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Viewing Album: PRR: New York City to Altoona ~ August 1965
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
8/15/1965 - 8/15/1965
Album Info:
Here are 26 original photos that I took during a trip on Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains from New York City to Altoona on 15 August 1965. Most of them were taken from the "dutch doors" of a moving passenger train. These 35mm color slides are arranged in the order that I took them.
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Title:
PRR Hudson River Tunnels, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train departing Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York, on 15 August 1965. At the left is the entrance to the westbound portal of the Hudson River Tunnels. At the right is a Long Island Rail Road commuter car.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2025 12:43:39 PM
Location:
New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
357
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Pennsylvania Station, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train in New York City, New York, on 15 August 1965. At the right is the entrance to Pennsylvania Station. Partly visible in the center is the Empire State Building. At the left are several Long Island Rail Road commuter cars.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2025 12:44:13 PM
Location:
New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel,Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
341
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Hudson River Tunnels, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Bergen, New Jersey, on 15 August 1965. Shown here are the portals of the Hudson River Tunnels. At this point, the train is speeding along at 55 miles per hour or more.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2025 12:44:41 PM
Location:
Bergen, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
327
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "The Meadowlands," 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Bergen, New Jersey, on 15 August 1965. In this context, the train is speeding past "The Meadowlands" at 60 miles per hour or more.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2025 12:45:05 PM
Location:
Bergen, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
312
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4877, GG-1, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train across the Hackensack River Bridge near Bergen, New Jersey, on 15 August 1965. Shown here pulling an oncoming passenger train is PRR engine #4877, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during January of 1939, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the United Railway Historical Society in Boonton, New Jersey. Both trains are zipping along at 60 miles per hour!
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2025 12:45:41 PM
Location:
Bergen, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4877(GG1)
Views:
404
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR New Jersey Vista, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from New York City to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Shown below are the PRR's tracks to Exchange Place and Manhattan. The two-car PRR train pictured here is on its way from Exchange Place to Newark.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2025 5:43:21 PM
Location:
Harrison, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
313
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Harrison Action, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train through Harrison, New Jersey, on 15 August 1965. In the center, a two-car PRR Hudson & Manhattan Transit train is heading to New York City. Discernable in the background are the two lift bridges next to Newark.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2025 5:43:58 PM
Location:
Harrison, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
315
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Commuter Train, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Holmesburg, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Shown here is an unidentified PRR Silverliner II built by Budd on a commuter run between Philadelphia and Trenton.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2025 5:45:18 PM
Location:
Holmesburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
312
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR ZOO Interlocking, #1 of 2, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is the first of two successive original photos that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train through ZOO Interlocking in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. In the center, a two-car train has just departed 30th Street Station on a commuter run. In the lead is Budd-built Silverliner II #258. At the left, an unidentified GG-1 electric is pulling a "clocker" to Pennsylvania Station in New York City.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2025 5:45:57 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 258(Silverliner II)
Views:
406
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR ZOO Interlocking, #2 of 2, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is the second of two successive original photos that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train through ZOO Interlocking in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. In the center, a two-car train has just departed 30th Street Station on a commuter run. At the right, an unidentified GG-1 electric is pulling a "clocker" to Pennsylvania Station in New York City; the first car is PRR Pullman Parlor Car #7160, the "Butternut Falls."
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2025 5:46:26 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
324
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Westward Ho," 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from New York City to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. In this context, the train has just passed through ZOO Interlocking and is now on the way to entering the westbound tracks to Paoli and Harrisburg.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 9:29:26 AM
Location:
West Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
336
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4406, E-44, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Overbrook, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4406 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are E-44 (C-C) electrics built by General Electric and rated at 4,400 horsepower each. #4406 was built in March of 1961. In this context, they're pulling an eastbound mineral train.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 9:30:02 AM
Location:
Overbrook, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4406(E44)
Views:
438
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Paoli Passenger Station, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train in Paoli, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. At the left, a six-car train of MP-54's is coming to a stop at the Paoli Passenger Station to begin another commuter run to center-city Philadelphia. Two tracks over, two maintenance-of-way machines are moving West through the Station.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 9:30:38 AM
Location:
Paoli, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
392
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4433, E-44, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train in Paoli, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Prominent here is PRR engine #4433 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are E-44 (C-C) electrics built by General Electric and rated at 4,400 horsepower each. #4433 was built in March of 1962. In this context, they're pulling an eastbound mixed-cargo freight train through the Paoli Passenger Station.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 9:31:21 AM
Location:
Paoli, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4433(E44)
Views:
418
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Wire Maintenance Train, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from New York City to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Notable here is a three-car wire maintenance train, pulled by an unidentified Baldwin-built diesel-electric locomotive. Wave to the Engineman!
