Builders Photos & Roster Shots
of Locomotives built in Altoona


Photographer: Unknown
Builders No.: AMS 1
Bld Date: 11/1866
Class: D-odd 4-4-0
Road No.: PRR 142
Status: Scrapped 8/1888

The very fist locomotive built completely new at Altoona was this odd class D 4-4-0.

Photographer: PRR, collection of Dan Cupper
Builders No.: AMS 45
Bld Date: 11/1869
Class: B1 (old class F)
Road No.: PRR 440
Status: Sold 9/1889 to EHW, later scrapped

There were 24 of this class built new, all at Altoona.

Photographer: PRR, collection of Dan Cupper
Builders No.: AMS 217
Bld Date: 10/1873
Class: D5 (old class G)
Road No.: PRR 930
Status: Retired 1899 and scrapped

These two photos show PRR 930 as built in 1873 (left) and as modified c.1880 to serve as the special engine for the General Superintendent Altoona. It was retired in 1899 and special locomotives assigned to officers' use were discontinued in 1917.

Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AMS 287
Bld Date: 9/1875
Class: D3 4-4-0 (old class C)
Road No.: PRR 274
Status: Scrapped


Photographer: PRR Photo, collection of Dan Cupper
Builders No.: AMS 557
Bld Date: 6/1881
Class: H1 (old class I)
Road No.: PRR 433
Status: Scrapped 3/1904

This shows later-built engines of its class. Earlier ones had diamond stacks and no extended smokebox. There were 545 of these built at various shops: 366 at Altoona, 25 at PRR Renovo, 72 by Baldwin, 15 by Pittsburgh Locomotive & Car Works, 45 by Grant, and 22 by PRR Fort Wayne.

Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AMS 645
Bld Date: 3/1882
Class: old class L
Road No.: PRR 4
Status: Retired by 1891; scrapped

This engine was designed for handling trains in both directions without turning. It was so used in short turnaround service out of both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It had the “Altoona type” boiler, similar to those used on Class I (H1) and Class M (B3). The cylinders were 17x24 inches and the driving wheels were 62 inches. It was provided with some sort of power reverse gear. The No. 4 was the only engine of this class built. In 1895 the letter “L” was used to designate a new and entirely different design of engine, which under the new classification, adopted in 1897, became Classes D16 and D16A.

Photographer: PRR, collection of Dan Cupper
Builders No.: AMS 833
Bld Date: 8/1883
Class: D6 (old class K)
Road No.: PRR 1070
Status: Scrapped 11/1906

Records conflict on this engine. Edson states it was converted to class D7. Information on the back of the photo states it was converted to class D6b with the removal of 78 inch drivers and 68 inch drivers installed and that about 1894 the sand box was removed from behind mud guards to ahead of drivers and placed atop the boiler in position occupied by bell, which was moved forward. The sand box was the same as used on class R (H3). The smoke box change was also made on classes N (D8), O (D8a/D10), and P (D11/D12/D13/D14).

Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AMS 978
Bld Date: 7/1885
Class: A2 0-4-0 rebuilt to A2a 0-4-0T (old class Q)
Road No.: PRR 380
Status: Scrapped


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AMS 1235
Bld Date: 1/1888
Class: H3 2-8-0 (old class R)
Road No.: PRR 1187
Status: Display at RR Museum of PA

Photographer: PRR, collection of Dan Cupper
Builders No.: AMS 1796
Bld Date: 8/1892
Class: D15 (old class T)
Road No.: PRR 1515
Status: Scrapped 11/1905

The Lindner Compound had 84 inch drivers and a six wheel tender.

Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS 398
Bld Date: 7/1896
Class: D16 4-4-0
Road No.: PRR 1392
Status: Scrapped 5/1918


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AMS 2059
Bld Date: 11/1898
Class: F1a 2-6-0
Road No.: PRR 267
Status: Scrapped


Photographer: Unknown
Builders No.: JS 586
Bld Date: 6/1899
Class: E1 4-4-2 camelback
Road No.: PRR 700
Status: Scrapped


Photographer: Collection of Gary Mittner
Builders No.: JS 587
Bld Date: 6/1899
Class: E1 4-4-2 camelback
Road No.: PRR 820
Status: Scrapped 4/1914


Photographer: Nevin Byers
Builders No.: AMS 2184
Bld Date: 6/1901
Class: B4a 0-6-0
Road No.: PRR 643
Status: Operational at the Williams Grove Steam Association


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: JS 929
Bld Date: 9/1902
Class: E2 4-4-2 rebuilt to E7s in 10/1918
Road No.: PCC&StL 8063 -> PRR 7002
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS n/a
Bld Date: 9/1905
Class: AA1
Road No.: PRR 10002
Status: Scrapped


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: JS 1399
Bld Date: 11/1905
Class: D16b 4-4-0, rebuilt to D16sb 9/1917
Road No.: PRR 1223
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: O. Borsum
Builders No.: JS 1424
Bld Date: 1/1906
Class: E3d 4-4-2, rebuilt to E3sd 6/1914
Road No.: PRR 2999
Status: Scrapped 3/1947


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS 1498
Bld Date: 5/1906
Class: D16b 4-4-0
Road No.: PRR 930
Status: Scrapped 7/1926


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: JS 2244-1
Bld Date: 6/1911
Class: DD1
Road No.: PRR 3937
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: JS 2244-2
Bld Date: 6/1911
Class: DD1
Road No.: PRR 3936
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS 2382
Bld Date: 2/1912
Class: H8c 2-8-0, rebuilt to H8sc 9/1916, rebuilt to H10s 11/1920
Road No.: VRR 419
Status: Scrapped 8/1948


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: JS 2746
Bld Date: 12/1913
Class: B6sa
Road No.: PRR 60
Status: Stored on the Wilmington & Western


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS 2805
Bld Date: 3/1914
Class: E6s 4-4-2
Road No.: PRR 68
Status: Scrapped 7/1949


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS 2825
Bld Date: 5/1914
Class: K4s 4-6-2
Road No.: PRR 1737
Status: Scrapped 2/1960


Photographer: Mike Huhn
Builders No.: JS 2860
Bld Date: 9/1914
Class: E6s 4-4-2
Road No.: PRR 460
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: JS 3042
Bld Date: 3/1916
Class: B6sb 0-6-0
Road No.: PRR 1670
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS 2816
Bld Date: 4/1916
Class: L1s 2-8-2
Road No.: PRR 1752
Status: Scrapped


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS 3075
Bld Date: 5/1916
Class: B6sb 0-6-0
Road No.: PRR 3233
Status: Scrapped 2/1959


Photographer: Unknown
Builders No.: JS 3165
Bld Date: 12/1916
Class: I1s 2-10-0, rebuilt to I1sa 1/1943
Road No.: PRR 790
Status: Scrapped 8/1956


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: JS 3191
Bld Date: 1/1917
Class: A5s 0-4-0
Road No.: PRR 94
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS 3232
Bld Date: 4/1917
Class: FF1
Road No.: PRR 3931
Status: Scrapped


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS 3633
Bld Date: 6/1919
Class: HC1s 2-8-8-0
Road No.: PRR 3700
Status: Scrapped 2/1929


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: JS 3703
Bld Date: 3/1920
Class: K4s 4-6-2
Road No.: PRR 3750
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: Collection of Gary Mittner
Builders No.: JS 3925
Bld Date: 8/1924
Class: G5s 4-6-0
Road No.: PRR 5700
Status: Scrapped 11/1955


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS 3852
Bld Date: 2/1924
Class: L5 rebuilt to L5paw 2/1927
Road No.: PRR 3930
Status: Scrapped 5/1944


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: JS 3950
Bld Date: 10/1924
Class: G5s 4-6-0
Road No.: PRR 5725
Status: Scrapped 7/1949


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: JS 3966
Bld Date: 11/1924
Class: G5s 4-6-0
Road No.: PRR 5741
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: Collection of Gary Mittner
Builders No.: JS 4005
Bld Date: 7/1925
Class: C1 0-8-0
Road No.: PRR 6574
Status: Scrapped 1/1950


