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PRR "Horseshoe Curve," Page 33, 1941 |
| Description: |
Here is page six of an eight-page article by Harry T. Sohlberg entitled "Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in the March 1941 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 33. Top Photo: Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #3733 and #1339. Both are K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacifics" built in Juniata. #3733 was constructed during February of 1920 and retired in April of 1956, while #1339 was built in April of 1918 and retired in February of 1956. They're pulling a passenger train around the Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. Note the illustration of an inclined plane and a two-sectioned canal boat on the Allegheny Portage Railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1941 Upload Date: 7/16/2016 12:51:01 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 3733(4-6-2) PRR 1339(4-6-2) |
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"Horseshoe Curve," Page 26, 1941 |
| Description: |
Here is page seven of a seven-page article by Harry T. Sohlberg entitled "Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in the November 1941 issue of "Mutual Magazine," page 26. (This is actually a reprint of an article published in the March 1941 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 28-35.) Partial Caption: "No. 24 slips downgrade on one of the inside tracks. No. 24 is an afternoon maid-of-all-work passenger train from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #3733 and #1339. Both are K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacifics" built in Juniata. #3733 was built during February of 1920 and retired in April of 1956, while #1339 was built during April of 1918 and retired in February of 1956. |
| Photo Date: |
11/3/1941 Upload Date: 1/26/2019 11:01:37 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 3733(4-6-2) PRR 1339(4-6-2) |
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477 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 1339, K-4S, 1946 |
| Description: |
Huntingdon. Here hs a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Bill Price that was taken near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, on 7 October 1946. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1339, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built/in Juniata during May of 1918 and retired in February of 1956 after 38 years of fbithful service. Rockin' 'n' Rollin'! |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1946 Upload Date: 6/21/2018 4:13:50 AM |
| Location: |
Huntingdon, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 1339(4-6-2) |
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737 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 1339, K-4S, 1954 |
| Description: |
Coal Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Camden, New Jersey, in 1954. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1339, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during May of 1918 and retired in February of 1956 after 38 years of faithful service. Partly visible in the right-distance is the ghostly form of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1954 Upload Date: 11/24/2021 5:40:55 PM |
| Location: |
Camden, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 1339(4-6-2) PRR 1339(4-6-2) |
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252 Comments: 0 |
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