Schuylkill Branch

[JJSmith]

I am interested in knowing how frequently PRR I1 class locomotives were used on the Schuylkill Branch prior to the arrival of the diesels. From what I can gather, it seems that the L,G and H class locomotive were the regulars.

Jeff

[Schuylkill Valley]

The I-1's were used for heavey coal trains mostley.
this video will show a I-1 at the end. coming from Reading, PA. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cgsi ... shortfilms
Len.

[2nd trick op]

I-1's, due to their large proportion of weight on drivers, would seem to have been a natural for the heavy grades on the Shenandoah Branch (Frackville to Shenandoah) which, if memory serves me correctly, was swapped with the Lehigh Valley in a transaction involving other anthracite-region lines, sometime around 1950.

[JimBoylan]

The Reading was also involved in that deal, in the 1930s, to avoid Mahanoy inclined Plane.