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The Strasburg Rail Road is a heritage railroad located in Strasburg, PA. The railroad operates between Strasburg and Leaman Place Junction and is adjacent to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, which is located across the street from the railroad. It is also the oldest public utility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, having been chartered in 1832.

Locomotive Roster[]

Current Locomotives[]

Image Number Builder Build Date Wheel Arrangement Railroad Status
Strasburg Railroad No.3
3 Cagney Bros. 1920 4-4-0 Operational
9 Cagney Bros. 1903 4-4-0 Stored Out of Service
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15 H. K. Porter Company March 1917 0-6-0T Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal Operational
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89 Canadian Locomotive Company February 1910 2-6-0 Canadian National Railway Operational
Strasburg RR 90
90 Baldwin Locomotive Works 1924 2-10-0 Great Western Railway of Colorado Undergoing FRA Mandated 1,472-Day Boiler Inspection and Overhaul
N&W 475 at Leaman Place Junction - August 16, 2020
475 Baldwin Locomotive Works June 1906 4-8-0 Norfolk & Western Railway Operational
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972 Montreal Locomotive Works 1912 4-6-0 Canadian Pacific Railway Stored Out of Service
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7312 Baldwin Locomotive Works August 1908 0-6-0 Canadian National Railway Undergoing Restoration
1 Plymouth Locomotive Works 1926 B Operational
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2 Plymouth Locomotive Works 1930 B Operational
Lancaster,Oxford&SouthernRailcar
10 Sanders Machine Shop 1915 B-B Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Railroad Operational
1235 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) 1953 B-B Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Under Restoration
Strasburg Rail Road - 8618 diesel locomotive (SW8) 1 (26478447063)
8618 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) 1952 B-B

New York Central Railroad

Operational

Former Locomotives[]

Image Number Builder Build Date Configuration Railroad Status Current Owner(s)
Msc98
98 American Locomotive Company (ALCO) January 1909 4-4-0 Mississippi Central Railroad Operational Wilmington and Western Railroad
1187 (static display)
1187 Baldwin Locomotive Works 1903 0-4-0C Reading Company Stored Out of Service Age of Steam Roundhouse
PRR 1223
1223 Juniata Shops November 1905 4-4-0 Pennsylvania Railroad Display Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Pa491
7002 Altoona Works 1902 4-4-2 Pennsylvania Railroad Display Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Strasburg Rail Road - Diesel Locomotive
9331 General-Electric 1948 B-B Pennsylvania Railroad Operational Walkersville Southern Railroad (Privately owned)

Visiting Locomotives[]

Image Number Builder Build Date Configuration Railroad Status
WilmingtonandWestern37
37 American Locomotive Company (ALCO) 1925 2-8-2ST Sugar Pine Lumber Company Stored Out of Service
Lirr39boiler
39 Juniata Shops 1929 4-6-0 Long Island Railroad Undergoing Restoration
611 11-1-1982
611 N&W's Roanoke Shops May 1950 4-8-4 Norfolk & Western Railway Operational

Trivia[]

  • The Strasburg Rail Road and its locomotives have appeared in a number of films and television series, including Thomas and the Magic Railroad, I Heard the Bells, The Gilded Age, Modern Marvels, Great Scenic Railway Journeys, & an episode of American Experience on the Orphan Trains.
  • The line is used for tourist excursion trains, that carry passengers on a 45-minute round-trip journey from East Strasburg to Leaman Place Junction through nearly 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) in southeastern Lancaster County.
  • Its freight department provides shipping and transloading for local and regional clients. Since 2008, freight carloads have increased substantially, which resulted in development of a new $1.5 million transloading facility funded by the railroad and matching grants.
  • As of 2024, the Strasburg Rail Road opened a six-track freight yard located at Southern Lancaster County as part of the mainline.
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