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Title:
PRR 5530, T-1, c. 1948
Description:
AW. Here is an image of a photo by Arlington J. Wolfe that was taken from the 9th Street Footbridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1948. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5530, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during January of 1946 and retired in December of 1953 after just seven years of revenue service. It's proceeding from the East Altoona Roundhouse to the Passenger Station, where it will await its next passenger run up the Allegheny Mountains to Pittsburgh. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
4/16/1948
Upload Date:
7/7/2022 8:19:15 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 5530(UNKNOWN)
Views:
298
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Duplex," 4-4-4-4, c. 1948
Description:
AW. Here is an image of a photo by Arlington J. Wolfe that was taken just West of the 24th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1948. Shown here is an unidentified Pennsylvania Railroad "T" Class (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" steam locomotive pulling a passenger train down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. Note the mix of semaphore and position light signals. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
4/16/1948
Upload Date:
7/7/2022 9:56:09 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
191
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR I-1SA, "Decapod," c. 1948
Description:
iLocomotives. Here is an image of a Pennsylvania Railroad Class I-1SA (2-10-0) "Decapod" locomotive. Looks to me like it's pulling away from the waterspout after the tender's reservoir was refilled. Note the large number of stored-but-serviceable steam locomotives in the background. The photographer's name, the locomotive road numbers, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded.
Photo Date:
9/22/1948
Upload Date:
1/19/2022 10:08:41 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
129
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 1654, B-6SB, c. 1948
Description:
Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Passenger Station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1948. The photographer is not identified. Awaiting its next chore at the left is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1654, a B-6SB (0-6-0) switcher built in Juniata during February of 1916 and retired in March of 1949. At the right is an unidentified T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" about to depart the Station with a passenger train bound for Harrisburg and points East.
Photo Date:
11/14/1948
Upload Date:
6/17/2022 7:39:36 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 1654(0-6-0)
Views:
213
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5508, T-1, 1948
Description:
Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Passenger Station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in November of 1948. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5508, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built in Juniata in December of 1945 and retired in March of 1952 after just seven years of service. It's stopped at the Station with a mail and express train, about to begin the climb up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:
11/14/1948
Upload Date:
4/26/2023 7:54:06 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5508(4-4-4-4)
Views:
301
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9547, EH-15, 1948
Description:
WB. Here is an image of a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1948. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9547, an "EF" Class B unit, plus a pair of Fairbanks-Morse ERIE-A units. #9547 is an EH-15 built by GM-EMD in November of 1948, rated at 1,500 horsepower, later rebuilt as an EF-15A, and retired in December of 1963 after just 15 years of service. They're passing SLOPE Tower with a long string of hopper cars on their way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where the first two units will be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for their next assignment. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
11/14/1948
Upload Date:
7/28/2022 9:38:35 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 9547(F3A)
Views:
226
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR J-1A, 1949
Description:
FSF. Here is a photo by Thomas Lynam that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in February of 1949. It was published originally in Mr. Robert L. Emerson's 1984 book entitled "Allegheny Passage: An Illustrated History Of Blair County," page 75. Photo Caption: "The sight of clouds billowing out of a passing steam engine vanished shortly after these two photos were made, as the newer diesel engine edged its older sister out of commission. Both the J-1a steam engine (top) and the EMD diesels (not shown) ~ nicknamed 'covered wagons' ~ were photographed in Altoona's Pennsy yard in 1949." This vest-pocket coaling tipple was located just West of the 4th Street Footbridge.
Photo Date:
2/2/1949
Upload Date:
9/30/2017 2:24:20 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
728
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9685, EH-15, 1949
Description:
Altoona Action. Here is a photo by Thomas Lynam that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during February of 1949. It was published originally in Robert L. Emerson's 1984 book entitled "Allegheny Passage: An Illustrated History Of Blair County," page 75. Photo Caption: "The sight of clouds billowing out of a passing steam engine vanished shortly after these two photos were made, as the newer diesel engine edged its older sister out of commission. Both the J-1a steam engine (not shown) and the EMD diesels (bottom) ~ nicknamed 'covered wagons' ~ were photographed in Altoona's Pennsy yard in 1949." Shown here (L to R) are the 7th Street Bridge, a sanding tower, a vest-pocket coaling tipple, and a watering point ~ the latter two now obsolete with the passing of the "Age of Steam." Also visible on the right is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9685, an EH-15 built by EMD in February of 1949 and rated at 1,500 horsepower.
