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Locomotive Roster - HBTM

Number/Name Type Years Comments
"Beaver" 0-8-0   Built by Baldwin in 1850. Leased from PRR. Used in the construction of the H&BTM.
"Bedford"  0-8-0 1855 Built by Norris.
"Broad Top"   1856 Built by Norris.
"Meteor"    1856 Built by Lancaster Locomotive Works.
"Hiawatha" 0-8-0 1856 Built by Baldwin. Switchback engine. Rebuilt in 1862.
"S. Morris Waln"     Built by Norris. Returned to builder in 1858; sold to Hanover Branch RR 1858.
"Highlander" 0-8-0 1858 Built by Baldwin.
"Constitution" 0-8-0 1858 Built by Baldwin.
129 2-6-0 1858 - 1858 Built by Smith & Perkins in 1856. Leased from PRR.
44 2-6-0 1858 - 1858 Built by Baldwin in 1852. Leased from PRR.
47 2-6-0 1858 - 1858 Built by Baldwin in 1843. Leased from PRR.
67 4-4-0 1860 - 1860 Built by Baldwin in 1853. Leased from PRR.
?   1860 - 1860 Leased from PRR.
122 4-4-0 1860 - 1860 Built by Baldwin 1856. Leased from PRR.
95 0-8-0 1860 - 1860 Built by Baldwin in 1854. Leased from PRR.
139 4-4-0 1860 - 1860 Built by Baldwin. Leased from PRR.
49 2-6-0 1860 - 1860 Built by Baldwin in 1853. Leased from PRR.
70 4-4-0 1860 - 1860 Built by Baldwin in 1853. Leased from PRR.
76 2-6-0   Built by Smith & Perkins in 1853. Leased from PRR.
"Baltimore" 0-8-0 1861 -1862 Leased from Winans.
"Col. Paxton"   1861 - 1862 Built by Baldwin in 1855. Leased from Swatara.
"Louisiana" 0-8-0 1861-1862 Leased from Winans.
"Perry" 0-8-0 1861 - 1867 Built by Baldwin in 1848 as PRR "Perry". Sold to the Philadelphia & Reading in 1849. Purchased by the H&BTM in 1861. Scrapped in 1867.
"Connecticut"    1862 - 1862 Leased.
"Pennsylvania" 0-8-0 1862 Built by Baldwin.
"Robert Morris" 0-8-0 1862 Built by Baldwin.
"Baltic" 0-8-0 1862 - 1867 Built by Baldwin in 1849 as Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven RR No. 10. Sold to the Philadelphia & Reading in 1850, named "Baltic". Sold to the H&BTM in 1862. Scrapped in 1867.
"Dauphin" 0-8-0 1862 - 1867 Built by Baldwin as PRR "Dauphin" in 1848. Sold to the Philadelphia & Reading in 1849. Sold to the H&BTM in 1862. Scrapped in 1867.
"Oneida" 0-8-0 1863 Built by Winans.
"Tuscarora" 0-8-0 1863 - 1868 Built by Winans. Blew up in September 11, 1868, with the loss of four lives.
"Delaware" 4-6-0 1863 Built by Norris.
"Huntingdon" 4-4-0  1864 Built by Lancaster Locomotive Works.
"Juniata" 4-6-0 1865 Built by Norris.
"James Long" 4-6-0 1869 - 1869 Built by Baldwin. Sold to the PRR in 1869 as No. 472. Scrapped 1892.
? 0-8-8 1869 Built by Baldwin in 1857 as PRR No, 129. Rebuilt by Altoona in 1867. Purchased by the H&BTM in 1869. Thought to be one of the unknown numbered locomotives.
? 0-8-0 1870 Built by Baldwin in 1857 as PRR No, 128. Rebuilt by Altoona in 1866. Purchased by the H&BTM in 1870. Thought to be one of the unknown numbered locomotives.
? 4-4-0 1870 Built by Norris. Originally PRR No. 68 ("Bald Eagle"). Sold to the H&BTM in 1870. Thought to be one of the unknown numbered locomotives.
? 0-8-0 1872 Built by Baldwin. Originally Schuylkill Haven & Lehigh RIver RR "Panther". Sold to Mine Hill RR and numbered 31. Sold to Philadelphia & Reading and numbered 128. Sold to the H&BTM in 1872. Thought to be one of the unknown numbered locomotives.
? 0-8-0 1863 Built by Baldwin. Originally Schuylkill Haven & Lehigh RIver RR "Tiger". Sold to Mine Hill RR and numbered 32. Sold to Philadelphia & Reading and numbered 129. Sold to the H&BTM in 1872. Thought to be one of the unknown numbered locomotives.
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2 2-8-0 1889 Built by Baldwin.
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6 2-8-0  1886 - 1910   Built by Baldwin. Sold to H. S. Kerbaugh in 1910.
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8 2-8-0 1891 - 1910 Built by Baldwin. Sold to H. S. Kerbaugh in 1910.
9 2-8-0 1886 Built by Baldwin.
10 2-8-0 1886 Built by Baldwin.
11 2-8-0 1886 - 1915 Built by Baldwin. Sold to Juniata Southern in 1915.
12 2-8-0 1886 Built by Baldwin.
13 2-8-0 1886 Built by Baldwin.
14 4-6-0 x - <1886 Built by Baldwin.
14 2-8-0 1886 Built by Baldwin.
16 4-4-0 1872 - <1888 Built by Baldwin.
16 2-8-0 1888 - < 1890 Built by Baldwin.
16 2-8-0 1890 Built by Baldwin.
17 4-4-0 x - <1890 Built by Baldwin.
17 2-8-0 1890 Built by Baldwin.
18 4-6-0  1872 - <1886 Built by Baldwin.
18 2-8-0 1886 Built by Baldwin.
19 4-6-0 1872 - <1886 Built by Baldwin. Sold to Bloomsburg & Sullivan No. 3.
19 2-8-0 1886 - <1891 Built by Baldwin. Sold to Shenley-Morrison by 1911.
19 2-8-0 1891 Built by Baldwin.
20 4-6-0  1872 - <1886 Built by Baldwin.
20 2-8-0  1886 - <1891 Built by Baldwin. Sold to H. S. Kerbaugh, to Shenley-Morrison by 1911. Sold to Reading Engr. Col. by 1920. 
20 2-8-0  1891 Built by Baldwin.
21 4-6-0 1872 Built by Baldwin. Sold to West Va. Improvement Co.
21 2-8-0 1887 - 1887 Built by Baldwin.
21 2-8-0 1887 - <1891 Built by Baldwin.
21 4-4-0 1891 Built by Baldwin.
22 4-6-0 1872 - <1887 Built by Baldwin. Sold to Winfield RR as No. 101; then to N. K. Sneed.
22 2-8-0 1887 - <1888 Built by Baldwin.
22 2-8-0 1887 - <1888 Built by Baldwin.
22 2-8-0 1893 Built by Baldwin.
23 4-6-0 1872 - <1893 Built by Baldwin.
23 2-8-0 1893 Built by Baldwin.
24 4-4-0 1873 - <1893 Built by Baldwin.
24 4-4-0 1893 Built by Baldwin.
25 4-4-0 1873 - <1893 Built by Baldwin. Sold to Central Reforma.
25 4-4-0 1893 Built by Baldwin.
26 2-8-0 1873 - <1895 Built by Baldwin.
26 2-8-0 1895 Built by Baldwin.
27 4-6-0 1873 - <1900 Built by Baldwin.
27 4-6-0 1873 - <1900 Built by Baldwin.

