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Viewing Album: PRR: "Trains" Centennial Issue ~ April 1946
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
4/15/1946 - 4/15/1946
Album Info:
Here are both covers and all of the substantive content of the "Trains" magazine for April of 1946, celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Pennsylvania Railroad. "The Pennsylvania Railroad hauls more freight and carries more passengers than any other railroad in the world . . . It operates more miles of track than any other American railroad, and moves the heaviest steam-hauled mainline traffic over the Alleghenies between Altoona and Pittsburgh." (Page 11)
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Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 28, 1946
Description:
Here is page 28 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the third page of a nine-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "The Era of Improvement." Photo Captions: "The upper shows end of sidings on a newly four-tracked stretch of main line near Lancaster, Pa. Lower shows junction of main line to Harrisburg and line to Columbia at Dillersville." [Note: Compare this with a recent photo on page 44.]
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/9/2019 1:59:28 PM
Location:
Lancaster, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Track
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Views:
265
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0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Front Cover, 1946
Description:
Here is the front cover of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. Cover Caption: "Pennsylvania Railroad Class T-1 locomotive. Courtesy Pennsylvania Railroad." Shown here is PRR engine #6110, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during April of 1942 and retired in December of 1953 after just 11 years of revenue service. This is the original T-1.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
4/16/2017 4:47:46 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6110(UNKNOWN)
Views:
566
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 3, 1946
Description:
Here is page three of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It provides the Table of Contents for the issue "Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania RR. Chartered April 13, 1846."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/1/2019 9:13:28 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:
223
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Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 10, 1946
Description:
Here is page ten of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the first page of a four-page camera study entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad: Keystone Vignettes." No author is specified. Pictured in the center is K-4S #5495. Pictured Clockwise From Top Left: K-4S #5442 heads a passenger train near Freeland, Maryland, in this photo by William Moedinger Jr.; GG-1 #4800 pulls a passenger train at an unidentified station; wartime crowds surge at New York's Penn Station; E-6S #198 rides the turntable in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in this photo by Harold M. Lambert; towerman's view from inside "K" Interlocking in Washington, DC; an M-1A enters the New Portage Tunnel in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, with an eastbound freight in this photo by H.W. Pontin; and an interior view of New York's Penn Station.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
4/16/2017 4:51:23 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel,Winter,Yard,Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5495(4-6-2)
PRR 5442(4-6-2)
PRR 4800(GG1)
PRR 198(4-4-2)
Views:
1114
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Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 11, 1946
Description:
Here is page 11 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the second page of a four-page camera study entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad: Keystone Vignettes." No author is specified. Pictured Clockwise From Top Left: S-2 #6200 photographed at an unidentified location; a mixed-cargo freight train captured at an unidentified location; partial view of the Passaic River Bridge in Newark, New Jersey; passenger cars await servicing at Sunnyside Yard in Long Island City, New York; E-6S #198 rides the turntable in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in this photo by Harold M. Lambert; and wartime crowds surge at New York's Penn Station.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
4/16/2017 4:55:14 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
PRR 198(4-4-2)
Views:
886
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 12, 1946
Description:
Here is page 12 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the third page of a four-page camera study entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad: Keystone Vignettes." No author is specified. Pictured Clockwise From Top Left: K-5 #5699 photographed at an unidentified location; railroader washing a locomotive's tender at an unknown location; "Atlantic" action at an unknown location; R-1 #4999 paces M-1A #6762 near Elizabeth, New Jersey, in this photo by W.R. Osborne; a triple-header hauls a coal train near Radnor, Pennsylvania, in 1911; freight cars on graceful arches pass over an unidentified river; and an exterior view of New York's Penn Station.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
4/16/2017 4:58:55 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5699(4-6-2)
PRR 4999(Steeple Cab)
PRR 6762(4-8-2)
Views:
701
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0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 13, 1946
Description:
Here is page 13 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the fourth page of a four-page camera study entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad: Keystone Vignettes." No author is specified. Pictured Clockwise From Top Left: Bundled-up railroader signaling at an unidentified location; K-4S #5385 heads a passenger train near Freeland, Maryland, in this photo by William Moedinger Jr.; a hostler and his female apprentice servicing a live steam locomotive at an unidentified location; GG-1 #4835 pulls a passenger train through Elizabeth, New Jersey, in this Herbert Weisberger photo; H-6A #2546 heads a triple-headed coal train near Radnor, Pennsylvania, in 1911; and railroad photographer H.W. Pontin (at left) aims his camera from atop Signal Bridge #2418 at the Horseshoe Curve in this 1940 photo by Harry T. Sohlberg.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
4/16/2017 5:02:31 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
644
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 15, 1946
Description:
Here is page 15 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the second page of a ten-page story by Mr. Edwin P. Alexander entitled "Beginnings of a Railroad."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/5/2019 2:18:51 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
235
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 14, 1946
Description:
