Harrisburg, PA: Pennsy Roundhouses, Backshop, etc. c1935 and Amtrak/Pennsy Depot and "State" Interlocking

Roundhouse: (Satellite, a 1968 aerial photo shows a roundhouse in what is now the bulge in a container storage yard. In 1968 it was half of the roundhouse on the right in the photo.)

Depot: (Satellite)

Charles Westberry IV updated from DauphinCountyHistory

Jose Vicente Sendin also posted

Pennsylvania Railroad yards in Harrisburg was captured by aerial photographer Samuel Kuhnert. The Pennsylvania Railroad was chartered in 1846 to build a railroad line from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. 100 years later it had a payroll of a half billion dollars and employed 156,000 people, down from its peak employment of 279,000 people in 1920. The roundhouses pictured here are located north of the State Capitol between 7th Street and Cameron Street.

Author: Dennis Espindola Sr.

Thomas McCurdy posted

The DauphinCountyHistory link is worth clicking.

Steven J. Brown posted
Amtrak P42DC’s 107 and 108 (built 1997) at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - January 19, 1999.
Steven J. Brown shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Steven's post
A train station that still has its sheds is worth finding.
 https://maps.app.goo.gl/N7ggMi31m9PQhZiq6

Robert Wilson uploaded four photos of the station taken in Jun 2023 in the comments on Seven's share.

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Jim Kelling posted three photos with the comment: "A few interior photos at Harrisburg Pennsylvania (PRR)."

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Penn Central Railroad Historical Society added
State Tower inside the Harrisburg station. This tower once controlled the station area. Today the station is controlled by Amtrak dispatchers in Wilmington, DE.

Daniel Kelly: US&S Model 14 interlocking machine, specifically.

Darren Reynolds shared

PRR/ PC/ Amtrak 

"State" tower 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 

Inside of the station on the west side

Closed permanently in 2016

Still there!!! 

Interlocking machine and model board 

Model #14 a PRR Classic 

Built in 1937

Photo by: Unknown

Michael Brotzman: I got more photos here when the relay and tower rooms were open access during a power office open house.

https://www.redoveryellow.com/.../24-03.../-Thumbnails.html

Salvatore Della Pia: I see the lever badges were pillaged.

 

Rich White commented on Salvatore's comment
Many were blanked out and knobs removed as they were no longer in use - my photo from 2014 while it was still open:

The roundhouse is at the top-center and the station is near the bottom-right.

1947 Harrisburg West Quad @ 24,000

Bonus

The HARRIS (HG) interlocking tower has been preserved as a museum.

Roger H Mitchell posted three photos with the comment:

Inside state interlocking at Harrisburg pa.

Closed in 2016.

I remembered back when it was open and working

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