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Viewing Album: PRR: "Railroad" Centennial Album ~ April 1946
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
4/14/1946 - 4/14/1946
Album Info:
Here are the front cover and 36 plates that constitute the "Centennial Album of Pennsylvania R.R. Photos and Prints." They were published in the April 1946 issue of "Railroad" magazine, pages 10-45. "On April 13th, 1846, the Pennsylvania Railroad was chartered to construct an all-rail line from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh, superseding the state-owned Pennsylvania Canal & Allegheny Portage Railroad. Out of that $13,500,000 beginning has grown a vast, three-billion-dollar enterprise. For a glimpse into the Keystone System's past, 'Railroad Magazine' brings you 38 old-time photos and prints from the collections of Edwin P. Alexander and the Railroadians of America." (Pages 10-11)
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Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Front Cover, 1946
Description:
Here is the front cover of the "Centennial Album of Pennsylvania R.R. Photos and Prints." It was published with the April 1946 issue of "Railroad" magazine. The illustration is by Aurion M. Proctor and is entitled "From Eight-Wheeler to Duplex." Depicted in the foreground is PRR engine #6184, a Q-2 (4-4-6-4) "Duplex" locomotive built in Juniata during April of 1945 and retired in December of 1953 after just eight years of revenue service. Depicted in the background is an eight-wheeler crossing the Conemaugh Viaduct, a structure that was swept away by the Johnstown Flood of 31 May 1889.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 3:23:49 PM
Location:
Conemaugh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6184(UNKNOWN)
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184
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Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #1, 1946
Description:
Here is the first 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 10. Photo Caption: "Official photographer's train in Juniata Narrows, more than half a century ago. The old Pennsylvania Canal ~ predecessor of the PRR ~ is down the stone embankment to the right."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 3:26:27 PM
Location:
Lewistown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
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Views:
116
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #2, 1946
Description:
Here is the second 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 11. Photo Caption: "Official photographer's train in Juniata Narrows, more than half a century ago. The old Pennsylvania Canal ~ predecessor of the PRR ~ is down the stone embankment to the right."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 3:28:33 PM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
80
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #3, 1946
Description:
Here is the third 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 12. Photo Caption: "Manayunk Crossing. Above the Falls of the Schuylkill, the Norristown line of 1880 swung through this sharp reverse curve over the river. Cluster of mills lent Old-World flavor to the unique natural setting."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 3:57:04 PM
Location:
Norristown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
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96
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Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #4, 1946
Description:
Here is the fourth 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 13. Photo Caption: "Cattle Guards. No rural crossing was complete without some protection device to prevent livestock from straying onto the right-of-way. Transverse pits, straddled by the rails, together with outside fencing, discouraged bovine boomers."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 3:59:19 PM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Track
Locomotives:
Views:
115
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #5, 1946
Description:
Here is the fifth 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 14. Photo Caption: "Wayside Industry. With its square chimney and limpid mill race, the old brick factory was an inevitable part of riverside landscapes. This one stood on the south bank of the Susquehanna at York Haven, below Harrisburg.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 4:03:19 PM
Location:
York Haven, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
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138
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Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #6, 1946
Description:
Here is the sixth 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 15. Photo Caption: "Moonlight on the Susquehanna. Still struggling feebly against the force which outmoded it, a canal boat creeps down the Susquehanna Division of the State Works' ditch, enroute to Harrisburg."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 4:05:32 PM
Location:
Selinsgrove, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
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Views:
114
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #7, 1946
Description:
Here is the seventh 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 16. Photo Caption: "Miniature River. Across the grain of the Allegheny Mountains, the Blue Juniata has carved a spectacular hundred-mile thoroughfare for east-west traffic. Lewistown Narrows, shown here, was the scene of a dramatic one-man train robbery in 1909, when a masked bandit stopped and looted the Pittsburgh & Northern Express. Ironically, he passed up half a million dollars in low-denomination bank notes for a heavy sack cotaining sixty-five-dollars' worth of Lincoln pennies!"
