Railroaders Memorial Museum

what is it?

The Railroaders Memorial Museum (RMM) is a railroad museum in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Opened in 1980, the museum focuses on the history of railroad workers and railroad communities in central Pennsylvania, particularly Altoona, the Altoona Works, and the greater Pittsburgh area. Since 1998, the museum has occupied the Master Mechanics Building, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1882.

who runs it

Pennsylvania RailroadPenn Central Transportation CompanyCOConrail

base stats

• power 1.3 MWpower output

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 71 years ago, in 1955.
• 🚗1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1955

retired

1985

status

retired

number built

—

kind

Diesel–electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Electro-Motive Diesel

operators

Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central Transportation Company, Conrail

top speed

—

power

1.3 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

B-B

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.