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"Zoo Junction," Page 74, 1958
Title:  "Zoo Junction," Page 74, 1958
Description:  Here is page eight of a nine-page article entitled "Zoo Junction ~ A Super Plan For A Club." Text by Paul Borthwick, photos by Aaron G. Fryer. It was published originally in the December 1958 issue of "Model Railroader" magazine, page 74. Photo Caption: "Here is the Reading end of the Belmont Branch interchange at Fairmount Park. A Reading crew is returning after delivering cars to the Pennsy. Shown here is Reading Railroad engine #712, a DS44-1000 switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in October of 1948 and rated at 1,000 horsepower.
Photo Date:  12/1/1958  Upload Date: 4/29/2022 8:13:20 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 712(DS44-1000)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
PRR 5557, BS-10A, 1960
Title:  PRR 5557, BS-10A, 1960
Description:  Yard Power. Here is an original photo that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5557, a BS-10A switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in February of 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. Note the strings of newly-reconditioned gondola and hopper cars visible on either end of the locomotive. The plume of smoke in the distance originated at the PRR's Reclamation Plant in Frankstown.
Photo Date:  8/30/1960  Upload Date: 6/11/2016 9:27:34 PM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5557(DS44-1000)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
PRR 5557, BS-10A, 1960
Title:  PRR 5557, BS-10A, 1960
Description:  Yard Power. Here is an original photo that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5557, a BS-10A switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in February of 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. Partially visible beyond the string of newly-reconditioned gondolas at the right is the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop. Photo taken near the Yard Master's Office, at the very eastern end of South Juniata Street.
Photo Date:  9/1/1960  Upload Date: 6/11/2016 9:29:03 PM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5557(DS44-1000)
Views:  522   Comments: 0
PRR 5557, BS-10A, 1964
Title:  PRR 5557, BS-10A, 1964
Description:  Everyday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 23 September 1964. Shown here is PRR engine #5557, a BS-10A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. Its crew is in the process of shifting some cars over and about the Bedford Street Crossing, just east of the Hollidaysburg Passenger Station.
Photo Date:  9/23/1964  Upload Date: 9/26/2016 2:33:37 PM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5557(DS44-1000)
Views:  705   Comments: 0
PRR 5558, BS-10A, c. 1963
Title:  PRR 5558, BS-10A, c. 1963
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5558, a BS-10A switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in February of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and retired in May of 1966 after just 16 years of revenue service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. (Tchowee"; #20 of 36)
Photo Date:  9/22/1963  Upload Date: 3/31/2025 8:58:59 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5558(DS44-1000)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
PRR 5560, BS-10A, c. 1950
Title:  PRR 5560, BS-10A, c. 1950
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5560, a BS-10A switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in February of 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. It appears to be coupled to an unidentified PRR 'Doodlebug" on an overcast winter's day. The exact date and the location are not recorded. Roy Healey Collection; #8 of 16.
Photo Date:  12/15/1950  Upload Date: 2/25/2018 3:03:37 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 5560(DS44-1000)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
PRR 5562, BS-10A, c. 1963
Title:  PRR 5562, BS-10A, c. 1963
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5562, a BS-10A switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in February of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and retired in June of 1967 after just 17 years of revenue service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. (Tchowee"; #21 of 36)
Photo Date:  9/22/1963  Upload Date: 3/31/2025 8:59:24 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5562(DS44-1000)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
PRR 5783, BP-20, 1963
Title:  PRR 5783, BP-20, 1963
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Enola, Pennsylvania, on 13 October 1963. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5783 and #5572. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #5783 is a BP-20 constructed in November of 1948, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and retired in November of 1964. #5572 is a BS-10A switcher built in January of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and retired in February of 1967.
Photo Date:  10/13/1963  Upload Date: 5/19/2024 10:08:49 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5783(DR6-4-2000) PRR 5572(DS44-1000)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
PRR 5574, BS-10A, 1962
Title:  PRR 5574, BS-10A, 1962
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July of 1962. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5574, a BS-10A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in January of 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. ("LouisFols"; #10 of 26)
Photo Date:  7/8/1962  Upload Date: 5/15/2020 10:06:05 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 5574(DS44-1000)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
PRR 5579, BS-10A, 1959
Title:  PRR 5579, BS-10A, 1959
Description:  Buckley. Here is a photo via Harold Buckley, Jr., that was taken in York, Pennsylvania, during April of 1959. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5579, a BS-10A switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in April of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and retired in December of 1966 after just 16 years of service. (#5 of 12)
Photo Date:  4/22/1959  Upload Date: 4/15/2019 1:47:33 PM
Location:  York, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5579(DS44-1000)
Views:  446   Comments: 0
PRR 5580, BS-10A, c. 1956
Title:  PRR 5580, BS-10A, c. 1956
Description:  Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5580, a BS-10A switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in April of 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Raymond C. Laws Collection.
