Hammerhead: Looking down from the observation balcony in the Steamtown roundhouse, it's hard to miss the feedwater heater on this GTW Mountain.

Steamtown's 1925 Baldwin built Grand Trunk Western 4-8-2 "Mountain-type" No. 6039 - captured in 2015, during Steamtown's Railfest.

No. 6039 was leased to the Central Vermont Railway ... (more)

Grand Trunk Western 4-8-2 No. 6039

Steamtown's 1925 Baldwin built Grand Trunk Western 4-8-2 "Mountain-type" No. 6039 is seen here, captured on temporary display posed on the Mus... (more)

A rainy summer evening in Scranton finds a hostler spotting his charge on the turntable for a spin. The humid air and spotty rain make for a moody, but (very) wet ambiance. This photo was part o... (more)

A rainy summer evening in Scranton finds a hostler spotting his charge on the turntable for a spin. The humid air and spotty rain make for a moody, but (very) wet ambiance. This photo was part o... (more)

Soaked and Steamy

On a wet late summer night, a hostler conductor for the Grand Trunk signals his engine to a stop for a spin on the table. Other engines wait their turn in the backg... (more)

Grand Trunk Western 4-8-2 No. 6039 shares the former Lackawanna roundhouse in Scranton with Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 759.

"Moving Around Steamtown"

Former Grand Trunk Western Mountain (4-8-2) repainted, just in time for next week's Railfest.

I bet you have never seen a full size steam locomotive getting a new coat of paint. (OK, I never have.) Here black is being applied to 6039 at the end of it's asbestos project at Steamtown by boil... (more)

This is Grand Trunk Western 4-8-2 No. 6039's restored backhead which is one result of Steamtown's multi locomotive asbestos abatement project. The piping and jacketing were removed so the underly... (more)

GTW 6039 looks almost in her prime even though it has been years since she has moved under her own power. Not one of the most photographed engines in the Steamtown collection, the 6039 looked fine... (more)

GTW #6039. With asbestos abatement at hand, the crew at Steamtown decided to fire up the old gal and let her move on her own power first onto the turntable behind her and then into the back shop ... (more)

Greeting visitors as they arrive at Steamtown...