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| Title: |
PRR "S.F. DuPont," 4-4-0, c. 1880 |
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Here is the Association of American Railroads' stock photo #817. No Caption. Shown here is the "S.F. DuPont," a 4-4-0 "American." The photographer's name, the locomotive's pedigree, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #16 of 44. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1900 Upload Date: 6/8/2022 7:00:19 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR S.F.DUPONT(4-4-0) |
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121 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 20, 1946 |
| Description: |
Here is page 20 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the seventh page of a ten-page story by Mr. Edwin P. Alexander entitled "Beginnings of a Railroad." Top Photo Caption: "The old reversed photo on Horseshoe Curve shows a train typical of the 1880's on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The neat cap-stacked engines were characteristic of the road." Photo by William H. Rau. Shown here is PRR engine #601, a D-11A (4-4-0) "American" built in the Altoona Machine Shops during 1886 and retired in July of 1907 after 21 years of service. Bottom Left-Hand Photo: Shown here is the Camden & Amboy's "John Bull." |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1946 Upload Date: 6/7/2019 8:07:54 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 601(4-4-0) CA JOHNBULL(2-4-0) PRR JOHNBULL(2-4-0) PRR ASSANPINK(4-4-0) |
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428 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1962 |
| Description: |
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 116th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1962. The illustrator is not identified. Caption: "Cover shows some examples of PRR power over the years. The John Bull ~ oldest locomotive preserved in the U.S. today ~ was built in England for the Camden & Amboy Railroad, now part of the Pennsylvania." |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1962 Upload Date: 10/9/2022 6:12:02 PM |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR JOHNBULL(2-4-0) PRR TIOGA(4-4-0) PRR 1056(4-4-0) PRR 1737(4-6-2) PRR 4800(GG1) PRR 5900(E7A) PRR 5901(E7A) PRR 4400(E44) PRR 2500(U25B) |
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328 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #33, 1946 |
| Description: |
Here is the 33rd of 36 plates constituting the "Centennial Album of Pennsylvania R.R. Photos and Prints." It was published in the April 1946 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 42. Photo Caption: "Gig Tops. After a disasterous passenger train wreck on the Camden & Amboy, gig tops were applied to the tenders, giving the head brakeman a shelter from which to survey the cars behind. He also had a long brake lever at his side which pinched down tender-wheel shoes. This is Danforth Cooke-built Number 7 as she looked in the early '60s." |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1946 Upload Date: 3/28/2017 2:22:42 AM |
| Location: |
Camden, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 7(4-4-0) |
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332 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #36, 1946 |
| Description: |
Here is the 36th of 36 plates constituting the "Centennial Album of Pennsylvania R.R. Photos and Prints." It was published in the April 1946 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 45. Photo Caption: "Belle of the Sixties. PRR's Norris-built 85 poses for her photo at Anderson's Siding, on the Pennsylvania Central, a water stop before the days of track pans." Shown here is PRR engine #85, a 4-4-0 "American" built by the Norris Locomotive Works during 1854, rebuilt in Altoona in December of 1865, and retired by November of 1874. It was named "Nescopeck." |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1946 Upload Date: 3/28/2017 2:28:47 AM |
| Location: |
McVeytown, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 85(4-4-0) |
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378 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"The RPO Cars," Page 5 (bottom), 1967 |
| Description: |
Here is the bottom portion of a one-page article entitled "What's Happening To The RPO Cars?" It was published originally in the 1 December 1967 issue of "The Pennsy," page 5. Right-Hand Photo Caption: "Below, a Fast Mail of 1869 pauses for its portrait near McVeytown, Pa. The locomotive, No. 85, was a Norris, built in 1854 and rebuilt at Altoona in 1865." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #85, a 4-4-0 ""American" built by the Norris Locomotive Works during 1854, rebuilt in Altoona in December of 1865, and retired by November of 1874 after 20 years of faithful service. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1967 Upload Date: 9/29/2023 1:31:03 PM |
| Location: |
McVeytown, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 85(4-4-0) |
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59 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Philadelphia & Reading No. 91 |
| Description: |
Well, look what made it all the way to Missouri! Porter built this locomotive in 1925, and it can now be found at the northeast corner of the Missouri State Fairgrounds. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/2019 Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:22:43 PM |
