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Viewing Album: "Trains" Magazine Illustrations ~ 1940-2000
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
11/2/1940 - 12/31/2000
Album Info:
Here are more than 100 photos and miscellaneous items of Pennsylvania Railroad-related subjects which were published originally in "Trains" magazine.
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Title:
"Trains" Magazine, August 1948
Description:
Here is a photo that was taken by Mr. Bob Milner. It was published originally in the August 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 19, as part of a four-page photo study entitled "Where East Meets West." Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania Railroad's 'Manhattan Limited' is crossing the Chicago River at 21st and Stewart Streets, en route to New York." Shown here is PRR engine #5527, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during November of 1945 and retired in December of 1953 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
8/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/27/2019 9:41:56 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5527(UNKNOWN)
Views:
379
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, August 1948
Description:
Here is a photo that was taken by Mr. Bob Milner. It was published originally in the August 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 37. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania Railroad's winter season 'Florida Arrow' enters Englewood on the first step of its every-third-day journey to sunshiney Miami." The locomotive's road number and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
8/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/27/2019 9:39:25 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
80
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1948
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. D. Allen Bauer. It was published originally in the November 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 8-9. Partial Caption: "What's this, the snout of a Pennsylvania T-1? No, it's the front end of PRR's new Baldwin passenger diesel, designed to suit the railroad." Shown here is PRR engine #5771, a BP-20 built in June of 1948, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and retired in May of 1965 after just 17 years of revenue service. Also of note here are two more railroad news items: "PRR extends program for new equipment" and "Baldwin gets a shot in the arm."
Photo Date:
11/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/25/2019 4:27:58 PM
Location:
Eddystone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 5771(DR6-4-2000)
Views:
252
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1949
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was published originally in the January 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 10. Partial Caption: "One of the largest and heaviest pieces of structural steel to be delivered to Manhattan Island in recent years arrived in New York astride three flat cars via PRR."
Photo Date:
1/1/1949
Upload Date:
3/9/2017 2:00:03 AM
Location:
New York, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
Views:
311
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1949
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Paul Gibbs. It was published originally in the January 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 51. Partial Caption: "Pennsylvania's T-1 No. 5500 ~ standing in St. Louis Union Station with the 'American' ~ was originally built by the PRR's Juniata Shops, and fitted with poppet valves of the oscillating-cams type. But this recent photo shows her in a new rig with Franklin's poppet valves using rotary cams." PRR engine #5500 is a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built in Juniata during November of 1945 and retired in December of 1953 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
1/1/1949
Upload Date:
10/3/2019 2:06:21 PM
Location:
St. Louis, MO
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5500(4-4-4-4)
Views:
694
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, March 1949
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. E.F. Wiegand. It was published originally in the March 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 5. Photo Caption: "Gone with 1948: Wooden M.U. cars on the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.... PRSL has replaced its 46-year-old wooden M.U. cars with more modern steel coaches pulled by steam, augmenting the steel M.U.'s which are still in use."
Photo Date:
3/1/1949
Upload Date:
1/12/2017 2:50:36 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
312
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, April 1949
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Mike Runey. It was published originally in the April 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 31. Photo Caption: "Bound for the coalfields with a train of empty hoppers, a Pennsylvania I-1 comes waddling out of the Elmira (N.Y.) Yards. After picking up orders at Kendall Tower and crossing over the shallow waters of Seeley Creek, the capable Decapod will be on the single track main line of the Williamsport Division ~ an important link in the Pennsy's map that provides connections with other eastern carriers (like the Lehigh Valley) and furnishes nearby markets with Keystone State fuel. Most of the Division's tonnage is hauled by these I-1's or heavy M-1 Mountain types; often, both classes doublehead." The locomotive's road number and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
4/1/1949
Upload Date:
8/10/2019 3:46:06 AM
Location:
Elmira, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
319
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1949
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the December 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 10. Photo Caption: "Publicity passengers seem happy about their dinner fare on this new $135,000 Pennsylvania fiesta-style diner, one of eight being delivered. PRR is modernizing 40 other dining cars." The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
12/1/1949
Upload Date:
8/16/2019 4:04:22 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
138
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, June 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Charles McCreary. It was published originally in the June 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 27. Revised Caption: "Vertical lights on the center disc of the signal bridge outside of Greensburg, Pa., on Pennsylvania's [Pittsburgh] Division, highball an eastbound EMD-powered freight out of Radebaugh Tunnel down the main stem."
