Famous restored Pennsylvania Railroad Locomotives Tile

the two famous restored conrail passenger locomotives are shown here al in the sunlight for the first time after being repainted. the locomotives were completely restored here at the juniata terminal company. Photo Copyright © 2001-2022 Stan Feldman Juniata Terminal Co. is a locomotive leasing and railcar storage company. The company takes its name from the facility in Philadelphia from which it operates. The company owns a number of restored diesel locomotives, including a pair of former Conrail EMD E8s which have been meticulously overhauled and painted in the Pennsylvania Railroad wide-stripe paint scheme. These two units often pull the company's private passenger cars, and can be seen on special excursions with Amtrak equipment. As of 2019, these units are not in operation due to a decision by the owner not to retrofit them with positive train control (PTC).[Traffic on most Class I railroad main lines were required to be equipped with PTC by 2019 in accordance with the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008.[ Since 1987, the company has operated the approximately route network of the former Philadelphia Terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad to supply a plant for repairing passenger cars and locomotives. Today the company offers the maintenance and repair of locomotives and passenger coaches as well as the rental of locomotives.It operates approximately 1.24 miles of railroad that connects to Amtrak's Northeast Corridor as well as the Conrail Shared Assets Operation . The company currently owns two EMD E8 A locomotives.The two of them were used in Conrail's special trains for many years. They received their original Pennsylvania Railroad livery in 2000/2001. Since then, the locomotives and the associated passenger coaches have been available for special trains. The train was used by Prince Charles on his visit to the United States in 2007. The Juniata Terminal also has three EMD SW1500s for switching and work train work.