{"nrhp_refnum":"79002262","name":"Consolidation Freight Locomotive No. 1187","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"E of Strasburg","address_restricted":false,"city":"Strasburg","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":39.982416870000066,"lon":-76.16077163499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Invention"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Consolidation Freight Locomotive No. 1187, a Class H3 (R) 2-8-0 steam freight locomotive built in 1888 at the Juniata Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It is housed at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania east of Strasburg, Lancaster County.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as the heaviest freight class of the Pennsylvania Railroad at the time, with the only complete Juniata Shops locomotive known to survive. It is part of a rolling stock group whose survivors are presented as rare examples of the steam developmental period of the railroad. Number 1187 was restored by the Juniata Shops in 1939 and exhibited at the 1940 New York World's Fair.","narrative":"Built in 1888 at the Juniata Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Consolidation Freight Locomotive No. 1187 is a Class H3 (R) 2-8-0 steam freight engine with 20 by 24 inch cylinders and 50 inch drivers. The class was designed in the early 1880s to haul heavier freight than the earlier Class I. It carried a Belpaire firebox designed for 140 pounds of steam pressure. Three engines of this type were washed away at Johnstown during the flood of May 31, 1889. A total of 2,289 were built at Juniata from 1885 to 1898. Number 1187 is the only complete Juniata-built example known to survive. The railroad restored it in 1939, and it was exhibited at the New York World's Fair in 1940. It is now housed at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania near Strasburg, where it sits on standard gauge track. The locomotive was nominated as part of a group of rolling stock preserved after the railroad's shift to diesel power by 1940.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Housed at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, on standard railroad track inside the museum gallery or on museum grounds.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.331627-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002262.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002262/f35115f805-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002262/f35115f805-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Photo by and (c)2016 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RR79.40.6A_No._1187_Side.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by and (c)2016 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RR79.40.6A_No._1187_Side.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993177","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79450127"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/consolidation-freight-locomotive-no-1187-79002262/"}