Photo Date:
6/1/1950
Upload Date:
11/7/2019 2:06:24 AM
Location:
Radebaugh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel,Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
108
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, August 1950
Description:
Here are two photos that were published originally in the August 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 8. Partial Caption: "In these photos, Pennsylvania Railroad transfer diesel No. 5671 looks like a tuna fish before and after a shark found it." #5671 is an LS-25 built by Lima-Hamilton in May of 1950, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in May of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
8/1/1950
Upload Date:
9/7/2019 9:47:22 AM
Location:
Lima, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 5671(LT-2500)
Views:
551
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, August 1950
Description:
Here is an advertisement for Lima-Hamilton products which was published originally in the August 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 8. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5671, an LS-25 transfer locomotive built by Lima-Hamilton in May of 1950, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in May of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. Notable here is a list of six specifications for the LT-2500.
Photo Date:
8/1/1950
Upload Date:
9/7/2019 9:49:32 AM
Location:
Lima, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 5671(LT-2500)
Views:
406
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. P.M. Rotzler. It was published originally in the November 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 32. Photo Caption: "Even Pennsylvania's famed Horseshoe Curve, ankle-deep in the cinders of generations of the system's heaviest steam locomotives, fell to the diesel in the 1940 decade. This shark-nosed, four-unit Baldwin is moving to the westbound Altoona yards before going up the Curve." Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9588 and three more "BF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9588 is a BF-15 built in June of 1949 and retired in June of 1964 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
11/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/24/2019 3:34:22 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 9588(DR4-4-15)
Views:
219
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Paul Ellenberger. It was published originally in the November 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 36. Photo Caption: "In mid-decade, Pennsylvania Railroad experimented with a direct-drive steam turbine locomotive which seemed especially suited for fast passenger service. But the economics of dieselization overtook the project and the S-2, shown here at Englewood, Ill., is now stored out of service at Altoona, Pa." PRR engine #6200 is the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
11/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/24/2019 3:32:41 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
546
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Wallace W. Abbey. It was published originally in the December 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 12. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania's 'Fort Pitt,' a few minutes out of Union Station, crosses the South Branch of the Chicago River and clatters through 21st Street interlocking. Tower is at right of PRR signal mast." The engine road numbers and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
12/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/31/2019 10:17:27 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
203
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Wallace W. Abbey. It was published originally in the December 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 17. Partial Caption: "Not too many years ago, a diesel locomotive was a rarity at 21st Street Tower.... The Pennsylvania K-4 used to dominate the scene, but now you have to wait quite a while to find one picking its way through the crossing frogs. This one is pulling empty equipment." Shown here is PRR engine #5457, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during March of 1927 and retired in January of 1954 after 27 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
12/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/31/2019 4:28:43 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 5457(4-6-2)
Views:
315
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Milton B. Nafus. It was published originally in the December 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 32. Photo Caption: "The glorious noontimes when a chisel-nosed T-1 would pause at Englewood Station with Pennsylvania's 'Manhattan Limited,' then hit its stride on the race track to Fort Wayne, are about over. The 'Manhattan Limited' now draws a diesel, and the 4-4-4-4's are principally relief engines for diesels. Fifty-two T-1's were built." The locomotive's road number and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
12/1/1950
Upload Date:
9/2/2019 1:14:09 PM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
144
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, September 1951
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Robert A. Hadley. It was published originally in the September 1951 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 29. Partial Caption: "The head brakeman of this Pennsylvania freight is looking for a highball from the tower as his train speeds through Lucas, O., westbound to Mansfield, Lima, and Fort Wayne, Ind., and Chicago." The locomotive road numbers and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
9/1/1951
Upload Date:
8/2/2019 10:25:58 AM
Location:
Lucas, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
156
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, October 1951
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Harold F. Robinson. It was published originally in the October 1951 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 12. Partial Caption: "Two 5000-horsepower electrics have been built by General Electric for the Pennsylvania Railroad and now are in service pulling Pennsy freights." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #4940 and a like unit whose number is not recorded. Both are E-2B (B-B) electrics built by GE and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #4940 was built in May of 1951 and retired in June of 1965 after just 14 years of revenue service. The date and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
