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Motive Power Operations

General Information

• Form 109-K, Classification and Description of Locomotives and Tenders (5.3MB, PDF), June 2, 1952. Provided by David Wartell. Also available on CD-ROM #2.
• 1948, Dec. 1 Pennsylvania R.R. Locomotives in Service (PDF). Original provided by Dan Cupper.
• 1954, June 25 Diesel Unit Numbers and Classification -- Assignment of Susquehanna Division Switchers (PDF).
• Form MP229, Assignment of Locomotives (2.8 MB, PDF), July 1, 1949. Second-hand copy provided by Steven Beals with credit to Hank Mummert and Ken Meyer.
• Form MP229, Assignment of Locomotives (2.3 MB, PDF), May 1, 1950. Second-hand copy provided by Steven Beals with credit to Hank Mummert and Ken Meyer.
• Form MP229, Assignment of Locomotives (2.4 MB, PDF), June 1, 1951. Second-hand copy provided by Steven Beals with credit to Hank Mummert and Ken Meyer.
• Form MP229, Assignment of Locomotives (2.3 MB, PDF), March 1, 1952. Second-hand copy provided by Steven Beals with credit to Hank Mummert and Ken Meyer.
• Form MP229, Assignment of Locomotives (2.2 MB, PDF), April 1, 1953. Second-hand copy provided by Steven Beals with credit to Hank Mummert and Ken Meyer.
• Form MP229, Assignment of Locomotives (2.2 MB, PDF), March 1, 1954. Second-hand copy provided by Doug Kisala with credit to Harry (unknown).
• Form MP229, Assignment of Locomotives (2.5 MB, PDF), April 1, 1955. Second-hand copy provided by Steven Beals with credit to Hank Mummert and Ken Meyer.
• Form MP229, Assignment of Locomotives (1.7 MB, PDF), March 1, 1956. Second-hand copy provided by Steven Beals with credit to Hank Mummert and Ken Meyer.
• Assignment of Diesel Locomotives (.9 MB, PDF), September 2, 1960. PDF provided by Bill Volkmer.
• Related Sites:
  • Form MP229, Assignment of Locomotives, Nov. 1, 1944.
  • Form MP229, Assignment of Locomotives (PDF), July 1, 1957, on Rob Schoenberg's site.

Steam

• Steam Locomotive Class/Design Cross Reference - Cross references PRR class with locomotive design type. Includes information about availability and suitability of HO scale models and indicates first year of use on PRR system. Links to unit rosters and photos.
• Searchable Steam Locomotive Roster with class, model, year of acquisition, builder, horsepower, modifications, unit photos (as available), and cross reference of published photos.
• 1949 Form 171-A, Machinery Examinations for Locomotive Firemen (20.5 MB, PDF). PDF provided by Bob Hess.
• Cover of The Baldwin Group, Vol.3, No.6. This issue of the locomotive builder's employee magazine features the PRR's T-1 #6111 on the cover!
• 62 photos of I1 #4483 provided by L. Reboy.

Related Sites:

• Wes Barris's American Steam Locomotive Wheel Arrangements.
• Wes Barris's Lost But Not Forgotten page about steam loco models with no surviving units.
• Wes Barris's North American Steam Locomotives.
• Streamlined Steamers.
• Gary Mittner's K-4 Pages. Includes photos of every K-4 unit!
• For additional modeling information, please visit the Modeling page.