PRR Class E6s 4-4-2 #460
PRR #460 is seen here (fireman's side) back in March of 2013 in the process of cosmetic restoration in the Museum's back shop.
The "lightweight" E6 class locomotives, of which a total of 83 were built, (81 super-heated) were the premier passenger engines on the PRR’s prestigious New York-Washington “corridor” run.
The engine is known as the "Lindbergh Engine" as it was used to transport the filmed ceremony in Washington DC held by then President Calvin Coolidge. That event was held on June 11th, 1927. Interestingly, the film was actually processed and edited in a converted B60 baggage car while en route to New York. While racing to New York, a competing studio had arranged to fly its film by air. At one point, the plane swooped low and paced the train. While it is claimed speeds of 115 mph were reached, it was the fact that the film arrived already processed and edited, that enabled the studio using the train to "beat the plane" allowing it to show its feature first!
PRR #460 arrived at the then under construction Pennsylvania Railroad Museum in 1969.
