PRR 6723, M-1A, #2 of 4, 1953         
Mann. Here is the second of four successive duplicate 35mm color slides of photos taken by John M. Prophet III on 16 October 1953. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6723, an M-1A (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during June of 1930 and retired in December of 1955 after 25 years of faithful service. In this context, it's pulling a train of empty hopper cars along the left-to-right flowing Susquehanna River near BANKS Tower and Marysville, Pennsylvania. The train will parallel the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers on a water-level route all the way to Altoona and the Allegheny Mountains. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Date: 10/16/1953 Location: Marysville, PA   Map Show Marysville on a rail map Views: 104 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 6723(4-8-2)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 6723, M-1A, #2 of 4, 1953
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