E of Strasburg, Strasburg, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Lancaster.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 17, 1979. NRIS 79002274.
1 contributing structure.
Pennsylvania Railroad 460, nicknamed the "Lindbergh Engine", is a preserved E6s class 4-4-2 "Atlantic" type steam locomotive now located in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was built in August 1914 and became famous after racing an aircraft to New York City carrying newsreels of Charles Lindbergh's return to the United States after his transatlantic flight in 1927. In the late 1930s, No. 460 was operated by the Long Island Rail Road, and by the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in the early 1950s, before being retired on January 11, 1956. No. 460 is the only surviving locomotive of its class and was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1979. From 2010 to 2016, No. 460 underwent cosmetic restoration at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993167