Below are a few illustrations of some of my favorite Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives. The T-1's were fast and powerful, but very complicated to work on and had only limited success as a passenger locomotive. They were eventually replaced by more efficient steamers like the always reliable K-4 Pacific (4-6-2) as well as M-1 Mountain types (4-8-2) and of course the new GM and Baldwin diesel locomotives. Unfortunately no T-1's were saved from the scrap dealers torch. Of all the beautiful Pennsy streamlines only the GG-1 electrics are still around in a few museums for us to marvel at. The Pennsy liked to build and tested all their own locomotives but, what they couldn't handle at Altoona they would farm out to the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia to build locomotives based on the Altoona tested designs. 4471 is a Baldwin built I1s.
to Jack Lever Photography for shooting the two railroad lanterns. The electric is a Delta and the oil lantern is a Pennsylvania.
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For pure brute power, the I-1 (2-10-0) Decapod could definitely bring home the bacon and then some! The Pennsy built many powerful freight only locomotives over the years. These locomotives had to be able to handle the grueling Allegheny Mountains with the world famous Horseshoe Curve as well as pull local freight and work the yards too. The Pennsylvania 
demanded versatility and reliability from it's locomotives. Brutes like the I-1 Decapods and M-1 Mountain types were some of the most powerful steam locomotives ever built. Although there were bigger steam locomotives built, Pennsy freight locomotives always got the job done and if one locomotive wasn't enough, they could always add more locomotives to the head end or add pushers to the rear end of a train if need be.