Here is page 14 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the first page of a ten-page story by Mr. Edwin P. Alexander entitled "Beginnings of a Railroad." Top Photo, Partial Caption: "Among the earlier companies which became a part of the Pennsylvania Railroad was Camden & Amboy, one of the oldest American railroads. This 1854 photo shows a C&A train pulled by its historic locomotive, John Bull." Bottom Photo: Shown here is the Pennsylvania Railroad's engine named "Juniata," a 4-4-0 "American" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1849, later rechristened number "7," and retired in March of 1872 after 23 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/5/2019 2:24:11 AM
Location:
Union Furnace, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR JOHNBULL(2-4-0)
PRR JUNIATA(4-4-0)
Views:
633
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0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 16, 1946
Description:
Here is page 16 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the third page of a ten-page story by Mr. Edwin P. Alexander entitled "Beginnings of a Railroad." Depicted here is the first iteration of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Broad Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1881.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/5/2019 2:29:36 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
235
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 17, 1946
Description:
Here is page 17 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the fourth page of a ten-page story by Mr. Edwin P. Alexcnder entitled "Beginnings of a Railroad." Top Photo: Shown here is the Pennsylvania Railroad's station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War. Technical Correction: "On September 17, 1850, the line was opened to the Mountain House, a mile [west] of Hollidaysburg, where connection tas made with the state-owned New Portage Railroad [at New Portage Junction ~ aka 'the Wye Switches' ~ in Duncansville] on October 1."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/6/2019 12:54:40 PM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
224
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 18, 1946
Description:
Here is page 18 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the fifth page of a ten-page story by Mr. Edwin P. Amexander entitled "Beginnings of a Railroad." Depicted here is J. Edgar Thompson, the third president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (3 February 1852-27 May 1874).
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/6/2019 1:00:45 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
163
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 19, 1946
Description:
Here is page 19 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the sixth page of a ten-page story by Mr. Edwin P. Alexander entjtled "Beginnings of a Railroad." Depicted here is Thomas A. Scott, the fourth president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (3 June 1874-1 June 1880).
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/6/2019 1:04:45 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ay
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
167
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 20, 1946
Description:
Here is page 20 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the seventh page of a ten-page story by Mr. Edwin P. Alexander entitled "Beginnings of a Railroad." Top Photo Caption: "The old reversed photo on Horseshoe Curve shows a train typical of the 1880's on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The neat cap-stacked engines were characteristic of the road." Photo by William H. Rau. Shown here is PRR engine #601, a D-11A (4-4-0) "American" built in the Altoona Machine Shops during 1886 and retired in July of 1907 after 21 years of service. Bottom Left-Hand Photo: Shown here is the Camden & Amboy's "John Bull."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/7/2019 8:07:54 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
559
Comments:
1
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 21, 1946
Description:
Here is page 21 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the eighth page of a ten-page story by Mr. Edwin P. Alexander entitled "Beginnings of a Railroad." Bottom Right-Hand Photo: Shown here is Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad 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:
6/7/2019 8:28:31 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 64(4-4-0)
Views:
353
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 22, 1946
Description:
Here is page 22 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the ninth page of a ten-page story by Mr. Edwin P. Alexander entitled "Beginnings of a Railroad." Top Photo Caption: "The first Pennsylvania Railroad bridge acorss the Susquehanna at Rockville, above Harrisburg, was this structure with wooden spans built on the Heur plan and supported on masonry piers. It was partly destroyed by fire in 1868 and rebuilt. Iron trusses replaced it in 1877, and stone masonry in 1902." Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "The main line (at Conemaugh, Pa.) in Civil War days was a line of stub switches and light rail."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/7/2019 8:35:11 AM
Location:
Rockville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
190
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 23, 1946
Description:
Here is page 23 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the tenth page of a ten-page story by Mr. Edwin P. Alexander entitled "Beginnings of a Railroad." Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "The old Pittsburgh Union Station was opened in 1865 and destroyed by fire during the riots of 1877. It was replaced by a brick two-story structure, and later by the present station during the Cassatt era, 1901." Top Photo: Visible in the foreground is a small portion of the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal in this photo taken from the eastern bank of the Susquehanna River near Rockville, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/7/2019 8:41:48 AM
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
227
Comments:
1
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 24, 1946
Description:
Here is page 24 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the first page of a two-page map of the Pennsylvania Railroad System, composed by Mr. A.J. Timler.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/5/2019 2:28:09 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
210
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 25, 1946
Description:
Here is page 25 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the second page of a two-page map of the Pennsylvania Railroad System, composed by Mr. A.J. Timler.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/5/2019 2:32:23 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
176
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 26, 1946
Description:
Here is page 26 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the first page of a nine-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "The Era of Improvement." Revised Caption: "Shortly after the turn of the [20th] century, a bevy of light Atlantics and Americans stand ready at West Philadelphia engine terminal for evening suburban rush hour service."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/9/2019 1:51:43 PM
Location:
West Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
191
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 27, 1946
