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4/23/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:11/1/1979 - 11/1/1979
Album Info:Here is a six-page article by Mr. Bert Pennypacker entitled "Atterbury's Engines: Part 2 ~ Why The M-1's Outlasted The Duplex Drives." It was published originally in the November 1979 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 44-49. "Notwithstanding their excellence as dual-service machines, the Pennsy's big M's earned their greatest fame as freight-haulers over divisions with moderate grades." (Page 45)
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Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 44, 1979
Title:  Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 44, 1979
Description:  Here is page one of a six-page article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "Atterbury's Engines: Part 2 ~ Why The M-1's Outlasted The Duplex Drives." It was published originally in the November 1979 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 44. Top Photo: Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6769, an M-1A (4-8-2) "Mountain" built in Juniata during September of 1930 and retired in August of 1955. Bottom Photo Caption: "Trailing literally a mile of stock and refrigerator cars, M-1a 6739 comes off the Rockville Bridge over the Susquehanna River, bound for Altoona under a canopy of smoke." Shown here is PRR engine #6739, an M-1B (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an M-1A in June of 1930, rebuilt in Juniata as an M-1B by 1953, and retired in April of 1958.
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/13/2022 2:06:35 PM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6769(4-8-2) PRR 6739(4-8-2)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 45, 1979
Title:  Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 45, 1979
Description:  Here is page two of a six-page article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "Atterbury's Engines: Part 2 ~ Why The M-1's Outlasted The Duplex Drives." It was published originally in the November 1979 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 45. Bottom Photo Caption: "Trailing literally a mile of stock and refrigerator cars, M-1a 6739 comes off the Rockville Bridge over the Susquehanna River, bound for Altoona under a canopy of smoke."
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/13/2022 2:08:17 PM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  25   Comments: 0
Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 46, 1979
Title:  Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 46, 1979
Description:  Here is page three of a six-page article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "Atterbury's Engines: Part 2 ~ Why The M-1's Outlasted The Duplex Drives." It was published originally in the November 1979 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 46. Top Left Photo Caption: "Did a Pennsylvania 4-8-2 ever shine as brightly as M-1a 6759 at the New York World's Fair in 1939?" Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6759, an M-1A built in Juniata during June of 1930 and retired in August of 1955. Top Right Photo Caption: "Candidate (for vice president) Richard M. Nixon was hauled by footboarded M-1 6925 out of Titusville, Pa., on October 10, 1952." Shown here is PRR engine #6925, an M-1 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in November of 1926 and retired in September of 1955. Bottom Left Photo Caption: "Short-tanked M-1 6810 headed a special at NYC station in Erie, Pa." Shown here is PRR engine #6810, an M-1 built by Baldwin in August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958. Bottom Right Photo Caption: "Runaway flatcar of I-beams sprung a leak in 210F75 tank of M-1a 6717 at Enola Yard in 1956." Shown here is the tender of PRR engine #6717, an M-1B built by Baldwin in June of 1930 and retired in September of 1958.
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/13/2022 2:10:07 PM
Location:  Titusville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6759(4-8-2) PRR 6925(4-8-2) PRR 6810(4-8-2) PRR 6717(4-8-2)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 47, 1979
Title:  Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 47, 1979
Description:  Here is page four of a six-page article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "Atterbury's Engines: Part 2 ~ Why The M-1's Outlasted The Duplex Drives." It was published originally in the November 1979 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 47. Notable here is a complete roster of the Pennsylvania Railroad's "M" Class (4-8-2) "Mountain" locomotives.
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/13/2022 2:11:32 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  31   Comments: 0
Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 48, 1979
Title:  Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 48, 1979
Description:  Here is page five of a six-page article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "Atterbury's Engines: Part 2 ~ Why The M-1's Outlasted The Duplex Drives." It was published originally in the November 1979 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 48. Bottom Photos, Partial Caption: "In the late 1940's the trailing truck of a Pennsy 4-8-2 derailed at the entrance to Mingo Junction Yard near Steubenville, O., as the engine was bringing in an ore train at 5 m.p.h. Skewing action caused the M to gently lay over on her side. Two derricks of 150- and 250-ton capacity were required to rerail the fallen monster."
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/13/2022 2:13:21 PM
Location:  Steubenville, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Signal,Wreck
Locomotives: 
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 49, 1979
Title:  Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 49, 1979
Description:  Here is page six of a six-page article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "Atterbury's Engines: Part 2 ~ Why The M-1's Outlasted The Duplex Drives." It was published originally in the November 1979 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 49. Top Photo Caption: "If there was a sight more impressive than one M-1a in action it was that of two such machines; 6738 and 6795 shake up the south side of Chicago on April 10, 1947." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6738 and #6795. Both are M-1B (4-8-2) "Mountain" steam locomotives. #6738 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an M-1A in June of 1930, rebuilt in Juniata as an M-1B in October of 1948, and retired in September of 1959. #6795 was built by the Lima Locomotive Works as an M-1A in April of 1930, rebuilt in Juniata as an M-1B in August of 1944, and retired in December of 1956. Middle Photo Caption: "Q-2 4-4-6-4 6186 and M-1 6985 chatted in Fort Wayne, Ind., yard. Latter was destined to outlive the former thanks to simpler machinery." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #6186 and #6985. #6186 is a Q-2 (4-4-6-4) duplex built in Juniata in April of 1945 and retired in December of 1955. #6985 is an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by Lima in September of 1926 and retired in August of 1956.
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/13/2022 2:15:32 PM
Location:  Fort Wayne, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Signal,Wreck
Locomotives:  PRR 6738(4-8-2) PRR 6795(4-8-2) PRR 6186(UNKNOWN) PRR 6985(4-8-2)
Views:  146   Comments: 0


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