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PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Title:  PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:  Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. Partially visible at the left is PRR engine #2115, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1902 and retired in June of 1927 after 25 years of faithful service. William E Burket Collection.
Photo Date:  11/6/1916  Upload Date: 3/8/2025 10:16:31 PM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:  PRR 2115(2-8-0)
Views:  18   Comments: 0
PRR "Allegheny Portage Railroad," Page 52, 1997
Title:  PRR "Allegheny Portage Railroad," Page 52, 1997
Description:  Here is page 14 of an 18-page excerpt from Charles S. Roberts' 1997 book entitled "Triumph I: Altoona To Pitcairn 1846-1996," page 52. The photo and text provide details of a runaway-train wreck that occurred on the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Branch line in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. Partially visible at the far right is PRR engine #2115, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in June of 1902 and retired in June of 1927 after 25 years of faithful service. (For more on this, see my RRPA album entitled "Wreck At New Portage Junction ~ NOV 1916" at http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=116648)
Photo Date:  1/1/1997  Upload Date: 10/15/2022 10:47:21 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:  PRR 2115(2-8-0)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
WAB 2-8-0 2324 - Wabash Railway
Title:  WAB 2-8-0 2324 - Wabash Railway
Description:  WAB 2324 was part of a 30 unit order built by Burnham, Williams & Co (predecessor of Baldwin Locomotive Works) as a class H-7 for the Wheeling & Lake Erie RR. The locomotive had 58” drivers and an overall engine/tender wheelbase of 57.87”. During the 1920’s, Wabash had acquired these units, supercharged them creating class I3s units. Although these short-haul engines didn’t gain much power, fuel economy may have been the reason behind the upgrade.
Photo Date:  7/6/1937  Upload Date: 2/13/2013 1:42:10 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  WAB 2324(2-8-0)
Views:  485   Comments: 1
WAB 2-8-0 2324 - Wabash Railway
Title:  WAB 2-8-0 2324 - Wabash Railway
Description:  The location and actual date were notlisted for this photo of Wabash #2324 so the date and location from the previous shot was used.
Photo Date:  7/5/1943  Upload Date: 2/13/2013 1:42:12 PM
Location:  Peru, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  WAB 2324(2-8-0)
Views:  493   Comments: 1
WAB 2-8-0 2325 - Wabash Railway
Title:  WAB 2-8-0 2325 - Wabash Railway
Description:  Just like its sister WAB #2324 in the previous photos, WAB 2325 was part of a 30 unit order built by Burnham, Williams & Co (predecessor of Baldwin Locomotive Works) as a class H-7 for the Wheeling & Lake Erie RR. The locomotive had 58” drivers and an overall engine/tender wheelbase of 57.87”. During the 1920’s, Wabash had acquired these units, supercharged them creating class I3s units. Although these short-haul engines didn’t gain much power, fuel economy may have been the reason behind the upgrade.
Photo Date:  5/2/1938  Upload Date: 2/13/2013 1:42:03 PM
Location:  Toledo, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  WAB 2325(2-8-0)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
WAB 2-8-0 2325 - Wabash Railway
Title:  WAB 2-8-0 2325 - Wabash Railway
Description:  The dutiful engineer is oiling his drivers while stopped. Note the two cabooses behind, the latter one looks like a wooden Wabash caboose while the closer one appears to be a steel clad one.
Photo Date:  2/24/1943  Upload Date: 2/13/2013 1:42:08 PM
Location:  Peru, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  WAB 2325(2-8-0)
Views:  766   Comments: 0
WAB 2-8-0 2325 - Wabash Railway
Title:  WAB 2-8-0 2325 - Wabash Railway
Description:  By the time this photo of Wabash 2325 was taken, it's definitely showing its age. This photo was taken by Clyde L. Harper of Wabash, IN.
Photo Date:  7/5/1943  Upload Date: 2/13/2013 1:42:06 PM
Location:  Peru, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  WAB 2325(2-8-0)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
PRR 2356, H-6A, 1931
Title:  PRR 2356, H-6A, 1931
Description:  Here is an original photo by W.J.B. Gwinn that was taken in Aetnaville, Ohio, on 15 July 1931. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania RR. Co. 2356 2-8-0 type steam locomotive on the third section of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train unloading animals near Aetnaville, Ohio, Jul. 15, 1931." Visible at the right is PRR engine #2356, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1903 and retired in March of 1933 after 30 years of faithful service. ("Hammel611" B; #2 of 2)
Photo Date:  7/15/1931  Upload Date: 4/24/2022 5:32:05 PM
Location:  Aetnaville, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 2356(2-8-0)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
PRR 2366, H-6SA, 1922
Title:  PRR 2366, H-6SA, 1922
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in the Meadows Yard near Kearny, New Jersey, in September of 1922. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2366, an H-6SA (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an H-6A during 1903, rebuilt in Juniata as an H-6SA in January of 1919, and retired in April of 1930 after 27 years of faithful service. Harold K. Vollrath Collection.