Description:
Here is page 27 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the second page of a nine-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "The Era of Improvement." Revised Caption: "Shortly after the turn of the [20th] century, a bevy of light Atlantics and Americans stand ready at West Philadelphia engine terminal for evening suburban rush hour service."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/9/2019 1:55:20 PM
Location:
West Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
188
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 29, 1946
Description:
Here is page 29 of the April 1946 issue of]"Trains" magazine. It's the fourth page of a nine-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "The Era of Improvement." Photo Caption: "Old Broad Street Station at Philadelphha was the nerve center of the system."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/12/2019 1:36:15 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
176
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 30, 1946
Description:
Here is page 30 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the gifth page of a nine-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "The Era of Improvement." Photo Caption: "An afternoon local out from Philadelphia passes a light freight train on the main line west of the city. This was taken in 1905, and the open-platform wooden coaches of the local are pulled by a 4-4-0 of the classic D-16 design." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroaa engine #96, a D-16A (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata during 1897, rebuilt as a D-16 in January of 1904, renumbered "096" after July of 1910, and retired in July of 1922 after 25 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/12/2019 1:41:44 AM
Location:
Narberth, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 96(4-4-0)
Views:
372
Comments:
1
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Pages 30-31, 1946
Description:
Here are pages 30-31 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. They're the fifth and sixth pages of a nine-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "The Era of Improvement." Photo Caption: "An afternoon local out from Philadelphia passes a light freight train on the main line west of the city. This was taken in 1905, and the open-platform wooden coaches of the local are pulled by a 4-4-0 of the classic D-16 design." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #96, a D-16A (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata during 1897, rebuilt as a D-16 in January of 1904, renumbered "096" after July of 1910, and retired in July of 1922 after 25 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/12/2019 3:00:56 PM
Location:
Narberth, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 96(4-4-0)
Views:
323
Comments:
1
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 32, 1946
Description:
Here is page 32 of the April 1946 issue Pf "Trains" magazine. It's the seventh page of a nine-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "The Era of Improvement." Photo Caption: "The Susquehanna River near Harrisxurg was one of the first natural obstacles encountered by the new Pennsylvania Railroad. First bridge had wooden arches, next one iron trusses. Present 3820-foot, four-tkack, stone-arch bridge was opened in 1902." Photo by Theo. A. Gay. Shown here is PRR engine #8134, an L-1S (2-8-2) "Mikado" built by the Lima Locomotive Works as numbep "7117" during November of 1917, renumbered "8134" in July of 1918, and retired in August of 1950 after 33 years of faithful service. In this context, it's pulling a mixgd-cargo freight train across the Bridge on its way to the Enola Yards.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/13/2019 12:31:30 PM
Location:
Marysville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 8134(2-8-2)
Views:
201
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue,%Page 33, 1946
Description:
Here is page 33 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the eighth page of a nine-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "The Era of Improvement." Bottom Photo, Revised Caption: "The old Pennsylvania Limited in its gay plumage of cream, jade green, chocolate brown, and maroon is shown coming past [PR] Tower" on its wcy westward to Altoona. Photo by William H. Rau. Shown here is PRR engine #174, a D-16A (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata as a D-16 during 1895, rebuilt as a D-16A in July hf 1897, and retired in February of 1918 after 23 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/13/2019 12:36:38 PM
Location:
Marysville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 174(4-4-0)
Views:
297
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 40, 1946
Description:
Here is page 40 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the first page of an eight-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "Epoch of Electrification." Photo Caption: "A New York bound train about ready to leave Washington Union Station behind one of the GG-1 electric locomotives. Service between New York and Washington is every hour and oftener, New York-Philadelphia is every 30 minutes."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/18/2019 10:23:49 AM
Location:
Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
169
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0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 41, 1946
Description:
Here is page 41 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the second page of an eight-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "Epoch of Electrification." Partial Caption: "A New York bound train about ready to leave Washington Union Station behind one of the GG-1 electric locomotives." Photo by H.W. Pontin. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4831, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during June of 1935, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after 31 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/18/2019 10:30:26 AM
Location:
Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4831(GG1)
Views:
460
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 42, 1946
Description:
Here is page 42 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the third page of an eight-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "Epoch of Electrification." Photo Captions: "A major operation in the epoch of electrification was the construction of new tunnels in Baltimore. Old tunnel at left was converted from double to single track to give more clearance. Two P-5's doublehead freight below on four-track main." Bottom photo by W.R. Osborne.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/18/2019 12:44:44 PM
Location:
Baltimore Penn Stati, MD
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
404
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 44, 1946
Description:
Here is page 44 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the fifth page of an eight-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "Epoch of Electrification." Top Left-Hand Photo Caption: "Compare the picture of Dillerville curve with the older view on page 28. Curve has since been relocated toward the right to allow higher speeds." Photo by Wm. Moedinger, Jr.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/19/2019 4:47:51 PM