Photo Date:  6/21/1956  Upload Date: 2/11/2025 10:02:25 AM
Location:  Thorndale, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5580(DS44-1000)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
PRR 1000, "Aerotrain," 1956
Title:  PRR 1000, "Aerotrain," 1956
Description:  Aerotrain. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken near Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, in November of 1956. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here is the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Aerotrain," built by General Motors during July of 1955. In this context, it's being towed to Enola by PRR engine #5581 ~ a BS-10A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in April of 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower.
Photo Date:  11/14/1956  Upload Date: 9/11/2018 3:38:58 AM
Location:  Lemoyne, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 1000(LWT-12) PRR 5581(DS44-1000)
Views:  1193   Comments: 0
PRR 5594, BS-10AS, 1966
Title:  PRR 5594, BS-10AS, 1966
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in January of 1966. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5594, a BS-10AS road switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in March of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and retired in February of 1967 after just 17 years of revenue service. ("LouisFols"; #11 of 26)
Photo Date:  1/23/1966  Upload Date: 4/19/2020 9:49:26 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5594(DS44-1000)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
PRR 94, A-5S, c. 1967
Title:  PRR 94, A-5S, c. 1967
Description:  Here is a photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken near the Roundhouse in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, c. 1967. It was published originally in the Fall 1996 issue of "Vintage Rails" magazine, page 2. Shown here is a frontal view of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #94, an A-5S (0-4-0) switcher built in Juniata during January of 1917 and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Also visible at the left is PRR diesel-electric engine #5976, a BS-10A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in April of 1948 and rated at 1,000 horsepower.
Photo Date:  11/14/1967  Upload Date: 7/15/2017 3:55:47 AM
Location:  Northumberland, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 94(0-4-0) PRR 5976(DS44-1000)
Views:  1822   Comments: 0
"PRR's Historical Collection," Page 80, 1996
Title:  "PRR's Historical Collection," Page 80, 1996
Description:  Here is page one of a six-page cover article by Robert Emerson & Kurt Bell entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad's Historical Collection." It was published originally in the Fall 1996 issue of "Vintage Rails" magazine, page 80. In the center is a partial view of PRR engine #5976, a BS-10A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in April of 1948 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. At the throttle is William D. Volkmer; in 1964-1965, he worked there as a PRR Junior Mechanical Engineer. Photo by Ken Douglas.
Photo Date:  9/22/1996  Upload Date: 8/30/2022 7:50:13 AM
Location:  Northumberland, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5976(DS44-1000)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
PC 7952, DS 4-4-1000, 1968
Title:  PC 7952, DS 4-4-1000, 1968
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Camden, New Jersey, on 11 April 1968. Photo Caption: "DS 4-4-1000, Pennsylvania No. 7952. Camden, N.J. April 11, 1967." Penn Central #7952 is a DS 4-4-1000 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as Pennsylvania Railroad number "5552" in February of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and renumbered "7952" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Baldwins in Action ~ On North-Eastern Railroads" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (892-13).
Photo Date:  4/11/1968  Upload Date: 9/8/2023 11:42:40 AM
Location:  Camden, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 7952(DS44-1000) PRSL 2003(GP38)
Views:  499   Comments: 0
PC 7956, DS 4-4-1000, 1970
Title:  PC 7956, DS 4-4-1000, 1970
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in February of 1970. Photo Caption: "DS 4-4-1000, Penn Central No. 7956. Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. 1970." Penn Central #7956 is a DS 4-4-1000 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as Pennsylvania Railroad number "5556" in February of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and renumbered "7956" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Baldwins in Action ~ On North-Eastern Railroads" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (892-14).
