{"nrhp_refnum":"79002268","name":"Freight Locomotive No. 5741","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":"Freight Locomotive No. 5741, a Pennsylvania Railroad Class G5s 4-6-0 ten-wheeler built in 1924 at the Juniata Shops, located in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is listed as a structure within the Pennsylvania Railroad Rolling Stock thematic resource.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the G5s as the heaviest and most powerful 4-6-0 ever built, and states that it was used mainly in the Pittsburgh area to handle heavy commuter volume. The form states this locomotive is the only extant example of its class. The engine is also presented as one of a variety of historically significant rolling stock examples, all genuine rather than replicas.","narrative":"Built in 1924 at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Juniata Shops, Freight Locomotive No. 5741 is a Class G5s 4-6-0 ten-wheeler. Between 1923 and 1925 the shops built 90 of these engines for both freight and passenger service, and the class was used across the railroad system but chiefly in the Western Region, where it hauled heavy Pittsburgh-area commuter trains. The G5s is described as the heaviest and most powerful 4-6-0 ever built, with a design suited to rapid starts on local runs with short trains. This locomotive is the only surviving example of its class. It is preserved in Strasburg, Lancaster County, and is part of a larger group of historically important rolling stock that includes locomotives and cars from the Pennsylvania Railroad collection. The engine's significance rests on its rarity and on its representation of the class.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Pennsylvania Railroad (Juniata Shops), as the builder","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.383179-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002268.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002268/ac743ad803-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002268/ac743ad803-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RRMOP_5741.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RRMOP_5741.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993169","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20822047"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/freight-locomotive-no-5741-79002268/"}