PRR Class I1a Decapod walkaround I

A quick walk around of the last surviving PRR Decapod.

http://www.trainweb.org/wnyrhs/old4483.htm#roys

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Autos & Vehicles

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• PRR
• Railroad
• Decapod
• Train
• Locomotive
• Class I
• Pennsylvania Railroad
• Trains
• Rails
• Rail

[rchgck]

Its in Hamburg NY, which is just west of Buffalo.

[rchgck]

Good point... a real challenge..

4483 I am fairly sure had a stoker.

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[blauskies]

Should be sitting in Strasburg, PA with the other surviving PRR engines.

[donaldengine9]

Ah yes, I remember this loco. I believe it's still there. The blueprint drawing is synonymous to that of the WNYRHS.

[david245611]

they should restore it and operate it again

[trainlover479]

@HaloCE14 YAY!!!!! PRR LIVES!!!!!!!!

[ble643]

she looks pretty good for sitting outside

[foxrivermotorman]

Were was this at? I had a friend that was a fireman on some of the I1a and told me that they were all hand fired

[boazrg]

Imagine being the fireman of this huge 2-10-0 (90,000 pounds of tractive effort!) on a steep grade! Most of these I1 decapods did not have mechanical stokers - or roller bearings. It seems like it would have been cheaper to equip the I1's with stokers than to pay the second fireman. I don't see how one man could have thrown enough coal to keep an I1 moving!