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8/14/2025
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Pictures of PRR 6898
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
BLW 4-8-2
Built As:
PRR 6898 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:
59558
Order No:
Frame Number:
27X30 cylinders, 72" drivers
Built:
10/1926
Notes:
PRR Class M-1; retired 12/1955
Other locos with this serial:
PRR 6898(4-8-2)
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Title:
PRR 6898, M-1, 1946
Description:
Huntingdon. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Bill Price that was taken near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, on 7 October 1946. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6898, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during October of 1926 and retired in December of 1955 after 29 years of faithful service. In this context, it's pulling a mixed-cargo freight train out of Altoona to Enola.
Photo Date:
10/7/1946
Upload Date:
3/8/2019 10:33:15 AM
Location:
Huntingdon, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6898(4-8-2)
Views:
640
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Title:
PRR 6898, M-1, c. 1950
Description:
Mann. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Marysville, Pennsylvania, c. 1950. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6898, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during October of 1926 and retired in December of 1955 after 29 years of faithful service. In this context, it's pulling a mixed-cargo freight train out of Altoona and will soon enter the Enola Yards. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:
11/14/1950
Upload Date:
3/23/2021 9:55:50 AM
Location:
Marysville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6898(4-8-2)
Views:
656
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Title:
PRR "De-dieselization," Page 44, 1955
Description:
Here is page three of a three-page article by Gus Welty entitled "De-dieselization." It was published originally in the September 1955 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 44. Photo Caption: "Steam never left certain districts of Pennsylvania. Last December this is M-1 6898 leaving Northumberland, Pa." Photo by Don Wood. Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6898 is an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during October of 1926 and retired in December of 1955 after 29 years of faithful service. Also included are an unidentified German reporter's reflections about riding the "California Zephyr."
Photo Date:
9/2/1955
Upload Date:
8/22/2022 2:16:42 PM
Location:
Northumberland, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6898(4-8-2)
Views:
335
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