10/1/1951
Upload Date:
9/7/2019 2:21:13 AM
Location:
Enola, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 4940(E10B)
Views:
289
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Heading Up Eaton Grade," c. 1951
Description:
Here is a photo by Mr. Linn H. Westcott. It was published originally in the October 1951 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 22. Partial Caption: "The train is heading up Eaton Grade out of Altoona." Photo taken facing West from the 24th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The locomotive's road number and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
10/1/1951
Upload Date:
8/30/2019 2:47:30 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
96
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, October 1951
Description:
Here is a full-page advertisement for Fairbanks-Morse products which was published originally in the October 1951 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 53. Partial Caption: "When all units ordered have been shipped, Fairbanks-Morse locomotives of all classes, totaling over 281,000 hp., will be serving the Pennsylvania Railroad." Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9454 and two more "FF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by Fairbanks-Morse. #9454 is an FF-16 built in September of 1950, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in April of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
10/1/1951
Upload Date:
8/30/2019 7:47:36 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 9454(CFA16-4)
Views:
248
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1951
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Bert Pennypacker. It was published originally in the December 1951 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 8. Partial Caption: "Pennsylvania No. 4996 (above) is one of four new experimental 3000 h.p. electric freight units being built for the road by Westinghouse. It has been tagged a 'substation on wheels,' because its pantographs draw A.C. power from the catenary and a mercury rectifier tube converts it to D.C." which then powers the traction motors. #4996 is an E-3B (B-B-B) built by Westinghouse and Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951 and retired in June of 1965 after just 14 years of revenue service. The date and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
12/1/1951
Upload Date:
8/2/2019 3:08:07 AM
Location:
Eddystone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 4996(Steeple Cab)
Views:
259
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1951
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the December 1951 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 10. Photo Caption: "This pretty blonde has just obtained a light snack without going to the diner. She is in Pennsylvania No. 1709, the 'automat coach,' now in New York-Washington service. The coin-operated machines on both sides of the aisle dispense sandwhiches, pie, and several hot and cold drinks." Note the "No Smoking" sign! The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
12/1/1951
Upload Date:
8/10/2019 3:47:59 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
157
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1951
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Fred McLeod. It was published originally in the December 1951 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 29. Partial Caption: "No. 25, the Pennsylvania Railroad's westbound 'Metropolitan Limited,' gets a steam assist as she tackles the Allegheny climb up to Gallitzin Summit from Altoona, Pa., in the early afternoon [of 9 October 1949]." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #3888 and two EP-20's whose numbers are not recorded. #3888 is a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during July of 1923 and retired in September of 1952 after 29 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
12/1/1951
Upload Date:
8/2/2019 3:06:47 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 3888(4-6-2)
Views:
219
Comments:
1
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1952
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the January 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 8. Partial Caption: "Take another look ~ it's not a transfer diesel but a fully equipped road freight locomotive, No. 8948 of the Pennsylvania. The 2500 h.p. unit was one of the last engines built by the Lima Division of Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton." PRR engine #8948 is an LS-25M built in August of 1951 and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
1/1/1952
Upload Date:
2/19/2020 12:52:44 AM
Location:
Lima, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 8948(LT-2500)
Views:
323
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1952
Description:
Here is a photo which was published originally in the January 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 35. Partial Caption: "In this 1926 photograph, a pair of Pennsylvania 2-8-0's forward 14 brand-new Long Island 1000-horsepower electric units through Lewistown, Pa. The new 0-6-0's were constructed in the Juniata Works at Altoona and were originally intended for two-unit operation over the newly electrified Bay Ridge line." The photographer's name, the locomotive and cabin car numbers, as well as the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
1/1/1952
Upload Date:
2/15/2020 12:53:55 AM
Location:
Lewistown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
105
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, March 1952
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Glenn Grabill, Jr. It was published originally in the March 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 43. Partial Caption: "Before dieselization, the Pennsylvania Railroad owned 582 hippopotamus-shaped I-1 class Decapods. No. 4247, shown here on a caboose hop near Canton, O., was turned out by Baldwin in 1923...." PRR engine #4247 is an I-1SA (2-10-0) "Decapod" built by Baldwin as an I-1S during June of 1923, rebuilt in Juniata as an I-1SA in December of 1941, and retired in March of 1950 after 27 years of faithful service. The number of the N-6 cabin car is not recorded.
