The 1361 Class were small 0-6-0 ST steam locomotives built by the Great Western Railway at their Swindon Works, England, mainly for shunting in docks and other sidings where track curvature was too tight for large locomotives.

Pennsylvania Railroad 1361 is a K4 class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built in May 1918 by the Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It hauled mainline passenger trains in Pennsylvania and commuter trains in the northern New Jersey Shore on the PRR until its retirement from revenue service in 1956.

The 1361 class of five locomotives built at Swindon was designed in1910 for shunting in sidings with severe curves (such as docks) and they had a wheel base of only 11ft. They were an updated version of the old 1392 class engines which were built for the Cornwall Mineral Railways in 1873 and were taken over by the GWR in 1877.

For more than thirty- five years the engine hauled trains of the iconic PRR passenger fleet over the main line, first between New York and Pittsburgh and later, after the eastern lines. When the locomotive was finally retired in 1956, K4s 1361 had rolled up 2,469,000 miles—the mileage equivalent of ten round-trips to the moon.

2025年1月17日 · The firebox and boiler of PRR Class K4s 4-6-2 engine No. 1361 under restoration at Altoona, Pa., with the tender in the foreground. Fund-raising has tipped past the halfway point for the $2.4 million project.

2024年8月25日 · A 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotive, No. 1361, has a rich operational history, impressive specifications, and has been the focus of dedicated preservation efforts. In regular service the engine played a vital role in hauling mainline passenger trains across Pennsylvania and commuter trains in Central New Jersey until its retirement from revenue ...

2021年6月25日 · ALTOONA, Pa. — Pennsylvania Railroad Class K4s 4-6-2 steam passenger locomotive No. 1361 will be restored to operating condition under a $2.6 million campaign announced Thursday by the Railroaders Memorial Museum and its partner, engineering consulting firm FMW Solutions LLC.

Pennsylvania Railroad No. 1361 is one of 425 K4 series Pacifics used on its top passenger trains until the late 1950's. 1361 was built by the PRR in its own Altoona Works in 1918. Today, the locomotive is in pieces and a hot-button topic in the railfan world.

Shown here is snow-shorn PRR engine #1361, the retired K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" steam locomotive on display at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania. Visible across the way is four-track Signal Bridge #2416/7.

The 1361 class of five short wheelbase locomotives designed for hauling heavy loads around exceptionally tight curves was built to replace almost identical but worn-out Victorian locomotives. Their design was based on the 1392 class of the Cornwall Mineral Railways, and they were the last saddle tank engines built by the GWR who, unusually for ...