Photo Date:
2/2/1949
Upload Date:
9/30/2017 2:53:40 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9685(F3A)
Views:
865
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Altoona Interlude," Page 63, 1949
Description:
Here is page seven of a 14-page camera study by W.A. Feibelman entitled "Altoona Interlude." It was published originally in his (1979) monograph entitled "Rails To Pittsburgh: 1945-1970," page 63. Top Photo Caption: "Having arrived at Altoona, the fireman is leaving the mirror-shiny Sharknose 5785, which is less than a year old." Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5785 is a BP-20 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in November of 1948, rated at 2,000 horsepower, rebuilt as a BF-16Z freight unit rated at 1,600 horsepower in 1952, and retired in 1962. Note the steam locomotive parked near the 12th Street Footbridge.
Photo Date:
2/2/1949
Upload Date:
2/2/2025 5:57:36 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Winter,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5785(DR6-4-2000)
Views:
28
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Altoona Interlude," Page 64, 1949
Description:
Here is page eight of a 14-page camera study by W.A. Feibelman entitled "Altoona Interlude." It was published originally in his (1979) monograph entitled "Rails To Pittsburgh: 1945-1970," page 64. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "Smoke and steam as far as the eye can see! Two J1's and two I1's are seen at the extensive yards of Altoona." Shown here are the westbound freight advance tracks. Each of these trains awaits new crews and permission to proceed up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and Pitcairn Yard; some have tail-end pushers as far as Gallitzin. Both photos taken from the 4th Street Footbridge.
Photo Date:
2/2/1949
Upload Date:
10/26/2019 7:44:37 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,Yard,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
244
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Altoona Interlude," Page 65, 1949
Description:
Here is page nine of a 14-page camera study by W.A. Feibelman entitled "Altoona Interlude." It was published originally in his (1979) monograph entitled "Rails To Pittsburgh: 1945-1970," page 65. Top Photo: Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9687 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EH-15's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9687 was constructed in February of 1949, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in October of 1967. The twin smokestacks belong to the power plant for the PRR's Passenger Car Shops. Bottom Photo: Prominent here is PRR engine #9684, an EH-15 built by GM-EMD in February of 1949, rated at 1,500 horsepower, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in December of 1963.
Photo Date:
2/2/1949
Upload Date:
10/26/2019 7:49:33 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9687(F3A)
PRR 9684(F3A)
Views:
480
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Altoona Interlude," Page 66, 1949
Description:
Here is page ten of a 14-page camera study by W.A. Feibelman entitled "Altoona Interlude." It was published originally in his (1979) monograph entitled "Rails To Pittsburgh: 1945-1970," page 66. Top Photo: Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9680 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EH-15's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9680 was constructed in January of 1949, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15, and retired in December of 1963. Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "One of these K-4's will give us an assist up the Curve in a few minutes, just as the one in the background is helping a pair of diesels." The latter is parked adjacent to the Altoona Passenger Station. At the far right, note the prefabricated boxcar underframes marshalled for use in the PRR's 12th Street Car Shops. Photo taken from the 17th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:
2/2/1949
Upload Date:
10/26/2019 7:54:56 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Winter,Yard,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 9680(F3A)
Views:
273
Comments:
0
Title:
Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 722, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo from page 722 in the "Centennial History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946" that was composed by George H. Burgess & Miles C. Kennedy and published in 1949. Photo Caption: "Class I (H-1) Consolidation type, built at Altoona Shops about 1875. This class locomotive was for heavy freight service." Shown here is PRR engine #173, an H-1 (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built in the Altoona Machine Shops during November of 1875 and retired in April of 1896 after 21 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1949
Upload Date:
9/7/2017 2:45:10 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 173(2-8-0)
Views:
550
Comments:
0
Title:
Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 723, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo from page 723 in the "Centennial History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946" that was composed by George H. Burgess & Miles C. Kennedy and published in 1949. Photo Caption: "Class I (H-1) Consolidation type, built at Altoona in 1881, with extended smokebox, straight stack, and air brake equipment. This class was standard for heavy freight service until about 1885." Shown here is PRR engine #433, an H-1 (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built in the Altoona Machine Shops during June of 1881 and retired in March of 1904 after 23 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1949
Upload Date:
9/7/2017 2:46:11 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 433(2-8-0)
Views:
396
Comments:
0
Title:
Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 724, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo from page 724 in the "Centennial History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946" that was composed by George H. Burgess & Miles C. Kennedy and published in 1949. Photo Caption: "Class R (H-3) Consoldiation type locomotive. The first locomotives of this Class were built at Altoona in 1885." Shown here is PRR engine #437, an H-3 (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built in the Altoona Machine Shops during April of 1886 and sold in September of 1910 after 24 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1949
Upload Date:
9/7/2017 2:46:57 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 437(2-8-0)
Views:
513
Comments:
0
Title:
Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 732, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo from page 732 in the "Centennial History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946" that was composed by George H. Burgess & Miles C. Kennedy and published in 1949. Photo Caption: "Class D2a American type locomotive, built at Altoona, 1881, used in express passenger service. These locomotives, as shown on the one in this picture, had extended smokeboxes." Shown here is PRR engine #138, a D-2A (4-4-0) "American" built in the Altoona Machine Shops during May of 1881 and retired in July of 1896 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1949
Upload Date:
9/7/2017 3:23:13 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
688
Comments:
0
Title:
Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 733, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo from page 733 in the "Centennial History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946" that was composed by George H. Burgess & Miles C. Kennedy and published in 1949. Photo Caption: "Class D16, American type locomotive. First design was built at Altoona about 1895." Shown here is PRR engine #1052, a D-16D (4-4-0) "American" built in the Altoona Machine Shops during February of 1902 and retired in February of 1930 after 28 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1949
Upload Date:
9/7/2017 3:26:31 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 1052(4-4-0)
Views:
556
Comments:
0
Title:
Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 740, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo from page 740 in the "Centennial History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946" that was composed by George H. Burgess & Miles C. Kennedy and published in 1949. Photo Caption: "Class B-4a switching locomotive, 1898." Shown here is PRR engine #101, a B-4A (0-6-0) switcher built in the Altoona Machine Shops during September of 1895 and retired in December of 1914 after just 19 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1949
Upload Date:
9/7/2017 3:12:29 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 101(0-6-0)
Views:
459
Comments:
0
Title:
"Modern Power For Today's Trains," Page 9, 1949
Description:
Here is page nine of a 22-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "Modern Power For Today's Trains." It was issued originally during July of 1949. Partial Caption: "For through freight service. Wheels arranged in six-wheel trucks." Prominent here is PRR engine #9456, an FF-20 built by Fairbanks-Morse in November of 1947, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and retired in January of 1963 after just 16 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
7/1/1949
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 5:52:42 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9456(ERIE-A)
Views:
164
Comments:
0
Title:
"Altoona Centennial History," Page 12, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 12. Photo Caption: "Tenth Avenue looking east from Thirteenth Street in the early [1880's]." The large structure at the right of the photo is the Logan House. To its immediate left is the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Station. At the far right is the wrought-iron 12th Street Footbridge which passes over all seven tracks.
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/4/2022 10:01:28 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
104
Comments:
0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 14, 1949
Description:
Here is page one of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 14. Photo Caption: "The Altoona Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad and a part of Altoona. Time about 1853." Partially visible here is the PRR's Altoona Machine Shops complex. From 1850 until the completion of the Horseshoe Curve in 1854, the PRR's mainline was different than its current form: the tracks paralleled 9th Avenue out of Altoona to Duncansville and the interchange with the Allegheny Portage Railroad ~ instead of curving right at 9th Street, paralleling 10th Avenue past ALTO and SLOPE Towers, then climbing the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. As such, the mainline tracks and the Passenger Station are actually on the other side of the two-story Master Mechanic's Building and the long shop structure depicted here. Brush Mountain dominates the distance.
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/4/2022 9:58:08 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
128
Comments:
0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 15, 1949
Description:
Here is page two of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 15. "The building of the Erie Canal . . . had been ineffectually met by Pennsylvania in the building of a system of railroads, canals, and inclined planes known as the Main Line of Public Works, which was State owned and State operated. This system of communication between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh never proved satisfactory, in that it was not only costly and slow, but service had to be discontinued much of the time due to floods in spring and ice in winter."
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/4/2022 9:59:32 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
104
Comments:
0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 16, 1949
Description:
Here is page three of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 16. Top Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania Railroad station and train shed in the early days." Photo by William H. Rau. Partially visible behind the station and train shed is the west wing of the Logan House. Passing over all seven tracks is the 12th Street Footbridge. In the foreground is PRR engine #452, a Class D (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1869, rebuilt in Juniata as a Class Da, then sold to the PC&StL and renumbered "57" in 1881.
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/4/2022 10:02:06 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 452(4-6-0)
Views:
187
Comments:
0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 17, 1949
Description:
Here is page four of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 17. "The site for housing and repairing this additional motive power was logically chosen at the point where the water grade ended and the grades of the mountain passage began, a point known as Robinson's Ridge and the present site of the city of Altoona."
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/4/2022 10:03:42 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
113
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0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 18, 1949
Description:
Here is page five of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 18. Bottom Photo Caption: "East side of Eleventh Avenue near Thirteenth Street in the early days of Altoona." The four-story building visible at the left is the east wing of the Logan House.
