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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 4-6-2Built As:PRR 3880 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:3776Order No:
Frame Number: Built:7/1923
Notes:PRR Class K-4S; blt 07/23, retired 08/57
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 3880(4-6-2)
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PRR 3880, K-4S, 1954
Title:  PRR 3880, K-4S, 1954
Description:  Meadows. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Engine Service Tracks at Meadows Yard near Kearny, New Jersey, in February of 1954. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is PRR engine #3880, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during June of 1923 and retired in August of 1957 after 34 years of faithful service. ("Stoneborobranch"; #17 of 32)
Photo Date:  2/2/1954  Upload Date: 7/2/2018 1:30:40 AM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3880(4-6-2)
Views:  581   Comments: 0
PRR 3880, K-4S, 1954
Title:  PRR 3880, K-4S, 1954
Description:  Here is a photo by Mayer Pearlman that was taken in South Amboy, New Jersey, on 4 April 1954. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3880, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during June of 1923 and retired in August of 1957 after 34 years of faithful service. Gary Mittner Collection.
Photo Date:  4/4/1954  Upload Date: 3/6/2023 3:06:47 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3880(4-6-2)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
PRR "Pennsylvania 3880," K-4S, 1955
Title:  PRR "Pennsylvania 3880," K-4S, 1955
Description:  Here is a postal card entitled "Pennsylvania 3880." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "Pennsylvania Railroad local passenger train at Hazlet, N.J., behind K-4 Pacific No. 3880 in 1955. Photo by Homer R. Hill." #3880 is a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during June of 1923 and retired in August of 1957 after 34 years of service.
Photo Date:  8/15/1955  Upload Date: 10/3/2018 5:25:56 PM
Location:  Hazlet, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3880(4-6-2)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
PRR 3880, K-4S, c. 1955
Title:  PRR 3880, K-4S, c. 1955
Description:  Here is an image of a photo by Edward Kaspriske that was taken at the Enginehouse in South Amboy, New Jersey, c. 1955. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3880, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during June of 1923 and retired in August of 1957 after 34 years of faithful service. Edward Kaspriske Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1955  Upload Date: 6/22/2023 2:01:06 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3880(4-6-2)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
PRR 3880, K-4S, 1956
Title:  PRR 3880, K-4S, 1956
Description:  Wood. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide (converted to B&W) of a photo by Don Wood that was taken in South Amboy, New Jersey, on 5 March 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3880, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during June of 1923 and retired in August of 1957 after 34 years of faithful service. Produced and distributed by Audio-Visual Designs. (SPM)
Photo Date:  3/5/1956  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 8:20:45 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3880(4-6-2)
Views:  371   Comments: 1
PRR 3880, K-4S, 1956
Title:  PRR 3880, K-4S, 1956
Description:  Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on 28 April 1956. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3880, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during 1923 and retired in August of 1957 after 34 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  4/28/1956  Upload Date: 6/22/2018 2:53:17 AM
Location:  Asbury Park, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3880(4-6-2)
Views:  533   Comments: 1
PRR 3880, K-4S, c. 1956
Title:  PRR 3880, K-4S, c. 1956
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Mayer Pearlman that was taken in South Amboy, New Jersey, perhaps in 1956. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania K-4 No. 3880 and GG-1 No. 4884 at South Amboy, N.J." Engine #3880 is a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during June of 1923 and retired in August of 1957, while #4884 is GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata in March of 1939 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Railroads Around New York" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (254-15).
Photo Date:  6/30/1956  Upload Date: 10/11/2022 9:56:30 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3880(4-6-2) PRR 4884(GG1)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
PRR K4s 3880 and GG1 4884
Title:  PRR K4s 3880 and GG1 4884
Description:  Steam and electric are at South Amboy on the NY&LB (NJCL) for an engine change at the end of the electrified section of track between here and Penn Station, New York.
Photo Date:  6/30/1956  Upload Date: 12/27/2008 8:54:02 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3880(4-6-2) PRR 4884(GG1)
Views:  1445   Comments: 3
PRR 3880, K-4S, 1957
Title:  PRR 3880, K-4S, 1957
Description:  Coal Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Homer G. Benton that was taken in Belmar, New Jersey, in April of 1957. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3880, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during July of 1923 and retired in August of 1957 after 34 years of faithful service. In this context, it's pulling a morning commuter train to South Amboy. There, #3880 will uncouple and be replaced by a GG-1 which will pull the train to Newark and New York City.
Photo Date:  4/16/1957  Upload Date: 4/16/2020 10:04:20 AM
Location:  Belmar, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3880(4-6-2)
Views:  289   Comments: 0


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