The class D15 (class T, pre 1895) of the Pennsylvania Railroad comprised a solitary Lindner-system cross

compound Compound may refer to: Architecture and built environments * Compound (enclosure), a cluster of buildings having a shared purpose, usually inside a fence or wall ** Compound (fortification), a version of the above fortified with defensive struc ...

steam locomotive of 4-4-0 "American"

wheel arrangement In rail transport, a wheel arrangement or wheel configuration is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed under a locomotive. Several notations exist to describe the wheel assemblies of a locomotive by type, position, and c ...

in the

Whyte notation Whyte notation is a classification method for steam locomotives, and some internal combustion locomotives and electric locomotives, by wheel arrangement. It was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte, and came into use in the early twentieth cen ...

. The sole locomotive was #1515, built in 1892 at the PRR's Altoona Shops, it had very British lines with a full-length

footplate A footplate provides the structure on which a locomotive driver and fireman stand in the cab to operate a British or continental European steam locomotive. It comprises a large metal plate that rests on top of the locomotive frame, usually it is ...

, splashers, a six-wheel tender, and large drivers. It was built in 1892 by the PRR's Altoona Works, and remained in service until it was retired and scrapped in November 1905.

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