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PRR 5537, T-1, 1946
Title:  PRR 5537, T-1, 1946
Description:  Coal Power. Here is a photo by Art Johnson that was taken in Chicago, Illinois, on 16 June 1946. It was published originally in the January-February 1974 issue of "PC Railroader" magazine, page 36. Photo Caption: "Pennsy T-1 #5537 at Chicago, Illinois, 6/16/46." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5537, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during May of 1946 and retired in December of 1953 after just seven years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 12:52:40 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5537(UNKNOWN)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
PRR 6491, J-1A, 1949
Title:  PRR 6491, J-1A, 1949
Description:  Lorenz. Here is a photo via Bob Lorenz that was taken near Bellevue, Ohio, in July of 1949. It was published originally in the January-February 1974 issue of "PC Railroader" magazine, page 14. Photo Caption: "Pennsy J-1 #6491 rolls north for lake port loading, just south of Bellevue, Ohio, with 85 Norfolk & Western hoppers on a hot humid July, 1949, afternoon." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6491, a J-1A (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during May of 1943 and retired in October of 1957 after just 14 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  7/7/1949  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 12:54:05 AM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6491(2-10-4)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
PRR 9740, BF-16, 1958
Title:  PRR 9740, BF-16, 1958
Description:  Lorenz. Here is a photo via Bob Lorenz that was taken at the Passenger Station in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, in May of 1958. It was published originally in the January-February 1974 issue of "PC Railroader" magazine, page 17. Photo Caption: "A three-unit Sharknose pouring on the power rounding the curve at Tyrone, Pa., with a westbound hopper extra, May, 1958." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9740 and two more "BF" Class units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9740 is a BF-16 constructed in January of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  5/5/1958  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 1:22:32 AM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 9740(RF-16A)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
PRR 9817, EF-15A, 1964
Title:  PRR 9817, EF-15A, 1964
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a photo by Kerry L. Jury that was taken in the Summer of 1964. It was published originally in the January-February 1974 issue of "PC Railroader" magazine, page 27. Photo Caption: "EMD F-7 #9817 sporting an extra-large 'Keystone' on the nose door back in the summer of 1964." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9817 and another "EF" Class A-unit whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9817 is an EF-15A constructed in May of 1951. The exact date and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/15/1964  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 1:24:51 AM
Location:  Crestline, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9817(F7A)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
PRR 8807, FS-16M, c. 1964
Title:  PRR 8807, FS-16M, c. 1964
Description:  ARB. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1964. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8807, an FS-16M built by Fairbanks-Morse in April of 1952, rated at 1,600 HP, and retired in January of 1967. Photo taken from the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:  4/16/1964  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 3:37:27 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8807(H-16-44)
Views:  733   Comments: 0
PRR 7089, EFS-17M, 1964
Title:  PRR 7089, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:  Altoona Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken West of Altoona, Pennsylvania, in June of 1964. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (F to R) are PRR engine #7089 and four more "Geeps" whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7089 was constructed in November of 1956. They're braking a fully-loaded mineral train down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve on its way to the Eastbound Receiving Yard in Altoona. Wave to the Engineman!
Photo Date:  6/3/1964  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 3:48:57 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 7089(GP9)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
PRR "Graveyard Train," #1 of 2, 1959
Title:  PRR "Graveyard Train," #1 of 2, 1959
Description:  ARB. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of the first of two successive photos by David R. Sweetland that were taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in July of 1959. Shown here (R to L) is PRR engine #9517 and two more "EF" Class units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9517 was built in May of 1948 and retired in September of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. They are about to pass under the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata with a long string of retired PRR steam locomotives that are about to be recycled. This was one of at least three such "Graveyard Trains." The final one merited a photo in the "Altoona Mirror" of 28 August 1959, captioned as follows: "A solid train of 15 old Pennsylvania Railroad [I-1SA (2-10-0) "Decapod"] steam locomotives [are shown here] moving around the famed Horseshoe Curve near Altoona. The engines, representing 3,211 tons of metal, were en route from Altoona to a Midwestern steel mill to be cut up for scrap. The Pennsy, which once owned as many as 7,630 steam engines, became completely dieselized or electrified more than two years ago."
Photo Date:  7/9/1959  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 3:51:41 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9517(F3A)
Views:  1209   Comments: 0
PRR 1361, K-4S, 1987
Title:  PRR 1361, K-4S, 1987
Description:  #1361. Here is an original 35mm color slide by Walter Schopp that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in the Summer of 1987. Shown here is former Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1361, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during May of 1918, retired in September of 1956, enshrined at the Horseshoe Curve on 8 June 1957, and restored for excursion service in April of 1987. In this context, the crew has paused for a photo op near Canan Station on the Hollidaysburg Branch line.
