Two surviving relics of the past sit and gaze upon each other, each pondering their own future...
Historic Red Clay Valley's recently acquired ex-PRR Class B6s 0-6-0 #60 was built in December of 1913 by the railroad's Juniata Shops. No. 60 is rumored to have worked the 30th St. Station/Penn Coach Yards in Philadelphia, PA. Today, she stares at a dilapidated complex of historic buildings which were all part of National Vulcanized Fiber (NVF) Corporation's paper mills. For 105 years the maze of 19th century buildings processed acid, zinc and other toxic materials to make specialty papers and gaskets. Many of the buildings have been demolished, though it is hoped a couple can be preserved and integrated into a mix of private, public, commercial and residential projects, along with plenty of green space, while retaining the small-town feel of this community two miles south of the Pennsylvania border.
A sister locomotive, PRR No. 1670, a B6sb class 0-6-0 built 3 years later in 1916, has a much more secure future and survives today, located at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
