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4/19/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:10/1/1973 - 10/1/1973
Album Info:Here are the front cover and a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." They were published originally in the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 20-28. "The G-5s was America's most powerful Ten-Wheeler and was the last 4-6-0 class to be built for a major railroad. The G-5s came more than a decade after the type, for all practical purposes, had been superseded by the Pacific." (Page 20)
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"Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Front Cover, 1973
Title:  "Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Front Cover, 1973
Description:  Here is the front cover of a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." It was published originally on the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine. Photo Caption: "PRR G-5s 5741 of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania at Strasburg. Photo by Don Wood." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5741, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during November of 1924 and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 7:20:14 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5741(4-6-0)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
"Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 20, 1973
Title:  "Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 20, 1973
Description:  Here is page one of a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." It was published originally in the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 20. Shown here is the tender of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1592, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during August of 1923 and retired in December of 1949 after 26 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 7:23:32 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1592(4-6-0)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
"Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 21, 1973
Title:  "Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 21, 1973
Description:  Here is page two of a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." It was published originally in the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 21. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1592, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during August of 1923 and retired in December of 1949 after 26 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 7:25:34 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1592(4-6-0)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
"Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 22, 1973
Title:  "Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 22, 1973
Description:  Here is page three of a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." It was published originally in the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 22. Photo Caption: "Long Island owned 31 G-5s Ten-Wheelers, Nos. 20-50, and used them on virtually all nonelectrified routes. On November 18, 1947, G-5s No. 32 nears her destination of Ronkonkoma [N.Y.] with a mainline local. Sisters 35 and 39 survive as display exhibits." Photo by C.V. Parkinson. Shown here is Long Island Railroad engine #32, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during September of 1928. Notable here is a "G5s Construction Record."
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 8:17:28 AM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LIRR 32(4-6-0)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
"Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 23, 1973
Title:  "Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 23, 1973
Description:  Here is page four of a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." It was published originally in the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 23. Photo Caption: "You can almost smell the grease, metal, and smoke and you can almost hear the blower, pumps, and turbogenerator as Pennsy G-5s No. 5720 pants in her stall at the Camden (N.J.) roundhouse in October 1954. Photographer Don Wood terms this one of his three all-time-favorite rail photos." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5720, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during September of 1924.
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 7:31:12 AM
Location:  Camden, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5720(4-6-0)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
"Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 24, 1973
Title:  "Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 24, 1973
Description:  Here is page five of a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." It was published originally in the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 24. Bottom Photo Caption: "In the early 1940's, G-5s's migrated west to handle Chicago-Valparaiso (Ind.) commuter trains. Engine 1648 pulls south from Chicago's 21st Street interlocking with 'Valpo' local 454 circa 1949." Photo by Milton B. Nafus. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1648, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during August of 1923 and retired in October of 1949 after 26 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 7:33:30 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1648(4-6-0)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
"Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 25, 1973
Title:  "Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 25, 1973
Description:  Here is page six of a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." It was published originally in the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 25. Photo Caption: "Author [Bert] Pennypacker often chased the 'Skooky,' Schuylkill Branch Sunday-only locals 685 and 686. With the northbound, G-5s 5704 drifts into Haws Avenue, Norristown, last stop under wires." Photo by Mr. Pennypacker. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5704, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during August of 1924, renumbered "1814" in 1951, and retired in February of 1954 after 30 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 7:35:58 AM
Location:  Norristown, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5704(4-6-0)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
"Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 26, 1973
Title:  "Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 26, 1973
Description:  Here is page seven of a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." It was published originally in the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 26. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1961, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during October of 1923 and retired in March of 1950 after 27 years of faithful service. The pedigrees of the other locomotives pictured here are not recorded.
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 7:42:24 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1961(4-6-0)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
"Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 27, 1973
Title:  "Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 27, 1973
Description:  Here is page eight of a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." It was published originally in the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 27. Top Photo Caption: "Performing in the service for which she was built, G-5s No. 3064 cruises with a Pittsburgh-bound 'Pitcairn Local' on Sunday afternoon, April 4, 1948, near the East Liberty [Pa.] station." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3064, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during September of 1923 and retired in July of 1950. Bottom Photo Caption: "The daily Philadelphia-Oxford (Pa.) accommodation, which used the electrified Westchester Branch as far as Wawa, usually was in the charge of G-5s 1592. Outbound, the train showered commuters and was known as 'Smoky Joe.' Inbound, it was known as the 'Mushroom Train.'" Shown here is PRR engine #1592, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during August of 1923 and retired in December of 1949.
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 7:44:32 AM
Location:  East Liberty, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3064(4-6-0) PRR 1592(4-6-0)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
"Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 28, 1973
Title:  "Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 28, 1973
Description:  Here is page nine of a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." It was published originally in the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 28. Photo Caption: "Three G-5s's survive: two from Long Island [namely, #35 & #39]; and Pennsy No. 5741, refurbished at Altoona in 1969 in anticipation of placement in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pa." Photo by Don Wood. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5741, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during November of 1924 and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 7:46:30 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5741(4-6-0)
Views:  45   Comments: 0


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