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PRR "A Night Photo," #1 of 2, 1954 |
| Description: |
Here is the front side a postal card entitled "A Night Photo taken of World Famous Horseshoe Curve." No Postmark. Photo by Ben Claar. (See #2 of 2 for Caption On Reverse.) Published by Claar Studio; 415 Montgomery Street; Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. In the foreground is a westbound passenger train headed by Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5862, an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in February of 1948 and retired in September of 1967 after just 19 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1954 Upload Date: 8/31/2018 4:05:30 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Night |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5862(E7A) |
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289 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR "A Night Photo," #2 of 2, 1954 |
| Description: |
Here is the back side of a postal card entitled "A Night Photo taken of World Famous Horseshoe Curve." No Postmark. (See #1 of 2 for Photo.) Published by Claar Studio; 415 Montgomery Street; Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/1954 Upload Date: 8/31/2018 4:06:41 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Night |
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191 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR "East Bound Freight, " c. 1965 |
| Description: |
Here is a postal card entitled "East Bound Freight on Horseshoe Curve." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "Here we have a Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Train rounding world famous Horseshoe Curve prior to entering the Railroad Yards in Altoona, Pa. Photo by Sheldon L. Burns." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9654 and at least two more "EF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9654 is an EF-15A built as an EH-15 in February of 1950, and later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A. The date is not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/1965 Upload Date: 8/31/2018 4:09:22 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9654(F7A) |
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435 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR "Sleeping Giants," c. 1968 |
| Description: |
Here is a postal card entitled "Sleeping Giants." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "Sleeping Giants. A view of World Famous Horseshoe Curve on the former Pennsylvania Railroad's 4-Track Mainline, 5 miles West of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Railroad's K-4 locomotive #1361 sleeps, as does the East Slope of the Allegheny Mountains. (K-4 #1361 has since been moved to the Railroaders Memorial Museum, Altoona, Pennsylvania.) Photo courtesy of David W. Seidel." |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1968 Upload Date: 8/31/2018 4:12:56 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 1361(4-6-2) |
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578 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 1361, K-4S, 1954 |
| Description: |
#1361. Here is a postal card entitled "Pennsylvania 1361." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "Famous K-4 locomotive, the Pacific that was on display at Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pa., is shown at Monmouth Park Race Track near Oceanport, N.J., July 6, 1954 during its final days on the New York & Long Branch. 1361 is now owned, in the mid 1980's, by the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona, and has been restored to operating condition for special events. Photo by Robert F. Collins." |
| Photo Date: |
7/6/1954 Upload Date: 8/31/2018 4:15:48 AM |
| Location: |
Oceanport, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 1361(4-6-2) |
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1124 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
PRR "Spruce Creek Tunnels," c. 1911 |
| Description: |
Here is a postal card entitled "Spruce Creek Tunnels." No Postmark. Front Caption: "Spruce Creek Tunnels, Pennsylvania Railroad." This perspective reveals that these two tunnels do not parallel one another. Also note that both tunnels are double-tracked. The date is an approximation. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1911 Upload Date: 8/31/2018 4:18:47 AM |
| Location: |
Spruce Creek, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Tunnel |
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395 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 3560, H-9S, 1955 |
| Description: |
Dziobko. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken at Grogan Yard in Columbus, Ohio, on 12 September 1955. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3560, an H-9S (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built in Juniata as an H-8S and numbered "6611" during November of 1911, renumbered "3560" in 1913, later rebuilt as an H-9S, and retired in October of 1956 after 45 years of faithful service. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/1955 Upload Date: 8/31/2018 3:51:16 PM |
| Location: |
Columbus, OH |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 3560(2-8-0) |
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356 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 3560, H-9S, 1956 |
| Description: |
Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Enola, Pennsylvania, in June of 1956. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #3560 and two other locomotives whose numbers are not recorded. #3560 is an H-9S (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built in Juniata as an H-8S and numbered "6611" during November of 1911, renumbered "3560" in 1913, later rebuilt as an H-9S, and retired in October of 1956 after 45 years of faithful service. |
| Photo Date: |
6/21/1956 Upload Date: 8/31/2018 3:53:23 PM |
| Location: |
Enola, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 3560(2-8-0) |
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187 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 6737, M-1A, 1955 |
| Description: |
Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, in August of 1955. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6737, an M-1A (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during June of 1930 and retired in August of 1955 after 25 years of faithful service. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1955 Upload Date: 8/31/2018 3:55:23 PM |
| Location: |
Northumberland, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Track |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6737(4-8-2) |
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606 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 3639, L-1S, #1 of 2, 1955 |
| Description: |
Hagerstown. Here is the first of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides of photos by Bill Clynes that were taken in Hagerstown, Maryland on 2 September 1955. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3639, an L-1S (2-8-2) "Mikado" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during April of 1916 and retired in May of 1956 after 40 years of faithful service. It is pulling a mixed-cargo freight train through the Hagerstown Passenger Station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1955 Upload Date: 8/31/2018 5:17:02 PM |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, MD |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 3639(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
611 Comments: 1 |
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