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Viewing Album: PRR: "Pennsylvania Special" ~ April 1943
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
4/1/1943 - 4/1/1943
Album Info:
Here is a three-page article entitled "Pennsylvania Special." It was published originally in the April 1943 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 25-27. No author is specified. "[T]he world's fastest authenticated run by a railroad train was made by the Pennsylvania Railroad's 'Pennsylvania Special' (now the 'Broadway Limited') on June 12, 1905, when it sped 127.1 miles an hour for a distance of three miles." (Page 25)
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Title:
PRR "Pennsylvania Special," Page 25, 1943
Description:
Here is page one of a three-page article entitled "Pennsylvania Special." It was published originally in the April 1943 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 25. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1416, an E-2A (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built in Juniata during September of 1902. Photo by William H. Rau of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
4/1/1943
Upload Date:
8/6/2019 3:03:29 AM
Location:
Wayne, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 1416(4-4-2)
Views:
401
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Pennsylvania Special," Page 26, 1943
Description:
Here is page two of a three-page article entitled "Pennsylvania Special." It was published originally in the April 1943 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 26. Partial Caption: "Compared with present-day trains, the 'Pennsylvania Special' was a lightweight: four wooden coaches pulled by fast-stepping Atlantics of Class E-2. Here it is New York-bound on the Chicago Terminal Division tracks, a short distance north of the Englewood station." Partially visible here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7373, an E-2B (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built by the American Locomotive Company during 1903, renumbered "9715" in July of 1913, and retired in October of 1935 after 32 years of service.
Photo Date:
4/1/1943
Upload Date:
8/6/2019 3:06:05 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 7373(4-4-2)
Views:
459
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Pennsylvania Special," Page 27, 1943
Description:
Here is page three of a three-page article entitled "Pennsylvania Special." It was published originally in the April 1943 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 27. Partial Caption: "Compared with present-day trains, the 'Pennsylvania Special' was a lightweight: four wooden coaches pulled by fast-stepping Atlantics of Class E-2. Here it is New York-bound on the Chicago Terminal Division tracks, a short distance north of the Englewood station." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7373, an E-2B (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built by the American Locomotive Company during 1903, renumbered "9715" in July of 1913, and retired in October of 1935 after 32 years of service.
Photo Date:
4/1/1943
Upload Date:
8/6/2019 11:51:37 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 7373(4-4-2)
Views:
545
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR "Pennsylvania Special," Pages 26-27, 1943
Description:
Here are pages two and three of a three-page article entitled "Pennsylvania Special." They were published originally in the April 1943 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 26-27. Partial Caption: "Compared with present-day trains, the 'Pennsylvania Special' was a lightweight: four wooden coaches pulled by fast-stepping Atlantics of Class E-2. Here it is New York-bound on the Chicago Terminal Division tracks, a short distance north of the Englewood station." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7373, an E-2B (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built by the American Locomotive Company during 1903, renumbered "9715" in July of 1913, and retired in October of 1935 after 32 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/1/1943
Upload Date:
8/6/2019 11:54:39 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 7373(4-4-2)
Views:
637
Comments:
1
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