Steam Locomotives
The 21 steam locomotives owned by the PRSL were from the PRR subsidiary WJ&S. They all consisted of PRR classes.
Before dieselization the PRSL was more apt to lease its motive power from either of its parent railroads as it completely lacked any heavy passenger locomotives (like 4-6-2 Pacifics). As its parent railroads began to replace steam with diesel locomotives the PRSL was used to let many displaced steam units run out their useful lives. Perhaps most notably, the late model Reading G3 class Pacific's were used on the Atlantic City main line commuter service in the mid 1950s.
While not operating on the PRSL proper, a number of iconic PRR steam locomotive types made their final runs into the PRSL terminal complex in downtown Camden, NJ. These included the last PRR K4 Pacific, the last PRR E6 Atlantic and in 1959 the last PRR B6 class switcher, which was the last operating steam locomotive on the PRR system.
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