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Steamtown National Historic SiteVisitors enjoy a 'photo runby' of CN 3254 at Cresco, PA. (NPS Photo, Ken Ganz)
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Steamtown National Historic Site
Photos & Multimedia

photos & multimedia includes:

Photo Gallery
Virtual Tour
Multimedia Presentations
 
 
Enjoy Steamtown's Photo Galleries and Virtual Tours!
 
A steam locomotive and passenger excursion train travels along a grassy area in a fall foliage scene.
NPS Photo, Ken Ganz
Canadian Pacific 2317, a passenger locomotive built in 1923, pulls a passenger train through the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania. 
Flames envelope a steam engine wheel as the tire is changed.
How do you change a steam engine's tire?
This Virtual Tour tells the tale.
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Black steam locomotive being prepped for new paint.
IC #790 is pressure-washed by a contractor.
A "Paint-in-Park" project is underway by two contractors at Steamtown NHS.
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Drawing of African Elephant. Steamtown has a locomotive which weighs about as much as 85 African Elephants.  

Did You Know?
The Union Pacific 'Big Boy' locomotive, one of 25 built to this design, weighs just under 600 tons - about as much as 85 elephants! It is on display at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Last Updated: September 21, 2009 at 15:15 EST