Photo Date:
3/1/1952
Upload Date:
8/24/2019 3:26:04 AM
Location:
Canton, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 4247(2-10-0)
Views:
228
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, April 1952
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. George J. Sennhauser. It was published originally in the April 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 47. Revised Caption: "Large diesel transfer locomotives sometimes offer their crews no more visibility ahead than did the steam engines they replaced. The fireman on this big Lima-Hamilton diesel will see around the left-hand curves of the Pennsylvania's Panhandle Division between Dennison and Mingo Junction, O., before the engineer will. The 2500-horsepower engine is Pennsy's No. 8948." Shown here is a view from the fireman's seat in PRR engine #8948, an LS-25M built in August of 1951 and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
4/1/1952
Upload Date:
8/30/2019 7:44:36 AM
Location:
Dennison, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
InCab
Locomotives:
PRR 8948(LT-2500)
Views:
256
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, April 1952
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Charles H. Kerrigan. It was published originally in the April 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 52. Photo Caption: "Diesel servicing tracks of the Pennsy in Chicago." The road numbers of the GM-EMD and Baldwin-built locomotives pictured here are not recorded. It's only 1952, but there's nary a whif of coal-fired steam to be seen!
Photo Date:
4/1/1952
Upload Date:
9/7/2019 2:19:11 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
Views:
205
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, July 1952
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Harold M. Lambert. It was published originally in the July 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, pages 42-43. Partial Caption: "This photo shows a Pennsylvania Railroad freight, powered by an H-9 Consolidation, traversing a high line in the complex maze of track in Philadelphia, the focal point of the Pennsy's vast operations." Note the head-end brakeman, riding atop the second boxcar in the days before the High Line was electrified!
Photo Date:
7/1/1952
Upload Date:
8/24/2019 3:29:33 AM
Location:
West Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
104
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, October 1952
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. J.J. Young, Jr. It was published originally in the October 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 32. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania mail and express train No. 12 from St. Louis parallels the Ohio River on the last lap of the four-track Panhandle Division into Pittsburgh. The other four-track main visible just above the tank of the 4-4-4-4 belongs to the New York Central's Pittsburgh & Lake Erie." Also discernable in the hazy distance is Pittsburgh's famed "Golden Triangle." The T-1's road number and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
10/1/1952
Upload Date:
8/1/2019 1:40:04 AM
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
142
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1952
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Wallace W. Abbey. It was published originally in the November 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 29. Partial Caption: "The 'Gotham Limited' and a freight train of the Pennsylvania, both bound for the Atlantic Seaboard, have topped the Allegheny summit, and now will follow their keystoned diesels down and around Horseshoe Curve and into Altoona, Pa., in a cloud of brakeshoe smoke and swirling snow." The locomotve road numbers and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
11/1/1952
Upload Date:
2/27/2020 12:13:38 PM
Location:
Cresson, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter
Locomotives:
Views:
61
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1952
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Al Rung. It was published originally in the November 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 46. Partial Caption: "Beneath the sheltering sheds of the station at Harrisburg, Pa., two Pennsylvania Railroad K-4 Pacifics stand ready to advance their trains into a winter night." The locomotive road numbers and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
11/1/1952
Upload Date:
2/27/2020 12:15:36 PM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
44
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1952
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Henry J. Ehlbeck. It was published originally in the December 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 37. Photo Caption: "From under the catenary-laced girders of the Pennsylvania Railroad's bridge across the Passaic River, a GG-1 electric locomotive sweeps southbound into the Newark (N.J.) station." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4890, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during March of 1940, rated at 4,620 horsepower, owned successively by the Penn Central Railroad and Amtrak, donated initially to the B&O Railroad Museum, and transferred to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay (Wisconsin) during 1995.
Photo Date:
12/1/1952
Upload Date:
2/26/2020 1:06:43 AM
Location:
Newark, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4890(GG1)
Views:
311
Comments:
1
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, February 1953
Description:
Here is a full-page advertisement for American Locomotive Company products which was published originally in the February 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 4. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "When the Pennsylvania Railroad played such a prominent part in the movement of troops and munitions during the Civil War, one of its most powerful locomotives was No. 234." PRR engine #234 is a 4-6-0 "Mogul" built by the Rogers Locomotive Company during 1862 and retired in January of 1880. Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "Here ALCO-GE motive power speeds a long passenger train through the Pennsy's famous Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pa." PRR engine #5755 is an AP-20 built by ALCo in November of 1947, rated at 2,000 horsepower, later regeared & reclassified as an AFP-20, and retired in September of 1962.