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 4:08:13 PM
Location:
Lewistown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
92
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Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #8, 1946
Description:
Here is the eighth 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 17. Photo Caption: "Miniature River. Across the grain of the Allegheny Mountains, the Blue Juniata has carved a spectacular hundred-mile thoroughfare for east-west traffic."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 4:10:37 PM
Location:
Mount Union, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
83
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #9, 1946
Description:
Here is the ninth 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 19. Photo Caption: "Spruce Creek Tunnel. When the Pennsylvania Railroad came, it left the route of the State Canal at Petersburg, to follow the windings of the Little Juniata to a new frontal assault on the divide. Spruce Creek Tunnel, pictured here, eliminated a long staple bend in the stream."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 4:12:57 PM
Location:
Spruce Creek, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel
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93
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Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #10, 1946
Description:
Here is the tenth 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 18. Etched originally by Devereux Dei. Caption: "Portage Railroad. In canal-boat days, the crest of the Alleghenies, west of Hollidaysburg, was breasted by a double-tracked rail system thirty-six miles long, making use of ten inclined planes. Westbound passengers were eased into the valley of the Conemaugh above Johnstown to continue their packet journey by that river and the Allegheny into Pittsburgh."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 4:15:11 PM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
77
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #11, 1946
Description:
Here is the 11th 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 20. Etched originally by Lauderbach. Caption: "Horseshoe Curve. With completion of the great Tunnel between the Juniata and Conemaugh watersheds in 1854, PRR passengers enjoyed, for the first time, the magnificent vista at Kittanning Point." Note the double-headed "Americans" pulling a six-car passenger train around the Curve to Gallitzin, Johnstown, and Pittsburgh.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/27/2017 4:17:36 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
140
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #12, 1946
Description:
Here is the 12th 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 21. Photo Caption: "In the Pack Saddle. Below Johnstown the waters of the Conemaugh swirl through the 'Pack Saddle,' a narrow defile whose steep slopes offered scant encouragement to survey engineers. Here the 'Baltimore Express' cants to a turn on the high embankment."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 12:14:22 AM
Location:
Johnstown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
152
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #13, 1946
Description:
Here is the 13th 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 22. Photo Caption: "Oil Creek. Purchase of the Oil Creek road and completion of the Philadelphia & Erie in 1866 gave Tom Scott's PRR a firm grip on the Pennsylvania oil trade. black crude was hauled in barrels on flatcars."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 12:17:38 AM
Location:
Oil City, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
172
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #14, 1946
Description:
Here is the 14th 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 23. Photo Caption: "Cleveland Coal Docks. Extensive merging of lines beyond Pittsburgh in the same year, forestalled Erie Railroad's bid for supremacy in the middle west. Joint operation with Cleveland & Pittsburgh offered Great Lakes' outlet for Monongahela coal."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 12:19:58 AM
Location:
Cleveland, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
190
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #15, 1946
Description:
Here is the 15th 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 24. Photo Caption: "Bellaire Nail Works. Upper Ohio Valley was already a smoking workshop when this photo was made some seventy years ago. Then, as now, PRR had trackage on both sides of the river, tapping the mills of Wheeling, Bellaire, and Steubenville."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 12:22:18 AM
Location:
Bellaire, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
154
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #16, 1946
Description:
Here is the 16th 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 25. Photo Caption: "Home of the Iron Horse. Multi-cupola enginehouse at Harrisburg was typical structure of the Middle-Eighties, when most motive power was actually sheltered between runs. Today, with huge locomotive studs operating on quick turnaround schedules, roundhouse stalls are generally assigned to engines being shopped."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 12:37:42 AM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
118
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #17, 1946
Description:
Here is the 17th 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 26. Photo Caption: "The Lonesome Train. The time: 1865; the place: Harrisburg; stop for the Lincoln Funeral Train, just in from Baltimore via the Northern Central. Ahead lay the long, sad journey to Springfield, Illinois."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 12:39:59 AM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
132
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #18, 1946
Description:
Here is the 18th 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 27. Photo Caption: "Harrisburg Interlude. Iron horses of four roads champ at the bit before the Pennsylvania depot. P&R engine with Millholland cab is at the extreme left. Next in order are Northern Central, PRR, and Cumberland Valley eight-wheelers."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 12:42:23 AM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
118
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #19, 1946
Description:
Here is the 19th 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 28. Photo Caption: "Columbus Train Shed. Squat towers add a dismal touch of gentility to the artless structure which served as the Ohio capital's first Union Depot. Note the broad-gauge horsecar at the crossing."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 12:44:38 AM
Location:
Columbus, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
129
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #20, 1946
Description:
Here is the 20th 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 29. Photo Caption: "Indianapolis Car Shops. Here, equipment of the PRR and its western affiliates was built and repaired. At right appears the red star of the Union Fast Freight Lines; beyond, an Indianapolis & Vincennes cabin car with gig-top lights."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 12:46:07 AM
Location:
Indianapolis, IN
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
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73
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #21, 1946
Description:
Here is the 21st 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 30. Photo Caption: "Signals. In the field of railroad signaling, no carrier has contributed more than PRR to the safe operation of trains. From the drover's horn down through baloon-, ball-, and banner-indications, the lower- and upper-quadrant semaphore, position light- and coded-cab-signals, the Standard Railroad of the World has kept abreast of latest developments. Today's train telephony carries this progressive record one step further."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 1:09:12 AM
Location:
McVeytown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
130
