Porter Engine #15

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in polyester negative, prints, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Date: 1935 Material: safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 2 1/2 x 3 inches (negative); 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:15396 wjr-000853 wjr-000853.tif

Description: Porter engine #15 is seen here in the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal , a rail-marine terminal in Williamsburg, in 1935. After the railway was modernised with Diesel locomotives, it was moved to a number of other railways in North Carolina and Ohio, before being purchased by the Strasburg Rail Road in Pennsylvania, where it was completely converted to a steam replica of Thomas the Tank Engine. The engine is still currently in service, but only runs on Day Out with Thomas events. In 2014, it was modified to include a CGI-style animatronic face and sound system, with a mouth that moved to prerecorded lines voiced by Thomas' former American voice actor, Martin Sherman.

Title : Porter Engine #15

Collection : aql:9443

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : 1935

Summary/Description : Porter engine #15 is seen here in the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal , a rail-marine terminal in Williamsburg, in 1935. After the railway was modernised with Diesel locomotives, it was moved to a number of other railways in North Carolina and Ohio, before being purchased by the Strasburg Rail Road in Pennsylvania, where it was completely converted to a steam replica of Thomas the Tank Engine. The engine is still currently in service, but only runs on Day Out with Thomas events. In 2014, it was modified to include a CGI-style animatronic face and sound system, with a mouth that moved to prerecorded lines voiced by Thomas' former American voice actor, Martin Sherman.

Subject : Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal; Locomotives

Relation : This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in polyester negative, prints, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Kent Avenue near N. 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : safety film; gelatin silver prints; 2 1/2 x 3 inches (negative); 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:15396 wjr-000853 wjr-000853.tif