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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
7/1/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:UNKNOWN 0-8-0Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:3983Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:PRR Class C-1; Juniata; 1925-1951.
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PRR "Power To Burn," Page 13, 1976
Title:  PRR "Power To Burn," Page 13, 1976
Description:  Here is page 13 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Top Photo, Revised Caption: "[An Alco] K-29 experimental engine is shown on the rack at the Altoona Locomotive Test Plant." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3395, the K-29 (4-6-2) "Pacific" built by the American Locomotive Company as a K-29 in October of 1911, rebuilt in Juniata as a K-29S in August of 1913, and retired in September of 1929. Bottom Photo Caption: "A PRR Class C-1, known as the W.F. Kiesel engine, named for the designer, is shown in an official photo." Shown here is PRR engine #6552, a C-1 (0-8-0) switcher built in Juniata in May of 1925 and retired in May of 1951.
Photo Date:  8/29/1976  Upload Date: 6/25/2025 11:26:35 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3395(4-6-2) PRR 6552(0-8-0)
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