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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
3/12/2026
 
 
 
 
 
By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:4/3/1943 - 4/3/1943
Album Info:Here are the front cover and a one-page article entitled "Knife-Edged Streamliner Hits 100-Mile Speed." They were published originally in the April 1943 issue of "Popular Mechanics" magazine, page 6. No author is specified. "Two steam locomotives of striking streamline design featured by knife-edge 'prows' are hauling fast passenger trains over the Pennsylvania Railroad between Harrisburg and Chicago." (Page 6)
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"Popular Mechanics" Magazine, April 1943
Title:  "Popular Mechanics" Magazine, April 1943
Description:  Here is the front cover of the April 1943 issue of "Popular Mechanics" magazine. Depicted here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6110, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during April of 1942 and retired in December of 1953 after just 11 years of service. The name of the artist is not recorded.
Photo Date:  4/1/1943  Upload Date: 9/25/2025 12:16:28 AM
Location:  Eddystone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 6110(UNKNOWN)
Views:  320   Comments: 0
PRR "Knife-Edged Streamliner" Page 6, 1943
Title:  PRR "Knife-Edged Streamliner" Page 6, 1943
Description:  Here is a one-page article entitled "Knife-Edged Streamliner Hits 100-Mile Speed." It was published originally in the April 1943 issue of "Popular Mechanics" magazine, page 6. Shown here in both photos is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6110, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during April of 1942 and retired in December of 1953 after just 11 years of revenue service. In both contexts, it's poised to power "The Admiral."
Photo Date:  4/1/1943  Upload Date: 9/25/2025 12:17:04 AM
Location:  Eddystone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6110(UNKNOWN)
Views:  300   Comments: 0


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