{"nrhp_refnum":"79002275","name":"Passenger Locomotive No. 7002","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":"A 1902 Class E2 4-4-2 Atlantic passenger locomotive built at the Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania, held in the Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock collection at Strasburg, Lancaster County. It was carried under its original number 8063 and set aside after 1948 to represent the historic number 7002.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the locomotive represents the fastest and heaviest motive power that hauled the Pennsylvania Railroad's finest passenger trains at the turn of the century. It notes that the #7002 hauled the Pennsylvania Special at a record 127.2 miles per hour in 1905, though this locomotive is not that record engine. It is described as the only known surviving example of its class.","narrative":"Built in 1902 at the Juniata Shops in Altoona, this 4-4-2 Atlantic was designed for the Pennsylvania Railroad's express passenger service. The E Class Atlantics were developed after the 4-4-0 reached its practical limits of size and capacity at the turn of the century, and standard Atlantics began leaving Juniata's erecting shop in 1901. This engine was originally numbered 8063. After the Chicago Railroad Fair of 1948, the railroad set it aside to stand for the historic locomotive 7002. In 1905, the #7002 hauled the Pennsylvania Special at a recorded 127.2 miles per hour between AY Tower and Elida, Ohio, and covered the 131 miles from Crestline, Ohio to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1 hour, 54 minutes and 30 seconds. The nomination treats the locomotive as the fastest and heaviest power on the railroad's finest passenger trains of its era, and as the only surviving example of its class.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":"Juniata Shops, Altoona","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Part of a thematic group of rolling stock housed on sheltered track and outside track at Strasburg.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.793263-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002275.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002275/2ff338183e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002275/2ff338183e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RRMOP_7002.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RRMOP_7002.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993165","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_7002","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7120457"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/passenger-locomotive-no-7002-79002275/"}