| Location: |
Sedalia, MO |
| Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 91(4-4-0) |
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340 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Philadelphia & Reading No. 91 |
| Description: |
The engine is named for General George R. Smith, founder of Sedalia. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/2019 Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:23:44 PM |
| Location: |
Sedalia, MO |
| Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 91(4-4-0) |
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566 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Power To Burn," Page 83, 1976 |
| Description: |
Here is page 83 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "PRR No. 145, 4-4-0, had driving wheel cap covers bearing the name of J. Brandt, Superintendent. This engine was built in 1860 at the Lancaster Locomotive Works." |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1976 Upload Date: 3/12/2019 10:31:21 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 145(4-4-0) |
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173 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 715, 1949 |
| Description: |
Here is a photo from page 715 in the "Centennial History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946" that was composed by George H. Burgess & Miles C. Kennedy and published in 1949. Photo Caption: "American type passenger locomotive. The friction wheel for operating the Loughridge chain brake is plainly seen back of the rear drivers." Shown here is PRR engine #166, a 4-4-0 "American" locomotive built by the Lancaster Locomotive Works as the "Wheatland" for the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad during 1853, purchased by the PRR and numbered "166" in 1857, and retired in March of 1872 after just 19 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1949 Upload Date: 9/7/2017 2:25:59 AM |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 166(4-4-0) |
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316 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Power To Burn," Page 82, 1976 |
| Description: |
Here is page 82 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Lancaster Locomotive Works built the model in February, 1857, as PRR No. 195, 4-4-0." |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1976 Upload Date: 3/12/2019 10:29:42 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 195(4-4-0) |
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120 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Power To Burn," Page 77, 1976 |
| Description: |
Here is page 77 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Richard Norris and Son built this beauty in 1854. It was rebuilt in Altoona in 1864 and scrapped in 1870. PRR No. 209, 4-4-0, was the official designation." (4,800) |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1976 Upload Date: 3/10/2019 11:09:31 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 209(4-4-0) |
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143 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Power To Burn," Page 84, 1976 |
| Description: |
Here is page 84 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "Richard Norris and Son built this engine in 1863. Scrapped in 1872, PRR [No. 278] 4-4-0 was not a favorite." |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1976 Upload Date: 3/13/2019 8:57:38 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 278(4-4-0) |
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77 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 347, "Mogul," 1866 |
| Description: |
WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in front of the Logan House in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1866. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #347, a 2-6-0 "Mogul" built by Norris as a 4-4-0 "American" in 1865, rebuilt in the Altoona Machine Shops (AMS) as a 2-6-0 "Mogul" in December of 1866, rebuilt in AMS as a 4-4-0 "American" in 1870, and sold to E.H. Wilson in February of 1884 after just 19 years of service. Note the "booster" under the cab. William E. Burket Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1900 Upload Date: 7/27/2022 11:15:24 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 347(4-4-0) |
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99 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Class 'D' Locomotives," Page 45, 1981 |
| Description: |
Here is page 45 of a 78-page booklet published by Harry P. Albrecht entitled "Those Amazing Class 'D' Locomotives." It was issued originally in June of 1981. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8527, a D-8A (4-4-0) "American" built by the Dennison Locomotive Works as PC&StL number "62" during 1887, renumbered PCC&StL "X1062" in April of 1902, renumbered PRR "8527" in June of 1904, and retired in November of 1914 after 27 years of faithful service. (Robert Hess's "Numerical Roster") |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1981 Upload Date: 2/5/2022 5:48:14 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8527(4-4-0) |
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103 Comments: 0 |
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