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 2:47:13 PM
Location:
Thorndale, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
347
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Eastbound TrucTrain, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from New York City to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Notable here is a pair of unidentified GG-1 electric locomotives pulling an eastbound TrucTrain.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 2:47:54 PM
Location:
Thorndale, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
356
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Eastbound Passenger Train, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from New York City to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Notable here is an unidentified GG-1 electric locomotive pulling a 12-car eastbound passenger train.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 2:48:41 PM
Location:
Thorndale, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
330
Comments:
0
Title:
Strasburg Rail Road Train, #1 of 2, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is the first of two successive original photos that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train in Leaman Place, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Shown here is a six-car Strasburg Rail Road train, pulled by ex-Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1223 ~ a D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata as a D-16B in January of 1905, later rebuilt as a D-16SB, sold to the SRC in October of 1960, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 2:49:27 PM
Location:
Leaman Place, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 1223(4-4-0)
Views:
407
Comments:
0
Title:
Strasburg Rail Road Train, #2 of 2, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is the second of two successive original photos that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train in Leaman Place, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Shown here is a six-car Strasburg Rail Road train, pulled by ex-Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1223 ~ a D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata as a D-16B in January of 1905, later rebuilt as a D-16SB, sold to the SRC in October of 1960, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 2:50:03 PM
Location:
Leaman Place, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 1223(4-4-0)
Views:
406
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 153, Pioneer III, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Shown here is PRR #153, a Pioneer III built by Budd. It's on a commuter run between Harrisburg and Lancaster. Wave to the Engineman!
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 8:42:51 PM
Location:
Elizabethtown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 153(Pioneer III)
Views:
403
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8797, ES-15M, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Middletown, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #8797, an ES-15M built by GM-EMD in January of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. It's pulling a westbound "high-&-wide-load" special.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
9/15/2016 3:18:56 AM
Location:
Middletown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 8797(GP7)
Views:
1769
Comments:
2
Title:
PRR 4919, GG-1, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train approaching the Passenger Station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Heading in the opposite direction with an eastbound passenger train is PRR engine #4919, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata in July of 1942 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 8:43:44 PM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4919(GG1)
Views:
381
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Locomotive Ready Tracks, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train departing the Passenger Station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. The GG-1 electric locomotive has since been exchanged for three diesels. Shown here are the Electric Locomotive Ready Tracks, just West of the Station. Of the three locomotives visible here, just one is identifiable. It's PRR engine #4887, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during April of 1939 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. Also visible is PRR #999400, a former steam locomotive tender that's been transformed into an oil tank car to replenish the GG-1's.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/18/2025 8:44:06 PM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4887(GG1)
Views:
405
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Westbound Passenger Train, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train about to pass over the Susquehanna River at Rockville, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. The ten-car train is now powered by three diesel-electric locomotives produced by GM-EMD. In the lead is PRR engine #5870, an EP-20 built in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. The lot at the left is a Pennsylvania State Truck Weigh Station situated on US Route 22.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/19/2025 6:03:38 AM
Location:
Rockville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5870(E7A)
Views:
455
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5870, EP-20, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took after riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train that's stopped in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Shown here (R to L) is PRR engine #5870 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #5870 was built in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. The purpose of the stop is to change both engine and train crews, as well as to discharge and board passengers.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/19/2025 6:04:07 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Night,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5870(E7A)
Views:
384
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Westbound Passenger Train, 1965
Description:
NYP-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took after riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train that's departing Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1965. Shown here (R to L) is PRR engine #5870 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #5870 was built in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. The train is now on its way up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
8/19/2025 6:04:33 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Night,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5870(E7A)
Views:
388
Comments:
0
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