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4205
Bld Date: 3/1929
Class: K5 4-6-2
Road No.: PRR 5698
Status: Scrapped 10/1952


Photographer: Unknown
Builders No.: AW 4206
Bld Date: 5/1929
Class: A6
Road No.: PRR 3906
Status: Scrapped


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4220
Bld Date: 5/1930
Class: O1
Road No.: PRR 7850
Status: Scrapped 2/1948


Photographer: Unknown
Builders No.: AW 4221
Bld Date: 5/1930
Class: M1a 4-8-0, rebuilt to M1b 6/1944
Road No.: PRR 6751
Status: Scrapped 9/1959


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4225
Bld Date: 6/1930
Class: M1a 4-8-2, rebuilt to M1b 4/1944
Road No.: PRR 6755
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: Unknown
Builders No.: AW 4226
Bld Date: 5/1930
Class: A6b (gas-elec), repowered with diesel 1947
Road No.: PRR 3907
Status: Scrapped


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4251
Bld Date: 7/1931
Class: P5
Road No.: PRR 4700 (built as PRR 7898)
Status: Stored at the Museum of Transportation (St. Louis)


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4256
Bld Date: 1/1932
Class: L6
Road No.: PRR 7826
Status: Scrapped 4/1968


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4263
Bld Date: 11/1934
Class: B1
Road No.: PRR 5690
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4267
Bld Date: 12/1934
Class: P5a (modified)
Road No.: PRR 4780
Status: Scrapped 4/1962


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4270
Bld Date: 1/1935
Class: B1
Road No.: PRR 5695
Status: Scrapped 8/1967


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4326
Bld Date: 12/1935
Class: GG1
Road No.: PRR 4859
Status: Display at the Harrisburg Amtrak station


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4335
Bld Date: 2/1938
Class: DD2
Road No.: PRR 5800
Status: Scrapped 9/1962


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4341
Bld Date: 1/1939
Class: S1
Road No.: PRR 6100
Status: Scrapped 1/1949


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4345
Bld Date: 1/1939
Class: GG1
Road No.: PRR 4876
Status: Stored at the B&O Museum


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4346
Bld Date: 1/1939
Class: GG1
Road No.: PRR 4877
Status: Display at URHS (Boonton, NJ)


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4348
Bld Date: 2/1939
Class: GG1
Road No.: PRR 4879
Status: Display at URHS (Boonton, NJ)


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4351
Bld Date: 2/1939
Class: GG1
Road No.: PC 4882 (originally PRR 4882)
Status: Display at the National NYC Museum (Elkhart, IN)


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW n/a
Bld Date: early 1939
Class: John Stevens replica
Road No.:
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW n/a
Bld Date: 5/1940
Class: John Bull replica
Road No.: C&A 1
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4359
Bld Date: 3/1940
Class: GG1
Road No.: PRR 4890
Status: Display at the National RY Museum (Green Bay)


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4372
Bld Date: 6/1940
Class: GG1
Road No.: PRR 4903
Status: Display at the Museum of the American Railroad (Frisco, TX)


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4382
Bld Date: 1/1942
Class: GG1
Road No.: PRR 4913
Status: Display at the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4383
Bld Date: 5/1942
Class: Q1
Road No.: PRR 6130
Status: Scrapped 1/1952


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4389
Bld Date: 7/1942
Class: GG1
Road No.: PRR 4919
Status: Display at Virginia Museum of Transportation


Photographer: Unknown
Builders No.: AW 4404
Bld Date: 12/1942
Class: J1
Road No.: PRR 6455
Status: Scrapped 9/1957


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4418
Bld Date: 2/1943
Class: GG1
Road No.: PRR 4929
Status: Scrapped


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4425
Bld Date: 2/1943
Class: J1 2-10-4
Road No.: PRR 6474
Status: Scrapped 9/1957


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4428
Bld Date: 3/1943
Class: GG1
Road No.: Amtrak 926 (originally PRR 4933)
Status: Display at NY State Fairgrounds (Syracuse, NY)


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: AW 4434
Bld Date: 3/1943
Class: GG1
Road No.: PRR 4935
Status: Display at the RR Museum of PA


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4527
Bld Date: 8/1944
Class: Q2
Road No.: PRR 6131
Status: Scrapped 1/1952


Photographer: PRR Photo
Builders No.: AW 4571
Bld Date: 2/1946
Class: T1 4-4-4-4
Road No.: PRR 5511
Status: Scrapped 12/1953


48 years without a new locomotive built at Altoona.

Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: EMD 946506-22
Bld Date: 12/1994
Class: SD60I
Road No.: NS 6729 (built as CR 5596)
Status: Retired by NS


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: EMD 946530-36
Bld Date: 8/1995
Class: SD60I
Road No.: NS 6760 (built as CR 5650)
Status: Retired by NS


Photographer: Unknown
Builders No.: EMD 976825-4
Bld Date: 4/1998
Class: SD70MAC
Road No.: CR 4578
Status: In service on CSX


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: EMD 976825-10
Bld Date: 5/1998
Class: SD70MAC
Road No.: CSXT 784 (built as CR 4139)
Status: In service on CSX


Photographer: Roger Durfee
Builders No.: EMD 976825-12
Bld Date: 5/1998
Class: SD70MAC
Road No.: CR 4141
Status: In service on CSX


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: EMD 976826-24
Bld Date: 11/1998
Class: SD70
Road No.: NS 2580 (built as CR 2580)
Status: Retired by NS


Photographer: Roger Durfee
Builders No.: EMD 976841-37
Bld Date: 11/1998
Class: SD70MAC
Road No.: BNSF 9979
Status: In service


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: GE 51147
Bld Date: 2/1999
Class: C40-9W
Road No.: NS 9272
Status: In service rebuilt as NS 4460 AC44C6M


Photographer: Rodney Sorensen
Builders No.: EMD 986927-40
Bld Date: 2/2000
Class: SD9043MAC
Road No.: CEFX 139, to INRD 9012
Status: In service


Photographer: Roger Durfee
Builders No.: EMD 976819-12
Bld Date: 3/2000
Class: SD70MAC
Road No.: ARR 4012
Status: In service


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: EMD 996173-1
Bld Date: 10/2000
Class: SD70M
Road No.: NS 2581
Status: Retired by NS


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: EMD 996173-8
Bld Date: 11/2000
Class: SD70M
Road No.: NS 2588
Status: Retired by NS


Photographer: Tom Granville
Builders No.:
Bld Date: 3/2007
Class: RP20BD
Road No.: NS 100
Status: On loan to TTCI


Photographer: J.B. Kerr
Builders No.:
Bld Date: 7/2008
Class: RP14BDB
Road No.: NS 2120
Status: In service


Photographer: Robert Duncan Sr.
Builders No.:
Bld Date: 11/2008
Class: RP20CD
Road No.: NS 3830
Status: Retired by NS


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.:
Bld Date: 8/2009
Class: BP4
Road No.: NS 999
Status: Retired by NS


Photographer: Tony Kimmel
Builders No.:
Bld Date: 8/2010
Class: RP20BD
Road No.: RPRX 2010
Status: In service


Photographer: J.B. Kerr
Builders No.:
Bld Date: 10/2010
Class: RP20BD
Road No.: Pt of Montreal 1001
Status: In service


Photographer: Jody Moore
Builders No.:
Bld Date: 8/2011
Class: RP20CD
Road No.: CSXT 1603
Status: In service


Photographer: Jerry Jordak
Builders No.:
Bld Date: 11/2011
Class: RP20BD
Road No.: MET 2004
Status: In service


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.:
Bld Date: 4/2012
Class: RP20CD
Road No.: UPY 893
Status: In service


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.: RP169-003
Bld Date: 7/2012
Class: RP20BD
Road No.: Pt of Montreal 1004
Status: In service



Builders No.:
Bld Date: 8/2014
Class: RP-M4C
Road No.: NS 616
Status: In service


Photographer: L.R. Myers
Builders No.:
Bld Date: 2/2016
Class: RP20BD
Road No.: NS 889
Status: In service


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