Strasburg Rail Road is a shortline railroad that connects the town of Strasburg with Amtrak's Keystone Corridor mainline. The nearby Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania occasionally uses Strasburg Rail Road tracks to connect to the Amtrak Philadelphia-to-Harrisburg Main Line junction in Paradise, Pennsylvania. to occasionally use steam locomotives to haul revenue freight trains. The Strasburg Rail Road is one of the few railroads in the U.S. They also have the nation's largest operating fleet of historic wooden passenger coaches. The other steam locomotive is 15” Gauge 4-4-0 built by Cagney in the early 1900s. 31) is currently dismantled outside the shops in the yard, awaiting for a possible restoration. 15 (rebuilt as Thomas the Tank Engine) are all in active service.
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Strasburg has a total of 5 operational steam locomotives on their roster, as well as several others in various stages of restoration. The railroad's headquarters are outside Strasburg, Pennsylvania. Chartered in 1832, the Strasburg Rail Road Company is today a heritage railroad offering excursion trains hauled by steam locomotives on 4.02 mi (6.47 km) of track in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, as well as providing contract railroad mechanical services, and freight service to area shippers. The Strasburg Rail Road ( reporting mark SRC) is a heritage railroad and the oldest continuously operating standard-gauge railroad in the western hemisphere, as well as the oldest public utility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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