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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
6/22/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Lima 4-8-2Built As:PRR 6789 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:7457Order No:1117
Frame Number:27X30 cylinders, 72" driversBuilt:4/1930
Notes:PRR Class M-1A; retired 01/54
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 6789(4-8-2)
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PRR 6789, M-1A, 1946
Title:  PRR 6789, M-1A, 1946
Description:  Huntingdon. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Bill Price that was taken at the Passenger Station in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, on 7 October 1946. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6789, an M-1A !4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Lima Locomotive Works during April of 1930 and retired in January of 1954 after 24 years of faithful service. In this context, it's pulling a mixed-cargo freight train through the Station on its w›y from Enola to Altoona and points West.
Photo Date:  10/7/1946  Upload Date: 5/24/2018 5:35:42 AM
Location:  Huntingdon, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 6789(4-8-2)
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