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A comment by ~steamby51 got me thinking, what if? Traditionally on the Pennsylvania Railroad, passenger locomotives got the red and gold Keystone number plate and lowly freight locomotives got the basic black and gold round number plate, now there were exceptions, like the 4-8-2 M1 Mountain type and a few other that could switch hit, but the I1 Decapod or "Hippo" was a pure freight engine, it was all business and that business was hauling heavy freight trains over the Allegheny Mountains, but when a heavy passenger train needed a push, you could always count on a I1 to get that job done too.
After WWII, the Pennsy went on a campaign to revamp the steam fleet with what they called the "Beauty Treatment". The "Beauty Treatment" for most Pennsy locomotives consisted of a new cast steel drop coupler pilot, higher-mounted headlight, and turbo-generator mounted on the smokebox front for easier access. Most of the I1's got some of the "Beauty Treatment", but no Keystones or sheet-steel drop coupler pilots. That is until now!

Adobe Illustrator CS2, Apple G5 Power Mac, OSX Tiger.

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A comment by ~steamby51 got me thinking, what if? Traditionally on the Pennsylvania Railroad, passenger locomotives got the red and gold Keystone number plate and lowly freight locomotives got the basic black and gold round number plate, now there were exceptions, like the 4-8-2 M1 Mountain type and a few other that could switch hit, but the I1 Decapod or "Hippo" was a pure freight engine, it was all business and that business was hauling heavy freight trains over the Allegheny Mountains, but when a heavy passenger train needed a push, you could always count on a I1 to get that job done too.
After WWII, the Pennsy went on a campaign to revamp the steam fleet with what they called the "Beauty Treatment". The "Beauty Treatment" for most Pennsy locomotives consisted of a new cast steel drop coupler pilot, higher-mounted headlight, and turbo-generator mounted on the smokebox front for easier access. Most of the I1's got some of the "Beauty Treatment", but no Keystones or sheet-steel drop coupler pilots. That is until now!

Adobe Illustrator CS2, Apple G5 Power Mac, OSX Tiger.