Photo Date:  8/15/1987  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 9:32:52 AM
Location:  Canan, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 1361(4-6-2)
Views:  1432   Comments: 0
PRR 4671, I-1SA, #5 of 5, 1956
Title:  PRR 4671, I-1SA, #5 of 5, 1956
Description:  Sweetland. Here is the fifth of five successive 35mm color slides of photos by David R. Sweetland that were taken near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, on 26 August 1956. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4671 and another "Decapod" whose road number is not recorded. #4671 is an I-1SA (2-10-0) "Decapod" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an I-1S during November of 1923, rebuilt in Juniata as an I-1SA in March of 1941, and retired in November of 1958 after 35 years of faithful service. In this context, they're ore train helpers placed ahead of the cabin car.
Photo Date:  8/26/1956  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 9:48:17 AM
Location:  Mount Carmel, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 4671(2-10-0)
Views:  634   Comments: 1
PRR 4230, EP-20, 1966
Title:  PRR 4230, EP-20, 1966
Description:  Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on 21 October 1966. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #4230 and three more "EP" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #4230 is an EP-20 built in April of 1949 as number "5870," rated at 2,000 horsepower, and renumbered "4230" in 1966. They have just emerged from the New Portage Tunnel with an eastbound passenger train, and are on the way down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Altoona, Harrisburg, and points East. The bridge the train is crossing passes over the westbound New Portage Branch just before it merges with the main line.
Photo Date:  10/21/1966  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 9:58:26 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4230(E7A)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
"Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve," Page 30, 1954
Title:  "Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve," Page 30, 1954
Description:  Here is page one of a five-page article entitled "Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve: A Railroad You Can Model." It was published originally in the November 1954 issue of "Model Trains" magazine, page 30. This article actually has two complementary parts composed by two different writers: pages 30-32 were authored by Andy Anderson, while pages 33-34 were written by Harry T. Sohlberg. The model railroad track plan for a "Horseshoe Curve" was designed by Linn H. Westcott.
Photo Date:  11/1/1954  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 4:02:12 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Model,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  309   Comments: 0
"Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve," Page 31, 1954
Title:  "Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve," Page 31, 1954
Description:  Here is page two of a five-page article entitled "Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve: A Railroad You Can Model." It was published originally in the November 1954 issue of "Model Trains" magazine, page 31. This article actually has two complementary parts composed by two different writers: pages 30-32 were authored by Andy Anderson, while pages 33-34 were written by Harry T. Sohlberg. Photo taken by Elmer Treloar on June 1st, 1953. Photo Caption: "A westbound freight rounds Horseshoe Curve on track 3 near Altoona, Pa."
Photo Date:  11/1/1954  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 4:04:47 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Model,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  291   Comments: 0
"Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve," Page 32, 1954
Title:  "Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve," Page 32, 1954
Description:  Here is page three of a five-page article entitled "Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve: A Railroad You Can Model." It was published originally in the November 1954 issue of "Model Trains" magazine, page 32. This article actually has two complementary parts composed by two different writers: pages 30-32 were authored by Andy Anderson, while pages 33-34 were written by Harry T. Sohlberg.
Photo Date:  11/1/1954  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 4:07:23 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Model,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  248   Comments: 0
"Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve," Page 33, 1954
Title:  "Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve," Page 33, 1954
Description:  Here is page four of a five-page article entitled "Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve: A Railroad You Can Model." It was published originally in the November 1954 issue of "Model Trains" magazine, page 33. This article has two complementary parts composed by two different writers: pages 30-32 were authored by Andy Anderson, while pages 33-34 were written by Harry T. Sohlberg. Top Photo Caption: "Here is the entire sweep of Horseshoe Curve, where the Pennsylvania climbs the east slope of the Alleghenies with a maximum grade of 92 feet per mile."
Photo Date:  11/1/1954  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 4:09:57 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Model,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  266   Comments: 0
"Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve," Page 34, 1954
Title:  "Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve," Page 34, 1954
Description:  Here is page five of a five-page article entitled "Pennsy's Famous Horseshoe Curve: A Railroad You Can Model." It was published originally in the November 1954 issue of "Model Trains" magazine, page 34. This article actually has two complementary parts composed by two different writers: pages 30-32 were authored by Andy Anderson, while pages 33-34 were written by Harry T. Sohlberg. [N.B.: This is an abbreviated form of Mr. Sohlberg's article entitled "Horseshoe Curve," first published in the March 1941 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 28-35.]
Photo Date:  11/1/1954  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 4:12:14 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Model,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  180   Comments: 0

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