E of Strasburg, Strasburg, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Lancaster.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 17, 1979. NRIS 79002273.
Part of Pennsylvania Railroad Rolling Stock TR (NRIS 64000729).
1 contributing structure.
Pennsylvania Railroad 3750 is a steam locomotive that was built at Juniata Shops in April 1920 for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) as a K4 class 4-6-2 Pacific type, and it along with the other K4s, was one of the most reputed mainline passenger locomotives of the entire system. No. 3750 also pulled Warren G. Harding's political campaign train during 1920 and three years later, hauled his funeral train from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, Maryland. In the mid-1950s, it saw its final revenue run, pulling commuter trains in New Jersey.
After retiring from revenue service in late 1957, it was salvaged for preservation and renumbered to represent No. 1737, the prototype of the K4 class that was scrapped due to its poor condition. Afterwards, on December 17, 1979, the locomotive was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1983, No. 3750 was given back its original number and was designated alongside fellow surviving K4 No. 1361 as official state steam locomotives of Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on December 18, 1987. It is now located at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (RRMPA), just outside Strasburg, Pennsylvania in the United States.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993181