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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Type: MofW Equipment
User Notes:   Clearance Car

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PRR "The 'Cat's Whiskers,'" Page 10, 1954
Title:  PRR "The 'Cat's Whiskers,'" Page 10, 1954
Description:  Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "The 'Cat's Whiskers.'" It was published originally in the February 1954 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 10. Top Photo Caption: "Clearance car, with 'whiskers' extended, measures Radebaugh Tunnel. Car covers entire System every four years." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8850, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower.
Photo Date:  2/1/1954  Upload Date: 5/4/2022 10:25:54 PM
Location:  Radebaugh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Tunnel
Locomotives:  PRR 8850(RS3)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
PRR "The 'Cat's Whiskers,'" Page 11, 1954
Title:  PRR "The 'Cat's Whiskers,'" Page 11, 1954
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "The 'Cat's Whiskers.'" It was published originally in the February 1954 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 11. "These photos show PRR men at work in Clearance Car #497125."
Photo Date:  2/1/1954  Upload Date: 1/14/2025 6:09:10 AM
Location:  Radebaugh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  37   Comments: 0
PRR "Clearance Car," #1 of 3, c. 1956
Title:  PRR "Clearance Car," #1 of 3, c. 1956
Description:  Here is the first of three original 35mm color slides of Pennsylvania Railroad "Clearance Car" #497125. The names of the photographer and the Railroader pictured here, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/15/1956  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 9:11:40 AM
Location:  Cascade, OR
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  8   Comments: 0
PRR "Clearance Car," #2 of 3, c. 1956
Title:  PRR "Clearance Car," #2 of 3, c. 1956
Description:  Here is the second of three original 35mm color slides of Pennsylvania Railroad "Clearance Car" #497125. The names of the photographer, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/15/1956  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 9:12:10 AM
Location:  Cascade, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  7   Comments: 0
PRR "Clearance Car," #3 of 3, c. 1956
Title:  PRR "Clearance Car," #3 of 3, c. 1956
Description:  Here is the third of three original 35mm color slides of Pennsylvania Railroad "Clearance Car" #497125. The names of the photographer and the Railroader pictured here, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/15/1956  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 9:12:35 AM
Location:  Cascade, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  8   Comments: 0
"Raise The Roof Or Lower The Track," Page 12, 1964
Title:  "Raise The Roof Or Lower The Track," Page 12, 1964
Description:  Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "Raise The Roof Or Lower The Track." It was published originally in the May-June 1964 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 12. Top Left-Hand Photo Caption: "In photo at left, ceiling is chipped away in the Radebaugh tunnel, near Greensburg, Pa." Bottom left-hand photo shows a partial view of PRR Clearance Car #497125.
Photo Date:  5/1/1964  Upload Date: 12/6/2019 6:34:01 AM
Location:  Radebaugh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Tunnel,Winter
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Views:  308   Comments: 0
PRR "Clearance Car," c. 1966
Title:  PRR "Clearance Car," c. 1966
Description:  Here is an original 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad "Clearance Car" #497125 in transit. It's being pulled by PRR engine #7862, a BS-6A switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as number "5962" in March of 1948, rated at 660 horsepower, and renumbered "7862" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/15/1966  Upload Date: 1/14/2025 4:55:00 AM
Location:  Morgan, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge
Locomotives:  PRR 7862(DS44-660)
Views:  28   Comments: 0
PRR 497125 - Cleareance Car
Title:  PRR 497125 - Cleareance Car
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2011  Upload Date: 8/3/2011 6:11:18 PM
Location:  Geigertown, PA
Author:  R. A. Lowry
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  811   Comments: 0
PRR 497125 - Clearance Car
Title:  PRR 497125 - Clearance Car
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2011  Upload Date: 8/3/2011 6:09:54 PM
Location:  Geigertown, PA
Author:  R. A. Lowry
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1196   Comments: 0


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