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Viewing Album:  PRR: "PRR Ventures In Locomotives" ~ October 1949
 
By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:10/2/1949 - 10/2/1949
Album Info:Here is a six-page article entitled "PRR Ventures In Locomotives." It was published originally in the October 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 14-19. No author is specified, but credit is given for many of the twenty annotations. Seventeen motive power categories are discussed: 15 steam, 2 electric. Some of these Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives were designed and built in Altoona, and many of them spent lots of time performing in Altoona's Locomotive Test Plant.
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"PRR Ventures iI Locomotives," Page 14, 1949
Title:  "PRR Ventures iI Locomotives," Page 14, 1949
Description:  Here is page one of a six-page article entitled "PRR Ventures In Locomotives." It was published originally in the October 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 14. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6130, the Q-1 (4-6-4-4) built in Juniata during May of 1942 and retired in January of 1952 after just ten years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  10/1/1949  Upload Date: 7/16/2016 2:18:12 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6130(UNKNOWN)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
"PRR Ventures In Locomotives," Page 15, 1949
Title:  "PRR Ventures In Locomotives," Page 15, 1949
Description:  Here is page two of a six-page article entitled "PRR Ventures In Locomotives." It was published originally in the October 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 15. Top Photo: Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #700, an E-1 (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built in Juniata during 1899 and retired in 1911. Second Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #2512, an "E" Class (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built by Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecaniques during 1904 and retired in May of 1913. Third Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #7451, an E-28 (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1905 and retired in November of 1925. Bottom Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #7452, an E-29 (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built by the American Locomotive Company during 1905 and retired in April of 1925.
Photo Date:  10/1/1949  Upload Date: 7/16/2016 2:21:56 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 700(4-4-2) PRR 2512(4-4-2) PRR 7451(4-4-2) PRR 7452(4-4-2)
Views:  1382   Comments: 0
"PRR Ventures In Locomotives," Page 16, 1949
Title:  "PRR Ventures In Locomotives," Page 16, 1949
Description:  Here is page three of a six-page article entitled "PRR Ventures In Locomotives." It was published originally in the October 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 16. Top Two Photos: Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5698, a K-5 (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during April of 1929 and retired in October of 1952. Middle Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #7641, a B-28S (0-6-0) built by the American Locomotive Company during November of 1918 and retired in August 1948. Bottom Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #6100, the S-1 (6-4-4-6) built by Juniata during January of 1939 and retired in January of 1949.
Photo Date:  10/1/1949  Upload Date: 7/16/2016 2:24:28 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5698(4-6-2) PRR 7641(0-6-0) PRR 6100(UNKNOWN)
Views:  1243   Comments: 0
"PRR Ventures In Locomotives," Page 17, 1949
Title:  "PRR Ventures In Locomotives," Page 17, 1949
Description:  Here is page four of a six-page article entitled "PRR Ventures In Locomotives." It was published originally in the October 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 17. Top Photo: Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9630, an L-2S (2-8-2) "Mikado" built by the American Locomotive Company as GR&I number "111" during March of 1919, later renumbered "9630," and retired in March of 1948. Bottom Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #3700, an HC-1S (2-8-8-0) built in Juniata during June of 1919 and retired from service in August of 1929.
Photo Date:  10/1/1949  Upload Date: 7/16/2016 2:27:00 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 9630(2-8-2) PRR 3700(UNKNOWN)
Views:  928   Comments: 0
"PRR Ventures In Locomotives," Page 18, 1949
Title:  "PRR Ventures In Locomotives," Page 18, 1949
Description:  Here is page five of a six-page article entitled "PRR Ventures In Locomotives." It was published originally in the October 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 18. Bottom Photo: Shown here is Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad engine #3004, a T-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built by the Lima Locomotive Works during 1930.
Photo Date:  10/1/1949  Upload Date: 7/16/2016 2:29:36 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  CO 3004(2-10-4)
Views:  444   Comments: 0
"PRR Ventures In Locomotives," Page 19, 1949
Title:  "PRR Ventures In Locomotives," Page 19, 1949
Description:  Here is page six of a six-page article entitled "PRR Ventures In Locomotives." It was published originally in the October 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 19. Top Two Photos: Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in September of 1944 and retired in January of 1952. Middle Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #3931, an FF-1 (1-C-C-1) electric built in Juniata in April of 1917 and retired in April of 1940. Bottom Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #4999 (nee "4800" & "4899"), an R-1 (2-D-2) electric built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in September of 1934 and retired in October of 1956.
Photo Date:  10/1/1949  Upload Date: 7/16/2016 2:32:04 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6200(UNKNOWN) PRR 3931(Boxcab) PRR 4999(Steeple Cab)
Views:  1012   Comments: 0

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