Photo Date:  2/2/1970  Upload Date: 9/8/2023 9:57:18 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 7956(DS44-1000)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
PC 7969, DS 4-4-1000, c. 1970
Title:  PC 7969, DS 4-4-1000, c. 1970
Description:  PC Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Penn Central Railroad engine #7967, a DS 4-4-1000 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "5569" in January of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and renumbered "7979" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. Partially visible on the right is PC engine #9466, an S1 built by the American Locomotive Company for the PRR as number "5666"in June of 1950, rated at 660 horsepower, and renumbered "9666" in preparation for the merger. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  5/23/1970  Upload Date: 6/3/2018 1:54:35 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 7969(DS44-1000) PC 9466(S1) PC 9466(S1)
Views:  678   Comments: 1
PRR 470008, F-29, 1963
Title:  PRR 470008, F-29, 1963
Description:  Everyday. Here is an original photo that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 28 September 1963. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad F-29 heavy duty flatcar #470008. It's sitting near the Yard Master's office, at the very eastern end of South Juniata Street. Partially visible here (L to R) are the venerable Water Tower (last vestage of the "Age of Steam") and two diesel-electric switchers: #9131 and #8100. #9131 is a BS-10A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in July of 1948 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. #8100 is a BS-12 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in February of 1954 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. Hollidaysburg's famous "Chimney Rocks" are also visible in the distance!
Photo Date:  9/28/1963  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 4:23:41 PM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  PRR 9131(DS44-1000) PRR 8100(S12)
Views:  1602   Comments: 0
PRR 9254, BS-10A, 1961
Title:  PRR 9254, BS-10A, 1961
Description:  Glen Iron. Here is an original photo that I took near Glen Iron, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, 26 July 1961. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9254, a BS-10A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1948, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and retired in September of 1967 after just 19 years of revenue service. In this context, it's pulling a two-car local freight train eastward on the railroad line between Montandon and Milesburg. ("Red Shift" slide converted to Black & White.)
Photo Date:  7/26/1961  Upload Date: 4/30/2017 6:54:23 PM
Location:  Glen Iron, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9254(DS44-1000)
Views:  774   Comments: 0
PRR 9257, BS-10A, 1960
Title:  PRR 9257, BS-10A, 1960
Description:  Yard Power. Here is an original photo that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, in August of 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9257, a BS-10A switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in December of 1948 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. Visible at the left is a decommissioned PRR combination baggage-passenger car, destined to be scrapped at the Reclamation Plant in Frankstown. Visible at the right is the western end of the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop building. Photo taken near the Yard Master's Office, at the very eastern end of South Juniata Street.
Photo Date:  8/15/1960  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 3:35:48 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9257(DS44-1000)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
PRR 9257, BS-10A, 1964
Title:  PRR 9257, BS-10A, 1964
Description:  Everyday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 03 September 1964. Shown here is PRR engine #9257, a BS-10A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1948 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. Its crew is shifting cars in the Hollidaysburg Yards, near the intersection of Blair and South Juniata Streets. One of Hollidaysburg's historic "Chimney Rocks" is visible on the left.
Photo Date:  9/3/1964  Upload Date: 10/2/2016 2:06:22 PM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9257(DS44-1000)
Views:  500   Comments: 0
PRR 9260, BS-10A, c. 1962
Title:  PRR 9260, BS-10A, c. 1962
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9260, a BS-10A switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in December of 1948 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. ("LouisFols"; #13 of 31)
Photo Date:  9/22/1962  Upload Date: 3/19/2025 11:26:06 PM
Location:  Carlisle, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9260(DS44-1000)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
PRR 9275, BS-10A, 1965
Title:  PRR 9275, BS-10A, 1965
Description:  WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took during a trip on Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains from Wilmington to Altoona during August of 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #9275, a BS-10A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. It is pulling a northbound local freight train past the North Philadelphia Station.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:04:08 PM
Location:  North Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 9275(DS44-1000)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
PRR Allegheny Vistas, #4 of 4, c. 1953
Title:  PRR Allegheny Vistas, #4 of 4, c. 1953
Description:  Harvey. Here is the fourth of four photos by Wayne P. Ellis via Rail Photo Service that were taken about 1953. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9430 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9430 is a BS-10AM constructed in May of 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. In this context, they're rockin' 'n' rollin' somewhere in the Allegheny Mountains of Western Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  9/22/1953  Upload Date: 10/11/2024 8:24:33 AM
Location:  Irvona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9430(DS44-1000)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
PRR 9433, BS-10AM, 1966
Title:  PRR 9433, BS-10AM, 1966
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by Ken L. Douglas that was taken in Trenton, New Jersey, on 19 March 1966. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9433 and #9434. Both are BS-10AM switchers built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in May of 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower each. ("Tchowee"; #22 of 36)
Photo Date:  3/19/1966  Upload Date: 6/7/2020 2:33:16 PM
Location:  Trenton, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9433(DS44-1000) PRR 9434(DS44-1000)
Views:  413   Comments: 0


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