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PRR 6556, C-1, 1925 |
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Portraits 7. Here is a steam locomotive portrait of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6556, a C-1 (0-8-0) switcher built in Juniata during May of 1925 and retired in January of 1949 after 24 years of faithful service. The photographer's name is not recorded. (#1 of 20) |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1925 Upload Date: 10/20/2021 7:33:31 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6556(0-8-0) |
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PRR "Modern Cars And Locomotives: 1926," Page 8 |
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Here is page eight of a 15-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "Modern Cars And Locomotives: 1926." Depicted here are PRR engines #6556, #3976-3977, and #3914-3915. All were built in Juniata. Engine #6556 is a C-1 (0-8-0) switcher built in May of 1925 and retired in January of 1949. Engines #3976-3977 are DD-1's (2-B+B-2) built in July of 1910 and rated at 3,160 horsepower; #3976 was transferred to the Long Island Rail Road in April of 1928 and renumbered "350-B," but #3977 was retired in January of 1949. Engines #3914-3915 are B-1 (C) electric switchers built in June of 1926 and rated at 570 horsepower each; #3914 was retired in December of 1962, while #3915 was retired in January of 1963. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1926 Upload Date: 6/28/2022 10:46:29 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6556(0-8-0) PRR 3976(Boxcab) PRR 3977(Boxcab) PRR 3914(Boxcab) PRR 3915(Boxcab) |
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PRR "Modern Locomotives And Cars: 1939," Page 12 |
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Here is page 12 of a 30-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "Modern Locomotives And Cars: 1939." Depicted here are PRR engines #4179 and #6556. Both were built in Juniata. Engine #4179 is a B-6SB (0-6-0) switcher built during March of 1924 and retired in 1955. Engine #6556 is a C-1 (0-8-0) switcher built in May of 1925 and retired in January of 1949. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1939 Upload Date: 7/11/2020 1:11:06 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4179(0-6-0) PRR 6556(0-8-0) |
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| Title: |
Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 741, 1949 |
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Here is a photo from page 741 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: "Class C-1 locomotive, for heavy switching and hump service. Designed in 1924." Shown here is PRR engine #6556, a C-1 (0-8-0) switcher built in Juniata during May of 1925 and retired in January of 1949 after 24 years of faithful service. |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1949 Upload Date: 9/7/2017 3:13:21 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6556(0-8-0) |
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