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Though the Bellefonte Central had its roots serving the iron ore and furnace industry, it was limestone that sustained it for most of its life.
High calcium limestone deposits in Bald Eagle Mountain, on the north side of the Buffalo Run valley, were being tapped, with much of their production going to steel mills in Pittsburgh. These quarries, eventually consolidated under the management of the Chemical Lime Company, would replace the iron furnaces as the principal generators of traffic on the Bellefonte Central.
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Broadway Limited Imports has been a champion in providing HO scale modelers with a breadth of fine steam locomotives. Herein is a listing of classes and road numbers released to date (may not be complete).
Road numbers in bold are in my personal collection (or on order).
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The Northern Central Railway (NCRY) caught my attention early in my love for the Pennsy. Two excellent reads on the line are Robert Gunnarsson's The Story of the Northern Central Railway and Bill Caloroso's Pennsylvania Railroad's Elmira Branch (pictured above).
The Northern Central Railway was a Class I Railroad connecting Baltimore, Maryland with Sunbury, Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River. Completed in 1858, the line came under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in 1861, when the PRR acquired a controlling interest in the Northern Central's stock to compete with the rival Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). For eleven decades the Northern Central operated as a subsidiary of the PRR until much of its Maryland trackage was washed out by Hurricane Agnes in 1972; after which most of its operations ceased as the Penn Central declined to repair sections.
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Rapido ex-PRR R7 in FGE scheme (test shots).
Following the success of the X23 boxcar (X23 Series Box Car Information for Modelers) design, the Pennsylvania Railroad built over 3,500 cars in a reefer configuration designated as the R7. This fleet of reefers was built between 1914 and 1915 for the Pennsylvania Railroad and its subsidiary lines. By 1922 it had leased nearly the entire fleet of R7s to the Fruit Growers Express Company (FGE), in which the PRR had an ownership-stake. By 1932, the ownership of the entire fleet of cars was transferred to FGE.
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This is a work in progress...
Top 30 Classes by Group and Year
Refrences for "Gone" and "New" are in relation to the "Top 30 Classes" list and is not a comment as to new or retired classes.
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The following track chart, dated 1960, is available in the Paterno Library at the Pennsylvania State University.
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| 501 | Box car | ||||
| 6 | 1903-1930 | Flat Car | |||
| 541 | - 1939 | Flat Car, converted from box car 541. | |||
| 11 | 1912-1930 | Gondola | |||
| 16 | 1900-1930 | Gondola | |||
| 118 | 1910-1930 | Gondola | |||
| 151 | 1905-1930 | Gondola | |||
| 152 | 1905-1928 | Gondola | |||
| 154 | 1905-1928 | Gondola | |||
| PASSENGER ROSTER | |||||
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| Coach, 54'. Ex-PRR class Pk #304. | |||||
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| 6 | 1926-1934 | Combine | |||
| 7 | 1929-1946 | Combine. Converted from a baggage car at Coleville. | |||
| 8 | Combine, 60'. Ex-PRR class Ok #306. | ||||
| 15 | Combine. Converted from a baggage car at Coleville. | ||||
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| 100 (1st) | Steam Powered Combine | ||||
| 100 (2nd) | Gas Powered Coach | ||||
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| 1941 - 1953 | Evans Auto Railer / Passenger Bus | ||||
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| 101 | 1930-1960 | Caboose (photo in 1953) | |||
| 102 | Caboose (photo in 1947) Ex-Army staff car. | ||||
