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PRR East Altoona Roundhouse, 1954 |
| Description: |
East Altoona. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Mike Zollitsch that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in June of 1954. Shown here are several Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives stored for future use on the Eastbound Locomotive Ready Tracks. Among them is engine #6810, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958 after 32 years of faithful service. The sky-high smokestack marks the location of the Powerhouse for the East Altoona Roundhouse. Obscured by smoke and steam in the middle distance are HOMER Tower and the Westbound Hump. |
| Photo Date: |
6/22/1954 Upload Date: 8/8/2020 5:50:15 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6810(4-8-2) |
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305 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 6810, M-1, 1956 |
| Description: |
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Nelson Bowers that was taken near Rockville, Pennsylvania, in March of 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6810, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958 after 32 years of faithful service. It has just departed the Enola Yards with a mixed-cargo freight train, and is threading the interlocking on the Rockville Bridge on its way to Williamsport and points North. ("Stoneborobranch"; #27 of 28) |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/1956 Upload Date: 9/18/2020 9:23:17 AM |
| Location: |
Rockville, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6810(4-8-2) |
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242 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 6810, M-1, c. 1956 |
| Description: |
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Roundhouse in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, c. 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6810, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958 after 32 years of faithful service. Note the atypical tender! Edward Kaspriske Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1956 Upload Date: 6/22/2023 8:32:38 AM |
| Location: |
Northumberland, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6810(4-8-2) |
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177 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 6810, M-1, 1956 |
| Description: |
Elmira. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken at NEWBERRY Tower in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on 19 August 1956. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6810 and another locomotive whose number is not recorded. #6810 is an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958 after 32 years of faithful service. ("Stoneborobranch"; #31 of 34) |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1956 Upload Date: 9/19/2020 8:51:04 AM |
| Location: |
Williamsport, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Steam,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6810(4-8-2) |
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364 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 6810, M-1, 1956 |
| Description: |
Here is a photo via Paul W. Prescott that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 20 September 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6810, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958 after 32 years of service. Gary Mittner Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1956 Upload Date: 10/18/2022 5:28:52 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6810(4-8-2) |
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235 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 6810, M-1, 1957 |
| Description: |
Kern. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred R. Kern that was taken near Dauphin, Pennsylvania, on 1 January 1957. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6810, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958 after 32 years of service. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1957 Upload Date: 11/18/2020 8:31:01 AM |
| Location: |
Dauphin, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6810(4-8-2) |
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308 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 46, 1979 |
| Description: |
Here is page three of a six-page article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "Atterbury's Engines: Part 2 ~ Why The M-1's Outlasted The Duplex Drives." It was published originally in the November 1979 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 46. Top Left Photo Caption: "Did a Pennsylvania 4-8-2 ever shine as brightly as M-1a 6759 at the New York World's Fair in 1939?" Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6759, an M-1A built in Juniata during June of 1930 and retired in August of 1955. Top Right Photo Caption: "Candidate (for vice president) Richard M. Nixon was hauled by footboarded M-1 6925 out of Titusville, Pa., on October 10, 1952." Shown here is PRR engine #6925, an M-1 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in November of 1926 and retired in September of 1955. Bottom Left Photo Caption: "Short-tanked M-1 6810 headed a special at NYC station in Erie, Pa." Shown here is PRR engine #6810, an M-1 built by Baldwin in August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958. Bottom Right Photo Caption: "Runaway flatcar of I-beams sprung a leak in 210F75 tank of M-1a 6717 at Enola Yard in 1956." Shown here is the tender of PRR engine #6717, an M-1B built by Baldwin in June of 1930 and retired in September of 1958. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1979 Upload Date: 9/13/2022 2:10:07 PM |
| Location: |
Titusville, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6759(4-8-2) PRR 6925(4-8-2) PRR 6810(4-8-2) PRR 6717(4-8-2) |
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245 Comments: 0 |
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