Restoration of PRR 5809A class EP-22

 res·to·ra·tion  1 : an act of restoring or the condition of being restored: as a : a bringing back 

to a former position or condition

 

 pres·er·va·tion·ist : one who advocates preservation (as of a biological species or a historical landmark)

The Philadelphia Chapter of the PRRT&HS expresses its sincere appreciation to Bennett Levin

for granting his permission to publish the restoration process of PRR 5809 on our website.

The departure of  NS 1000 class E-8a, formerly CR 4020 and originally PRR 5809A, 

from the Juniata Backshop at Altoona on July 5, 2000, brings to an end 63 years 

of maintenance and repair to PRR owned diesel locomotives at Altoona.  

 

NS 1000 was the last PRR owned diesel locomotive on the roster of the Norfolk Southern Railroad.

 

Norfolk Southern assumed ownership of the former PRR shops in Altoona and Hollidaysburg

and also the PRR 5809A (CR4020).

 

While there are PRR diesels still in existence today, PRR 5809A which was 

built by EMD at LaGrange, IL January 1951, was the last in a long line to be

retired by the company that survived the PRR.

Photo are sequenced, please click on a date to follow the restoration progress:

Locomotive Master File Data
July 29, 2000	September 29, 2000
August 20, 2000	September 30, 2000
August 27, 2000	October 1, 2000
September 10, 2000	October 2, 2000
September 22, 2000	October 3, 2000
September 26, 2000	October 6, 2000
September 28, 2000	October 8, 2000
Miscellaneous Photos

You will notice that not all photos are captioned, we are working to complete this however we thought best not to delay publishing the photos.  We will update the captions as time permits.