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| 1 | 4-6-0 | 1892 - 1902 | Baldwin built 1886, acquired 1892 from BRB&BE, sold 1902 to Pittsburgh Construction Co. | ||||||||
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| 2 | 4-6-0 | 1892 - 1903 | Baldwin built 18??, ex-PRR class G1, acq. 1892, sold 1903. | ||||||||
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| 3 | 4-6-0 | 1893 - 1902 | Baldwin built 1873, ex-PRR class G1 No. 836, acq. 1893, sold 1902 to Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad. | ||||||||
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| 4 | 2-8-0 | 1902 - 1912 | Altoona? built 1883, ex-PRR class H1, acq. 1902, sold 1912 to Brownsville Construction Co. | ||||||||
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| 5 | 4-4-0 | 1902 - 1920 | Altoona built 1886, ex-PRR class D7a No. 1015, acq. 1902, sold 1920 to Kishacoquillas Valley RR. | ||||||||
| 6 | 2-8-0 | 1903 - 1910 | Altoona? built 1882, ex-PRR class H1, acq. 1903, sold 1910. | ||||||||
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| 7 | 4-4-0 | 1904 - 1905 | ????, acq. 1904, exchanged for No. 8, 1905. | ||||||||
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| 8 | 4-4-0 | 1905 - 1912 | Baldwin built 1883, ex-Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac, acq. 1905, sold 1912. | ||||||||
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| 9 | 2-8-0 | 1910 - 1936 | Altoona built 1888, ex-PRR class H3 No. 4159, acq. 1910, scrapped 1936. | ||||||||
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| 10 | 2-8-0 | 1910 - 1928 | Altoona built 1889, ex-PRR class H3 No. 1759, acq. 1910, retired 1926, scrapped 1928. | ||||||||
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| 11 | 2-8-0 | 1912 - 1928 | Altoona built 1891, ex-PRR class H3 No. 196, acq. 1912, scrapped 1928. | ||||||||
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| 12 | 4-6-0 | 1920 - 1921 | ????. acq. 1920, sold 1921 to Louisiana & Northwestern. | ||||||||
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| 13 | 2-8-0 | 1923 - 1930 | Altoona built 1888, ex-PRR class H3 No. 4158, acq. 1923, sold for scrap 1930. | ||||||||
| 14 | 2-8-0 | 1928 - 1931 | Alco/Brooks, ??, ex-Pittsburgh Lisbon & Western No. 18 (?), acq. 1928, sold for scrap 1931. | ||||||||
| 15 | 2-8-0 | 1929 - 1940 | Baldwin built 1905, ex Lehigh & New England No. 18, acq. 1929, sold 1940 to C&PA RR. | ||||||||
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| 16 | 2-8-0 | 1930 - 1940 | Alco/R. I. built 1902, rebuilt 1925, ex-Detroit Toledo & Ironton No. 76, acq. 1930, sold 1940 to Middletown & Unionville RR. | ||||||||
| 17 | 2-8-0 | 1930 - 1947 | Alco/R. I. built 1902, rebuilt 1925, ex-Detroit Toledo & Ironton No. 77, acq. 1930, scrapped 1947. | ||||||||
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| 18 | 2-8-0 | 1938 - 1949 | Richmond built 1909, ex-Va. Central No. 1022, ex-C & O 1022, acquired from dealer 1938, scrapped 1947. | ||||||||
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| 19 | 2-8-0 | 1940 - 1946 | Richmond built 1906, ex-C&O, ex-Va. Central No. 901, acquired from dealer 1940, scrapped 1949. | ||||||||
| 20 | 2-8-0 | 1946 - 1953 | Juniata built 1913, ex-PRR class H9s No. 3485, purchased from PRR 1946, scrapped 1953. | ||||||||
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| 21 | 2-8-0 | 1947 - 1953 | Juniata built 1908, ex-PRR class H9s No. 1691, purchased from PRR 1947, scrapped 1953. | ||||||||
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| 22 | 2-8-0 | 1949 - 1956 | Baldwin built 1913, ex-PRR class H9s No. 444, purchased from PRR 1949, scrapped 1956. | ||||||||
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| 5323 | SW9 | 1953 - 1979 | Purchased 1953 new from EMD, off roster 1979, to South Central Tennessee RR. | ||||||||
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| 5624 | SW1200 | 1956 - 1985 | Purchased 1956 new from EMD, off roster 1985, to South Central Tennessee RR. | ||||||||
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