Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PPLC)

pplc locomotive D
The Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PPLC) fireless cooker steam locomotive "D" is sitting inside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania near Strasburg, PA, on Sunday, July 7, 2019.

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Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PPLC)

Pennsylvania Power & Light was founded in 1920 out of a merger of eight smaller Pennsylvania utilities. It gradually extended its service territory to a crescent-shaped region of central and northeastern Pennsylvania stretching from Lancaster, through the Lehigh Valley into Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. In 1995, it reorganized as a holding company, PP&L Resources, which changed its name to the current PPL Corporation in 2000.

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PPLC "D", Heisler, 0-8-0F

This Fireless Cooker was built in 1939 by Erie City Iron Works, Erie, Pennsylvania to Heisler Locomotive Works specifications for the New York World's Fair and initially sold to the Hammermill paper company, which resold it to the PPLC. D was built streamlined and is the worlds largest fireless cooker steam locomotive. It was retired in 1969.
PPLC "D" at Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PPLC) fireless cooker steam locomotive "D" is sitting inside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania near Strasburg, PA, on Sunday, July 7, 2019.

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