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #22, 1946
Description:
Here is the 22nd 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 31. Photo Caption: "Position Light Signals. First 'position light' signal? So it would seem from the 1864 date on this posted instruction sheet. Today, PRR uses more position light signals than any other railroad."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 1:10:39 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
107
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #23, 1946
Description:
Here is the 23rd 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 32. Photo Caption: "Ball Signals. Through truss Schuylkill Bridge, built as part of the Delaware Extension in 1861, displayed ball-signal indications to trains and river traffice, advising position of swing-span."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 1:12:33 AM
Location:
Norristown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
128
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #24, 1946
Description:
Here is the 24th 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 33. Photo Caption: "Over the Raritan. First PRR bridge across the Raritan River at New Brusnwick was this curious double-decked affair with draws above the Delaware & Raritan Canal. Photo, taken in 1866, shows Camden & Amboy 8-wheeler running light across it."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 1:14:07 AM
Location:
New Brunswick, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
219
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #25, 1946
Description:
Here is the 25th 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 34. Photo Caption: "Garden State Bridges. When the covered highway-and-railroad bridge across the Raritan was condemned, PRR built a combination stone-arch and iron-truss structure. A steel center section was later substituted for the spidery ironwork, as indicated in this 1910 photo."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 1:16:26 AM
Location:
New Brunswick, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
221
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Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #26, 1946
Description:
Here is the 26th 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 35. Photo Caption: "Garden State Bridges. Delaware Bridge at Trenton, completed in 1806, was reinforced for Camden & Amboy's single track thirty-six years later."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 1:17:56 AM
Location:
Trenton, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
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Views:
230
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #27, 1946
Description:
Here is the 27th 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 36. Photo Caption: "Stone and Timber. Contrary to general opinion, PRR's stone-arch bridges are among the newer structures on the line. Most of them were built to replace light steel spans well after the turn of the [20th] century."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 1:48:21 AM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
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95
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #28, 1946
Description:
Here is the 28th 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 37. Photo Caption: "Stone and Timber. Cumberland Valley Railroad originally reached Harrisburg over a long, deck-truss bridge whose timers were sheathed to protect them from the weather. Old covered highway crossing to the north was the subject for one of Joseph Pennell's most famous paintings."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 1:49:55 AM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
80
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #29, 1946
Description:
Here is the 29th 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 38. Photo Caption: "Covered Bridges. Trackage of the Philadelphia & Erie reached the railroad's eastern terminal at Sunbury, Pa., by means of two island-separated covered bridges spanning the North Branch of the Susquehanna River. In the central background is the mouth of the West Branch, spanned by a highway crossing."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 1:51:30 AM
Location:
Sunbury, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
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93
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #30, 1946
Description:
Here is the 30th 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 39. Photo Caption: "Arch and Truss. Considerably lighter than conventional truss structures, this form of bridge was widely used by the PRR in the Seventies. Official photographer's train has been spotted on Bridge No. 8 across the Little Juniata."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 1:53:05 AM
Location:
Birmingham, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
80
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0
Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #31, 1946
Description:
Here is the 31st 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 40. Photo Caption: "Conemaugh Aftermath. Devastating Johnstown Flood [of 31 May 1889] swept away PRR spans above the Steel City. This is the stone arch bridge which replaced them. The Conemaugh and its banks were still cluttered with debris ~ including rails, ties, and telegraph poles ~ when official photographer Jennings took the picture."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 1:54:40 AM
Location:
Johnstown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
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75
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Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #32, 1946
Description:
Here is the 32nd 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 41. Photo Caption: "Flexible-Beam Engine. Baldwin, whose engines are an inseparable part of the Pennsylvania tradition, made a fortune on the flexible-beam type driving wheel arrangement which permitted lateral play of two sets of drivers by means of a secondary, pivoted frame. This eliminated binding of the flanges on six- and eight-coupled freight haulers. Bellefonte & Snow Shoe Railroad's 3-spot made use of the design."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 2:20:38 AM
Location:
Bellefonte, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
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99
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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)
Views:
332
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Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #34, 1946
Description:
Here is the 34th 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 43. Photo Caption: "Poetry on Wheels. Lithe and handsome Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore 64 was as brightly colored as the Autumn landscape behind her. Note the wooden splice-bars aligning the rail in the foreground. They were used extensively by PRR for many years." Shown here is P.W.& B. engine #64, a 4-4-0 "American" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1853 and sold in 1865. It was named "True American."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 2:24:40 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 64(4-4-0)
Views:
506
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Title:
"Railroad" Centennial Album, Plate #35, 1946
Description:
Here is the 35th 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 44. Photo Caption: "High Stepper. Camden & Atlantic 13 was a typical Baldwin diamond stacker, built for fast passenger service across pine-wooded South Jersey." Shown here is C.& A. engine #13, a 4-4-0 "American" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1850 and retired in August of 1868. It was named "Clinton."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
3/28/2017 2:26:38 AM
Location:
Camden, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 13(4-4-0)
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422
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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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