Photo Date:  9/22/1922  Upload Date: 4/19/2019 8:16:24 AM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 2366(2-8-0)
Views:  358   Comments: 1
Tale Of #2500, #1 of 3, c. 1925
Title:  Tale Of #2500, #1 of 3, c. 1925
Description:  Here is the first of three vintage postal cards depicting the tale of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2500, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1903 and retired in January of 1929 after 26 years of service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  5/25/1925  Upload Date: 3/14/2018 2:39:22 AM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:  PRR 2500(2-8-0)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
Tale Of #2500, #2 of 3, c. 1925
Title:  Tale Of #2500, #2 of 3, c. 1925
Description:  Here is the second of three vintage postal cards depicting the tale of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2500, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1903 and retired in January of 1929 after 26 years of service. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  5/25/1925  Upload Date: 3/14/2018 2:40:23 AM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:  PRR 2500(2-8-0)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
Tale Of #2500, #3 of 3, c. 1925
Title:  Tale Of #2500, #3 of 3, c. 1925
Description:  Here is the third of three vintage postal cards depicting the tale of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2500, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1903 and retired in January of 1929 after 26 years of service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  5/25/1925  Upload Date: 3/14/2018 2:41:15 AM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:  PRR 2500(2-8-0)
Views:  357   Comments: 0
SP Consolidations in the Port Costa yard
Title:  SP Consolidations in the Port Costa yard
Description:  Al Chione set
Photo Date:  2/3/1951  Upload Date: 12/17/2021 6:33:09 PM
Location:  Port Costa, CA
Author:  Al Chione
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  SP 2765(2-8-0) SP 2514(2-8-0) SP 2756(2-8-0)
Views:  371   Comments: 1
SP 2516 on work train
Title:  SP 2516 on work train
Description:  Tom Gildersleeve set
Photo Date:  8/9/1948  Upload Date: 5/6/2024 8:53:04 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Tom Gildersleeve
Categories:  Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  SP 2516(2-8-0)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
1395-15 Arizona Vacation Trip
Title:  1395-15 Arizona Vacation Trip
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/28/1986  Upload Date: 7/18/2007 8:11:43 PM
Location:  Yuma, AZ
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2521(2-8-0)
Views:  1387   Comments: 0
1395-16 Arizona Vacation Trip
Title:  1395-16 Arizona Vacation Trip
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/28/1986  Upload Date: 8/30/2010 7:55:56 AM
Location:  Yuma, AZ
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2521(2-8-0)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
1395-17 Arizona Vacation Trip
Title:  1395-17 Arizona Vacation Trip
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/28/1986  Upload Date: 8/30/2010 7:56:21 AM
Location:  Yuma, AZ
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2521(2-8-0)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific Steam
Title:  Southern Pacific Steam
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/3/2013  Upload Date: 1/5/2013 3:28:39 AM
Location:  Yuma, AZ
Author:  Liam Hart
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2521(2-8-0)
Views:  297   Comments: 1
Numbers
Title:  Numbers
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/6/2013 2:16:45 PM
Location:  Yuma, AZ
Author:  Liam Hart
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2521(2-8-0)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
Valve Motion
Title:  Valve Motion
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/6/2013 2:17:40 PM
Location:  Yuma, AZ
Author:  Liam Hart
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2521(2-8-0)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
Classic C-9
Title:  Classic C-9
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/6/2013 2:23:37 PM
Location:  Yuma, AZ
Author:  Liam Hart
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2521(2-8-0)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
SP 2521
Title:  SP 2521
Description:  Baldwin 2-8-0 "Consolidation" at the Pivot Point Park, Yuma, Arizona
Photo Date:  10/20/2014  Upload Date: 10/23/2014 9:47:46 PM
Location:  Yuma, AZ
Author:  Michael Denis Fabbrini
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2521(2-8-0)
Views:  594   Comments: 0
SP 2521
Title:  SP 2521
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2017  Upload Date: 7/31/2023 11:02:50 AM
Location:  Yuma, AZ
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2521(2-8-0)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
PRR 2-8-0 #2546 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR 2-8-0 #2546 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  Still hissing steam, PRR #2546 stands back to back with another loco in the yard. Bud Laws photo.
Photo Date:  4/5/1931  Upload Date: 8/21/2013 6:59:06 AM
Location:  Chambersburg, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2546(2-8-0)
Views:  615   Comments: 0
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 13, 1946
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:  PRR 4835(GG1) PRR 2546(2-8-0) PRR 5385(4-6-2)
Views:  757   Comments: 0
"Once Upon The Pennsy," Page 52, 1953
Title:  "Once Upon The Pennsy," Page 52, 1953
Description:  Here is page one of a four-page camera study by Frederick Westing entitled "Once Upon The Pennsy." It was published originally in the February 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 52. Top Photo Caption: "The grace and glory of early 20th century varnish is caught up in this shot of the 'Pennsylvania Special' on its second westbound trip on June 16, 1902, as Engineer Martin H. Lee whips his classic D-16a through Morrisville, Pa., at 85 miles an hour." Shown here is PRR engine #1395, a D-16A (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata during May of 1898, rebuilt as a D-16 in October of 1911, and retired in March of 1923. Bottom Photo: Leading this triple-header near Radnor in 1911 is PRR engine #2546, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in March of 1905 and retired in November of 1933.