Location:
Lancaster, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
267
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0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 45, 1946
Description:
Here is page 45 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the sixth page of an eight-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "Epoch of Electrification." Bottom Photo Caption: "The new Newark Station became almost at once a transportation center for that city, served not only by mainline Pennsylvania Railroad trains but by Hudson & Manhattan tubes and by local streetcar, subway, and bus lines." Top Right-Hand Photo Caption: "Just outside of the station on the run toward New York is the new lift bridge over the Passaic River. This is the three-track mainline bridge." Photo by Thomas Emden.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/19/2019 4:53:17 PM
Location:
Newark, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
229
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0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 46, 1946
Description:
Here is page 46 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the seventh page of an eight-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "Epoch of Electrification." Caption For Both Photos: "The war-born need for more steam power brought forth the 2-10-4 Class J-1, and long-range experiments on steam power brought forth the T-1 4-4-4-4 passenger locomotives, also shown on cover." Both photos by R.J. Foster.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/21/2019 8:34:29 AM
Location:
East St. Louis, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
184
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 47, 1946
Description:
Here is page 47 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the eighth page of an eight-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "Epoch of Electrification." Top Photo Caption: "Steam locomotives pulling freight on the electrified lines were greeted with loud cheers by steam fans, but the plans actually anticipated this as a much more efficient way of meeting exceptional traffic peaks than to provide excess generating capacity." Photo by C.A. Brown. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3631, an L-1S (2-8-2) "Mikado" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during March of 1916 and retired in April of 1955 after 39 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/21/2019 8:41:43 AM
Location:
Newark, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 3631(2-8-2)
Views:
304
Comments:
1
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 48, 1946
Description:
Here is page 48 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the first page of a two-page story entitled "Signaling." No author is specified. Delineated on the left are the aspects, names, and indications of various Pennsylvania Railroad position-light signals.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
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6/3/2019 3:27:37 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Signal
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Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 49, 1946
Description:
Here is page 49 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the second page of a two-page story entitled "Signaling." No author is specified. Prominent in the top photo is the Pennsylvania Railroad's Signal Bridge #496, while the lower right-hand photo was taken in the cab of a GG-1.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/3/2019 3:24:32 PM
Location:
McVeytown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
InCab,Signal
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231
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Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 51, 1946
Description:
Here is page 51 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the second page of a four-page review of Mr. Edward Hungerford's 1945 book entitled "A Railroad For Tomorrow." The reviewer is Professor Richard C. Overton of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Caption: "Under the Hungerford plan, many lines are rearranged to take advantage of favorable combinations of railroad. For instance, in New England the Hoosac Tunnel portion of the Boston & Maine's Boston-Albany line is combined with the easy eastern portion of the Boston & Albany. The book includes nine main line and terminal maps."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
7/17/2019 10:47:17 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 52 1946
Description:
Here is page 52 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the third page of a four-page review of Mr. Edward Hungerford's 1945 book entitled "A Railroad For Tomorrow." The reviewer is Professor Richard C. Overton of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
7/17/2019 10:51:18 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:
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158
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Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 53 1946
Description:
Here is page 53 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the fourth page of a four-page review of Mr. Edward Hungerford's 1945 book entitled "A Railroad For Tomorrow." The reviewer is Professor Richard C. Overton of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Caption: "Edward Hungerford designed his own two-coach unit for daytime passenger service on the railroad of tomorrow. Outstanding feature is a kitchenette in the center of each double-car from which light meals are served to passengers at their seats. The private rooms may be reserved for the use of family or businessmen's groups."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
7/17/2019 10:57:37 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
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149
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0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 57, 1946
Description:
Here is page 57 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. Noteable on the left is a half-page article by Mr. Joe Fox entitled "Gauge . . . and Guess." The final paragraph reads: "It is a curious thing to reflect upon the possibility that our modern railroads thunder over rails whose gauge was decided by a craftsman over two-thousand years ago who perhaps worked out the best axle width for animal power."
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/1/2019 8:50:25 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 31, 1946
Description:
Here is page 31 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the sixth page of a nine-page story by Mr. A.C. Kalmbach entitled "The Era of Improvement." Photo Caption: "An afternoon local out from Philadelphia passes a light freight train on the main line west of the city. This was taken in 1905, and the open-platform wooden coaches of the local ard pulled by a 4-4-0 of the classic D-16 design." The road number of the freight locomotive is not recorded. Visible on the right is Semaphore Signal #72.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
6/12/2019 1:47:18 AM
Location:
Narberth, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
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194
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