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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW 4-8-2Built As:PRR 6715 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:61303Order No:
Frame Number:27X30 cylinders, 72" driversBuilt:4/1930
Notes:PRR Class M-1B.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 6715(4-8-2)
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PRR 6715, M-1A, 1946
Title:  PRR 6715, M-1A, 1946
Description:  Price. Here is a photo by Bill Price that was taken near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, on 7 October 1946. Caption On Reverse: "EB Coal Train." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6715, an M-1A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an M-1A during April of 1930, rebuilt in Juniata as an M-1B by 1953, and retired in September of 1959 after 29 years of faithful service. It's passing the Huntingdon Icing Plant with a mineral train out of Altoona bound for East Coast markets. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  10/7/1946  Upload Date: 6/12/2021 10:51:36 AM
Location:  Huntingdon, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6715(4-8-2)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
PRR 6715, M-1B, 1956
Title:  PRR 6715, M-1B, 1956
Description:  SFM. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Enola, Pennsylvania, on 8 October 1956. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6715 and another locomotive whose number is not recorded. #6715 is an M-1B (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an M-1A during April of 1930, rebuilt in Juniata as an M-1B by 1953, and retired in September of 1959 after 29 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  10/8/1956  Upload Date: 9/26/2018 1:56:04 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6715(4-8-2)
Views:  503   Comments: 2


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