HBTM 27

 HBTM 27 2  
 
28 4-6-0 1873 - <1902 Built by Baldwin.
28 2-8-0  1902 Built by Baldwin.
29 4-6-0 1873 - <1902 Built by Baldwin.
29 2-8-0  1902 Built by Baldwin.

29 color

 29 Mine run 29 Mt Dallas
29 Saxton    
30  4-4-0  1907 - 1949   Built by Baldwin. Scrapped in 1949.

hbtm eng 32 001

 30 bedford At Bedford. 30 color
30 huntingdon 2 At Huntingdon. 30 huntingdon 3 At Huntingdon. 30 huntingdon At Huntingdon.
30 longs Siding At Long Siding. 30 Lucious Beebe 30 lucious beebe 2
30 old 30 passenger 30 riddlesburg At Riddlesburg.
30 2 color    
 
31  2-8-0 1910 - (photo 1953) Built by Baldwin.

31 roster shot

 31 saxton At Saxton. 31 engineers side
HBT 31 at Riddlebsurg Coke Ovens At Riddlestown.    
 
 32  2-8-0  1910 - (>1952)  Built by Baldwin. Awaiting repairs in 1952.

HBTM 32

 HBTM 32 Saxton 1953 At Saxton, 1953. 32 coaling
32 color 32 mine run  
 
33 2-8-0 1921 - (>1952) Built by Baldwin. Awaiting repairs in 1952.

hbtm 33

 HBTM 33 33 freight Sandy run On Sandy Run.
33 Markelsburg At Marklesburg. 33 Saxton At Saxton. 33 Saxton2 At Saxton.
 
34 2-8-0 1921 - (>1952) Built by Baldwin. Awaiting repairs in 1952.

34 Huntingdon Bridge At Huntingdon.

 34 34 Saxton At Saxton.
35 4-6-0 1921 - 1934 Built by Baldwin. Sold to Susquehanna & New York as No. 119 in 1934. Sold to Clarion River RR as No. 119 in 1947. Scrapped in 1952.

HBTM 35

    
36 4-6-0 1921 - 1953 Built by Baldwin. Sold to Canada & Gulf Terminal. Scrapped 1953.
 37  2-8-0  1927 - (photo in 1953)   Built by Baldwin.

37 longs siding running At Long Siding.

 37 Longs siding At Long Siding. 37 riddlesburg At Riddlesburg.
37 roundhouse At Saxton. 37 saxton station At Saxton. 37 saxton At Saxton.
HBT 37 BW P 52 hbtm37 bedford 19510000001 At Bedford (trackage rights). hbtm37 bedford 19510000002 At Bedford (trackage rights).
 
38 2-8-0 1927 - 1954 Built by Baldwin. #38 was the last steam locomotive acquired new by the Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain Railroad, the last steam locomotive that they operated, and is the last H&BTM locomotive in existence. After the H&BTM closed in 1954, #38 went on to serve in excursion service at Rail City Museum, the Livonia Avon & Lakeville, the Gettysburg Railroad, and the Knox and Kane. No. #38 is currently owned and being restored by the Everett Railroad.

38 color

 hbtm 38 2 38 Riddlesburg 1947 At Riddlesburg, 1947.
hbtm 38   38 LAL At Livonia Avon & Lakeville.
 
39     An 0-6-0 in Dudley, Pa., is lettered for the H&BTM as #39, but it was not an H&BTM locomotive.
40 2-8-0 1947 - Built by Baldwin in 1895 as West Va. Central No. 30. Sold to Western Maryland as No. 351. Sold to H&BTM in 1947. Awaiting disposition in 1952.
 
 
 

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