PRR 612, K-4SA, 1957

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Robert Hess	General	This photo was taken on October 20, 1957 during a steam excursion sponsered by the Branford Electric Railway Association. No. 612 replaced a GG1 which handled the train from Penn station, NY to South Amboy, NJ. The train then proceeded over the New York & Long Branch RR to Sea Girt, then the Freehold branch to Jamesburg and finally the Amboy branch returning to South Amboy, where a GG1 took over again. Here 612 and train are on a siding in a small yard at Asbury Park, where the train stopped for abot 50 minutes to allow the fans to get lunch.	7/4/2021 8:45:31 AM

PRR 612, K-4SA, 1957
Coal Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on 20 October 1957. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #612, a K-4SA (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata as a K-4S during April of 1917, later equipped with a front-end throttle and reclassified as a K-4SA, and retired in April of 1958 after 41 years of faithful service.
Date: 10/20/1957	Location: Asbury Park, NJ Map	Views: 353	Collection Of: Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 612(4-6-2)			Author: Thomas C. Ayers

Picture Categories: Steam,Passenger		This picture is part of album: PRR: Pennsy Coal Power ~ 1900-1968

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