Indiana #22-23 L-1s
AT&SF #82-884 L-1s
Raritan River #8 B-6
L&NE #501-504 L-1s




Herb Harwood
 #479048  by Aa3rt
 
Telford wrote:May be a "dum" question, but am I reading this correctly that there is a Cambria and Indiana L-1 still in operation??

Telford
No, there is not. I believe the term "relatively recent" in this case means the last 50 to 60 years. The Cambria and Indiana ceased operating in 1994. According to this reference, the ex-PRR L-1's were scrapped in 1948 (#22) & 1950 (#23).

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/mikado/ci.shtml

A couple of good references on the Cambria and Indiana (if you can locate them) are:

"This Is A Shortline?" article in TRAINS Magazine, March 1971

The Train From Colver: The Story Of The Cambria & Indiana Railroad" 64 page paperbound book by Dale L. Suiters

You may also want to check out this link:

http://www.trainweb.org/cambriaindiana