Pennsylvania No. 6755

Pennsylvania Railroad No. 6755 is a M1b class 4-8-2 "Mountain" type tender steam locomotive built in 1930.
==History==
PRR No. 6755 was built in June 1930https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=19916https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1108 at Juniata workshops,https://www.rrmuseumpa.org/our-trains Altoona works as an M1a class of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1953 No. 6755 was rebuilt into an M1b, with the boiler pressure increased by 20 p.s.i.,https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=4-8-2&railroad=prr#220 a new nickel-steel boiler fitted, front also gained "modern" modifications.
No. 6755 was retired from active service on the Pennsylvania Railroad in January, 1957 and was placed into storage at Northumberland,https://www.steamlocomotive.com/places/rmop/ it continued to be owned by the preceding Pennsylvania, New York Central Transportation company in February, 1968https://www.steamlocomotive.info/nlocoowner.cfm?which=1108 (which became Penn Central Transportation in March of that year).
In August, 1969 No. 6755 was loaned to the state of Pennsylvania, and then finally donated to the state in December 1979, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on the 17th of Decemberhttps://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/01000519 in that year.
No. 6755 is part of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, and is currently displayed outside, with the boiler cladding removed. It is planned for No. 6755 to get a full cosmetic restoration after the completion of the museum's roundhouse,https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/25-pennsylvania-museum-friends-offering-print-to-donors-in-locomotive-restoration-appeal/ in which No. 6755 is planned to displayed. No. 6755 was moved to its present location at the front of the museum, alongside Route 741 in 2002.
==Trivia==
*No. 6755 is the only surviving PRR M1 class locomotive, still in existence.
*No. 6755 is the largest PRR locomotive to be preserved.
*Before being moved in 2002, the sleepers underneath No. 6755 had rotted almost completely away.
==Gallery==
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==Bibliography==
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