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Viewing Album: PRR: "New Device 'Levels' Mountains" ~ SEP 1956
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
9/1/1956 - 9/1/1956
Album Info:
Here is a two-page article entitled "New Device 'Levels' Mountains." It was published originally in the September 1956 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, pages 4-5. No author is specified. "Pressure maintaining valve, now on PRR, saves time and work on steep grades."
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Title:
PRR "New Device 'Levels' Mountains," Page 4, 1956
Description:
Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "New Device 'Levels' Mountains." It was published originally in the September 1956 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 4. Top Photo Caption: "Freight train unequipped with Pressure Maintaining Valve comes down mountain with brake shoes smoking in winter test." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9573, a BF-15 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in March of 1949, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in December of 1963 after just 14 years of revenue service. In this context, it's heading a mixed-cargo freight train around the Horseshoe Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East.
Photo Date:
9/1/1956
Upload Date:
8/22/2022 6:48:46 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter
Locomotives:
PRR 9573(DR4-4-15)
Views:
164
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0
Title:
PR "New Device 'Levels' Mountains," Page 5, 1956
Description:
Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "New Device 'Levels' Mountains." It was published originally in the September 1956 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 5. Bottom Photo Caption: "At Enola, D. Hull installs device on brake valve; all diesel freight 'A' units have it."
Photo Date:
9/1/1956
Upload Date:
8/22/2022 6:50:06 PM
Location:
Enola, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
43
Comments:
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