Photo Date:
2/1/1953
Upload Date:
8/30/2019 8:58:08 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 234(4-6-0)
PRR 5755(PA1)
Views:
449
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, February 1953
Description:
Here is a photo which was published originally in the February 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 9. Partial Caption: "World's largest and longest freight car is Pennsylvania No. 470245. It is over 124 feet long (the length of three ordinary flats) and will carry up to 250 tons. It was designed and welded together at the road's Altoona (Pa.) Works of seven girders of three-inch steel, and it rolls on 32 wheels enclosed in four roller-bearing trucks." PRR flat car #470245 is an FD-2 built in Altoona during April of 1952 and now on display at the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona.
Photo Date:
2/1/1953
Upload Date:
9/12/2019 1:52:00 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
183
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, February 1953
Description:
Here is a full-page advertisement for Timken Tapered Roller Bearings which was published originally in the February 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 59. Partial Caption: "Load limit, 503,600 pounds! Light weight, 500,400 pounds! It's the new million-pound well car, designed and built by the Pennsylvania Railroad to haul fully assenbled turbo-generator sets, transformers, and other extra-heavy equipment." Shown here is PRR flat car #470245, an FD-2 built in Altoona during April of 1952 and now on display at the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona.
Photo Date:
2/1/1953
Upload Date:
9/1/2019 9:35:44 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
137
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, April 1953
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Bill Taub. It was published originally in the April 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 26. Photo Caption: "A jaunt behind a Pennsylvania GG-1 electric is a rare experience in high-density railroading. No. 4900 is accelerating the Boston-bound 'Senator' out of Washington on a journey which leads through the industrialized east." Shown here is PRR engine #4900, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during May of 1940 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:
4/1/1953
Upload Date:
9/2/2019 1:11:55 PM
Location:
Washington Union Station, DC
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4900(GG1)
Views:
274
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, April 1953
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. James R. Stiefel. It was published originally in the April 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 53. Photo Caption: "The westbound 'Gotham Limited' of the Pennsylvania Railroad greets the dawn around Pittsburgh. Here, shortly after 9 a.m., it is deep in Summit Cut after climbing out of the Beaver River Valley before crossing into Ohio. At at 3:40 p.m., it will halt in Chicago's Union Station." The locomotive road numbers, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
4/1/1953
Upload Date:
9/4/2019 3:51:04 PM
Location:
Irwin, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
79
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, April 1953
Description:
Here is a half-page book review by David P. Morgan of Alfred W. Bruce's (1952) tome entitled "The Steam Locomotive In American." The review was published in the April 1953 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 80. Photo Caption: "Pennsy's S-1 class 6-4-4-6: 'probably the best-appearing [streamlined] job.'" Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6100, an S-1 (6-4-4-6) built in Juniata during January of 1939 and retired in January of 1949 after just ten years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
4/1/1953
Upload Date:
8/31/2019 10:33:45 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6100(UNKNOWN)
Views:
310
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, July 1953
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach. It was published originally on the front cover of the July 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine. Photo Caption: "The southbound Congressional and northbound Federal of the Pennsylvania Railroad pass on the electrified line south of Wilmington, Del." The GG-1's road number and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
7/1/1953
Upload Date:
8/1/2019 1:43:58 AM
Location:
Wilmington, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
128
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, August 1953
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the August 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, pages 46-47. Photo Caption: "What, another Geep? Pennsy No. 8798 passes through the Morrisville (Pa.) yard with 12 big storage tanks for a new brewery at Newark, N.J." #8798 is an ES-15M road switcher built by GM-EMD in January of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
8/1/1953
Upload Date:
10/22/2022 8:24:42 PM
Location:
Morrisville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 8798(GP7)
Views:
52
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1954
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. E. Treloar. It was published originally in the January 1954 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 36. Photo Caption: "A 2-10-4 takes an eastbound freight down the multiple-track main line of the Pennsylvania at South Fork, Pa., en route from Pittsburgh to Altoona. Tonnage is indicative of parallel industrial territory." The locomotive's road number and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
1/1/1954
Upload Date:
8/12/2019 9:25:41 AM
Location:
South Fork, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
150
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, July 1954
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Ralph E. Hallock. It was published originally in the July 1954 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 36. Partial Caption: "Framed by the graceful arches of the George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge, Pennsy's eastbound 'Juniata' noses through Turtle Creek Valley in East Pittsburgh, Pa." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5713 and another E-8 whose number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5713 was built in October of 1952.
