{"nrhp_refnum":"79002272","name":"Passenger Locomotive No. 1223","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":"Passenger Locomotive No. 1223, a Class D16sb 4-4-0 American type steam locomotive built at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Juniata Shops on November 28, 1905. It is held in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on loan to the Strasburg Railroad and is part of the Pennsylvania Railroad Rolling Stock Thematic Resource.","why_significant":"The locomotive is one of the surviving examples of the Pennsylvania Railroad's 4-4-0 American type, which the nomination describes as the longest-lasting and most-remembered of the railroad's Americans. It was selected for preservation and appeared in the 1939 film Broadway Limited. The listing is made within a group of historically significant rolling stock, of which the document says the specimens are the only existing examples of their types.","narrative":"Built at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Juniata Shops on November 28, 1905, Passenger Locomotive No. 1223 is a Class D16sb 4-4-0 American, a wheel arrangement that took its popular name from its wide use across many train types. The engine has 201/2-inch by 26-inch cylinders, 68-inch drivers, a steam pressure of 175 pounds, and a total engine weight of 141,100 pounds, with a tractive force of 23,900 pounds. Its tender, built at Juniata in June 1904, carries 5,600 gallons of water and 26,000 pounds of coal. The D16 class is regarded as the speediest and longest-lasting development of the railroad's Americans. Engine 1223 was chosen for preservation and appeared in the 1939 film Broadway Limited. It is now in working order and runs on loan to the Strasburg Railroad.","period_of_significance":"1905","architect_builder":"Juniata Shops, Pennsylvania Railroad","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"In working condition and on loan to the Strasburg Railroad.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.654978-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002272.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002272/234ae0456f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002272/234ae0456f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RRMOP_1223.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RRMOP_1223.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993163","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_1223","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7120443"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/passenger-locomotive-no-1223-79002272/"}