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/4/2022 10:06:15 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
144
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0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 19, 1949
Description:
Here is page six of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 19. "The first railroad station in Altoona was a small frame structure on Ninth Avenue at Twelfth Street. Here, the railroad traffic into Altoona and what little passed on to Hollidaysburg and the Portage Railroad was handled until February 15, 1854, when a new two-story brick structure, erected at Tenth Avenue and Thirteenth Street, was opened for business over the newly completed main line via Horseshoe Curve and Gallitzin. In 1887 the present station building, affording larger quarters, was erected on the same site."
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/5/2022 6:03:10 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
110
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0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 21, 1949
Description:
Here is page eight of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 21. "Altoona was a vital link in the important chain of railroad networks binding the northern states together during the Civil War. It was therefore quite fitting that the Logan House should be selected as a meeting place for the Conference of Loyal War Governors in September of 1862, a meeting which marked one of the turning points of that great conflict."
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/5/2022 6:08:15 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:
Views:
97
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0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 23, 1949
Description:
Here is page ten of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 23.
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/5/2022 6:12:53 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:
Views:
93
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0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 24, 1949
Description:
Here is page 11 of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 24. Bottom Photo Caption: "Twelfth Street bridge, Logan House, and station. Photo taken from the Cab and Pilot shop. Bridge of wrought iron built in the early days by the railroad and is still standing." The Logan House was constructed during 1853 and demolished in 1931, but the bridge survived until 1965!
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/5/2022 5:24:37 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
109
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0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 25, 1949
Description:
Here is page 12 of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 25.
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/5/2022 5:26:13 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:
Views:
77
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0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 26, 1949
Description:
Here is page 13 of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 26. Photo Caption: "Interior view of Altoona P.R.R. passenger shop No. 1, showing the building of ultra-modern passenger cars."
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/5/2022 5:28:55 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:
Views:
120
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0
Title:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona," Page 27, 1949
Description:
Here is page 14 of an 18-page article entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad In Altoona: 1849-1949." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 27. From General Order No. 21: "With the next change of time-table, which will take place on Sunday, the 27th [1872], on the three divisions of the main line, and on Monday, the 28th [1872], on the branch road divisions, "PHILADELPHIA TIME" will be adopted as the standard time of the Pennsylvania Railroad."
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/6/2022 5:03:47 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:
Views:
116
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0
Title:
PRR "Logan House Has Unique History," Page 58, 1949
Description:
Here is page one of a four-page article entitled "Logan House Has Unique History." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 58. Photo Caption: "The Logan House. Photo taken from Twelfth Street bridge." It was constructed during 1853 and demolished in 1931, but the wrought-iron bridge survived until 1965!
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/4/2022 9:22:49 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Station,Passenger
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0
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PRR "Logan House Has Unique History," Page 59, 1949
Description:
Here is page two of a four-page article entitled "Logan House Has Unique History." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 59. Photo Caption: "Logan House and the canopy to the train shed of the railroad." The Logan House was constructed during 1853 and demolished in 1931, but the train shed survived until 1961!
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/4/2022 9:24:45 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Station,Passenger
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74
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0
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PRR "Logan House Has Unique History," Page 60, 1949
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Here is page three of a four-page article entitled "Logan House Has Unique History." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 60. "Years ago when the passenger trains came into the city, the head waiter would go to the porch and there vigorously pound a large Chinese gong, summoning the passengers to the tables. In those days, the trains usually had a twenty-minute layover and the Logan House was the only available lunching place."
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/4/2022 9:26:26 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Station,Passenger
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73
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0
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PRR "Logan House Has Unique History," Page 61, 1949
Description:
Here is page four of a four-page article entitled "Logan House Has Unique History." It was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 61. Textual Quote: "The Logan House, made famous by the emergency meeting of the War Governors of the North on September 24-25, 1862, occupies a prominent place in the history of Altoona." One item which the Governors discussed became the "Emancipation Proclamation" issued by President Lincoln on 1 January 1863.
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/4/2022 9:27:43 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Station,Passenger
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72
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0
Title:
"Altoona Centennial History," Page 62, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the "Altoona Centennial Booklet" dated August of 1949, page 62. Photo Caption: "Recent aerial view of Altoona, Pennsylvania." Pictured at the bottom left are the Pennsylvania Railroad's ALTO Tower, the lead to the Hollidaysburg Branch, the 17th Street Bridge, and the Test Plant Buildings. Beyond them are the 12th Street Car Shops, the Passenger Station and train shed, the 12th Street Footbridge, the Freight Station, and the 9th Street Footbridge. Just past the 7th Street Bridge are the PRR's Passenger Car Shops and the 4th Street Footbridge.