Photo Date:  2/1/1953  Upload Date: 9/6/2019 3:30:02 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 2546(2-8-0) PRR 1395(4-4-0)
Views:  579   Comments: 0
SP Signals
Title:  SP Signals
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/18/2005 10:36:48 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
SP 2562
Title:  SP 2562
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/18/2005 10:39:30 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
SP 2562
Title:  SP 2562
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/18/2005 10:39:06 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
SP 2562
Title:  SP 2562
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/18/2005 10:39:58 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  Jim Sands
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  661   Comments: 0
SP 2562
Title:  SP 2562
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/18/2005 10:59:01 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  Phil Schmierer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  610   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific 2562
Title:  Southern Pacific 2562
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2010  Upload Date: 5/3/2010 11:06:39 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  Don Hinchliffe
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  655   Comments: 0
SP 2562
Title:  SP 2562
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/23/2010  Upload Date: 11/9/2010 2:49:38 AM
Location:  Pozo, AZ
Author:  John K. Pack
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  803   Comments: 0
SP 2562 + 3 of US
Title:  SP 2562 + 3 of US
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/30/2011  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 8:22:14 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0) SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
SP 2562
Title:  SP 2562
Description:  Now at Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler, AZ. Not restored.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 5/15/2013 4:57:59 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  John Power
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
SP 2562
Title:  SP 2562
Description:  Now at Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler, AZ. Not restored.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 5/15/2013 4:58:12 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  John Power
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific 2562
Title:  Southern Pacific 2562
Description:  Sitting in the sun at the Arizona Railway Museum
Photo Date:  12/29/2013  Upload Date: 2/19/2014 7:06:02 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  Liam Hart
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  276   Comments: 1
SP 2562
Title:  SP 2562
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/20/2015  Upload Date: 11/9/2023 7:20:25 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
SP 2562
Title:  SP 2562
Description:  SP 2562 is a Baldwin "Harriman Standard" Consolidation, class C-9, built in 1906, and displayed at the Arizona Railway Museum.
Photo Date:  10/10/2021  Upload Date: 10/12/2021 8:07:15 PM
Location:  Chandler, AZ
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2562(2-8-0)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific "Consolidation" # 2579
Title:  Southern Pacific "Consolidation" # 2579
Description:  Built by Baldwin in 1906.
Photo Date:  4/14/1957  Upload Date: 5/7/2020 10:11:11 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Delmar Dolbier
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2579(2-8-0)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
SP 2579
Title:  SP 2579
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1975  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 2:25:41 AM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2579(2-8-0)
Views:  454   Comments: 1
SP 2579
Title:  SP 2579
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/22/2008 3:37:13 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Al Ahlgrim
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2579(2-8-0)
Views:  637   Comments: 0
SP 2579
Title:  SP 2579
Description:  In her cage
Photo Date:  7/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/22/2008 3:37:25 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Al Ahlgrim
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2579(2-8-0)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
SP 2579 on Static Display
Title:  SP 2579 on Static Display
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2009  Upload Date: 3/29/2010 12:15:36 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Tracy Larson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 2579(2-8-0)
Views:  935   Comments: 0
PRR 2-8-0 #2595 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR 2-8-0 #2595 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  Here is another Bud Laws photo of an H-6sa class Consolidation in the Meadows yard near Jersey City, NJ.
Photo Date:  3/8/1933  Upload Date: 8/21/2013 6:59:21 AM
Location:  Jersey City, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2595(2-8-0)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
SP "Consolidation" #2597
Title:  SP "Consolidation" #2597
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/19/1957  Upload Date: 5/7/2020 10:21:13 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  Delmar Dolbier
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SP 2597(2-8-0)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
PRR 2-8-0 #2615 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR 2-8-0 #2615 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  This is an earlier photo of PRR 2615, again in the Meadows yard near Jersey City, NJ.
Photo Date:  3/1/1929  Upload Date: 8/21/2013 6:59:45 AM
Location:  Jersey City, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2615(2-8-0)
Views:  665   Comments: 0
PRR 2-8-0 #2615 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR 2-8-0 #2615 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  Here is another Bud Laws photo of an H-6sa class Consolidation in the Meadows yard near Jersey City, NJ.
Photo Date:  7/22/1933  Upload Date: 8/21/2013 6:59:35 AM
Location:  Jersey City, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2615(2-8-0)
Views:  718   Comments: 0
BM 2-8-0 #2616 - Boston & Maine
Title:  BM 2-8-0 #2616 - Boston & Maine
Description:  This is a 1911 Baldwin Consolidation type steam locomotive was a K-8a class with 61" drivers and producing 220 psi boiler pressure.. In 1916, Baldwin superleated thfm.
Photo Date:  6/1/1934  Upload Date: 10/29/2013 6:42:24 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  BM 2616(2-8-0)
Views:  812   Comments: 1
B&M K-8a 2-8-0 2621
Title:  B&M K-8a 2-8-0 2621
Description:  Taken in the early 1920s by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  1/1/1922  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 11:29:24 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 2621(2-8-0)
Views:  186   Comments: 0


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