Strasburg Rail Road

The Strasburg Railroad is the oldest continuously operating railroad in the western hemisphere and the oldest public utility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Strasburg has four main steam locomotives in operation. Norfolk and Western Railway #475 - built by Baldwin in 1906 for the N&W Railway. Canadian National E10A Mogul #89 - built by the Canadian Locomotive Company in 1908 for the CNR railroad in Canada. Great Western Railway Decapod #90 - built by Baldwin in 1924 for the Great Western Sugar Company at Loveland, Colorado. Brooklyn East District Terminal #15 (Thomas) - built by H. K. Porter Incorporation in 1917.

Trivia

 * On the VHS 10 Years of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, the Day Out with Thomas events took place at Strasburg.
 * In Thomas and the Magic Railroad, they filmed the scene with The Rainbow Sun (475) at Strasburg.


 * Strasburg is most commonly known for its Day Out with Thomas events, as well as for building all the Thomas and Percy dummies that tour around the U.S. and Canada.

Day Out with Thomas
Day Out with Thomas usually runs three times a year: July, September and November. Despite having built all the Thomas dummies, Strasburg uses a live steam Thomas that was rebuilt from the Brooklyn East Direct Terminal #15, which happens to be Porter's basis. From 2014 onwards, Thomas gained a CGI face with controllable eyes and an automatic moving mouth. Thomas has a speaker somewhere, which projects the sound of Martin Sherman's Thomas voice. Strasburg does not use a live steam Percy for Days Out with Thomas, considering there are none in the United States. Percy is usually pushed or pulled by Strasburg's diesel shunter, #8618.