Photo Date:
7/1/1954
Upload Date:
8/16/2019 2:30:48 AM
Location:
East Pittsburgh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5713(E8A)
Views:
266
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1954
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Fred McLeod entitled "Grade Crossing at Dawn." It was published originally in the December 1954 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 34-35. Photo Caption: "The mists of dawn hang over the Pennsylvania hills as a brace of Alco's make up time upgrade to St. Mary's with the eight cars of the Northern Express, bound from Harrisburg to Erie on Pennsy's Northern Division. State Route 120 flashers wink at an empty highway." The road numbers and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
12/1/1954
Upload Date:
6/23/2019 6:35:10 PM
Location:
Saint Marys, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
191
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, July 1955
Description:
Here is a photo from an article by David P. Morgan entitled "Straight Talk From The Pennsy." It was published originally in the July 1955 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 20. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (L to R) are three Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives: #4844, #6753, and an unidentified "EF" Class diesel built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #4844 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during May of 1935 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. #6753 is an M-1A (4-8-2) "Mountain" built in Juniata in May of 1930 and retired in February of 1958.
Photo Date:
7/1/1955
Upload Date:
8/21/2022 1:28:12 PM
Location:
Enola, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 4844(GG1)
PRR 6753(4-8-2)
Views:
87
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1956
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Clarence R.Weaver. It was published originally in the December 1956 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 8. Photo Caption: "To entertain a recent model railroader convention in Baltimore, Md., the Pennsy de-mothballed the old-timers it keeps at Northumberland, Pa., and sent them down behind a Geep. From the GP-7 back, the train includes 2-8-0 No. 1187, 4-4-0 No. 1223, 4-4-2 No. 7002, the John Bull (on flats), and open-ended coaches." #8548 is an ES-15M road switcher built by GM-EMD in September of 1953 and rated at 1,500 horsepower.
Photo Date:
1/1/1956
Upload Date:
8/10/2019 8:00:27 PM
Location:
Northumberland, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 8548(GP7)
PRR 1223(4-4-0)
PRR 7002(4-4-2)
PRR JOHNBULL(2-4-0)
PRR 1187(2-8-0)
Views:
1338
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1956
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Don Wood. It was published originally in the December 1956 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 9. Photo Caption: "New dress for a grand lady. Pennsy GG-1 No. 4885, attired in a wide gold stripe and an oversize keystone insignia, whips the 'Silver Meteor' through Rahway, N.J., at 90 miles per hour. Unfortunately, revised GG-1 experimental paint schemes include an all-silver one." Shown here is PRR engine #4885, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during March of 1939 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:
1/1/1956
Upload Date:
8/10/2019 7:58:39 PM
Location:
Rahway, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4885(GG1)
Views:
150
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, March 1956
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Don Wood. It was published originally in the March 1956 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 8. Photo Caption: "White-faced G-5 Ten-Wheeler receives the final homage of a trainload of railroad enthusiasts and photographers as steam bows out of the picture on Long Island Railroad October 16, 1955. The 4-6-0 poses here at Bliss Tower." Shown here is LIRR engine #35, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Juniata during September of 1928 and retired in October of 1955 after 27 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
3/1/1956
Upload Date:
8/17/2019 4:34:45 PM
Location:
Morris Park, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
LIRR 35(4-6-0)
Views:
218
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, March 1956
Description:
Here are two photos that were published originally in the March 1956 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 9. Top Photo, Revised Caption: "Largest freight-car repair operation under one roof ~ that's the boast of Pennsy's new Samuel Rea Shop at Hollidaysburg, Pa. The structure covers 17 acres, cost 12-million dollars, is now rebuilding coal cars on a 1/2 mile production line. Ultimate daily capacity: 50 cars." Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "'Don't Stand Me Still!' message on sides of Pennsy box 24210 underlines road's campaign to ease car shortages by improved utilization of equipment."
Photo Date:
3/1/1956
Upload Date:
8/17/2019 1:47:56 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:
Views:
364
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, April 1956
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. W.A. Burke. It was published originally in the April 1956 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 8. Photo Caption: "Over-all coat of aluminum paint, tuscan red stripe, black roof and lettering clothe one of Pennsy's famous GG-1's ~ one of two given different experimental color schemes. Locomotives are being used on crack streamliners." Shown here is PRR engine #4866, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during January of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:
4/1/1956
Upload Date:
8/11/2019 1:36:19 AM
Location:
Wilmington, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 4866(GG1)
Views:
262
Comments:
0
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