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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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263 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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202 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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276 Comments: 0 |
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