Photo Date:
8/7/1949
Upload Date:
12/4/2022 10:09:11 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Signal,Passenger
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120
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0
Title:
Altoona & Logan Valley #51, c. 1949
Description:
ALV. Here is an image of a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona Pennsylvania, c. 1949. Shown here is Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway streetcar #51. It's parked at the Car Barns, located at 5th Avenue and 35th Street in the Mansion Park section of Altoona. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
8/15/1949
Upload Date:
7/25/2022 8:31:42 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Transit
Locomotives:
ALV 51(Trolley)
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171
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0
Title:
PRR 6432, J-1A, 1949
Description:
Rolfe. Here is a photo by W.G. Fancher via Rail Photo Sbrvice that was taken in Altoona, Pe“nsylvania, in August of 1949. Caption On Reverse: "Looking over rear car of departing express west, #6432 lifts 187 cars for Pittsburgh & west. Threh diesel pushers on for Horseshoe Curve climb. Altoona Shops in background. 8/1949." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6432, a J-1A (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during Septemeer of 1943 and retired in April of 1958 after just 15 years of revenue service. Partially visible in the left distance is the 9th Street Footbridge. Photo taken froh khe 12th Street Footbridge.
Photo Date:
8/15/1949
Upload Date:
8/15/1949 12:00:00 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 6432(2-10-4)
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208
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0
Title:
PRR SOUTH Tower, c. 1949
Description:
WB. Here is an image of a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1949. Shown here is the back side of the Pennsylvania Railroad's SOUTH Tower. It's located at the southern end of the cast-iron 4th Street Footbridge, and controls the entrance to the Eastbound Receiving Yard. Visible across the tracks are the Power Plant smokestacks at the PRR's Passenger Car Shops. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
8/15/1949
Upload Date:
8/7/2022 6:37:50 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard
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127
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0
Title:
PRR Baldwin Switcher, c. 1950
Description:
Altoona Action. Here is an original photo depicting a Pennsylvania Railroad yard locomotive and its crew. Shown here is a BS-10A engine built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. Since this locomotive was built in 1950, and since the scenery looks a lot like that in Altoona, it could very well be that this photo was taken in or around Altoona on a winter's day sometime during or after the midpoint of the 20th Century. This photo was given to me by my friend, Betty Burket, whose husband ~ Mr. Guy Burket ~ worked as a brakeman in the Hollidaysburg Yards for many years. He passed suddenly on 24 May 1973.
Photo Date:
2/2/1950
Upload Date:
1/20/2017 5:34:15 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,Yard
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554
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0
Title:
PRR Diesel Testing Facility, 1950
Description:
WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 25 April 1950. Shown here is the newly-constructed diesel-electric locomotive testing facility. The road numbers of the GM-EMD "EF" Class units pictured here are not recorded. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
4/25/1950
Upload Date:
7/31/2022 6:53:03 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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109
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0
Title:
PRR 6923, M-1, 1950
Description:
FM. Here is an image of a photo by Fred McLeod that was taken at the Passenger Station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 4 July 1950. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6923 and another locomotive whose road number is not recorded. #6923 is an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during November of 1926 and retired in June of 1957 after 31 years of faithful service. In this context, they're departing the Station with a passenger train on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Johnstown and points West. Partially visible in the background are some of the PRR's 12th Street Car Shops. This image comes from a B&W slide set entitled "Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
7/4/1950
Upload Date:
7/6/2022 11:04:45 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Steam,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 6923(4-8-2)
Views:
172
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0
Title:
PRR Union Avenue Bridge, 1950
Description:
iLocations. Here is an image of a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1950. Prominent here is the Pennsylvania Railroad's Bridge at the intersection of Union and 10th Avenues. It's afternoon rush hour with a "J" Class "Texas" steam locomotive rumbling over the Bridge and a streetcar heading out and a bus heading in and every spare car in Altoona trying to get somewhere at once! It's Altoona in the good old days! William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
8/15/1950
Upload Date:
7/30/2022 12:48:17 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam,Transit
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86
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0
Title:
PRR 3130, B-8A, c. 1950
Description:
Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3130, a B-8A (0-6-0T) tank switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as a B-8 (0-6-0) during June of 1906, rebuilt as a B-8A (0-6-0T) in March of 1925, and retired in September of 1950 after 44 years of faithful service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Williams Collection.
Photo Date:
9/22/1950
Upload Date:
5/18/2023 4:36:18 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 3130(0-6-0)
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134
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0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. P.M. Rotzler. It was published originally in the November 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 32. Photo Caption: "Even Pennsylvania's famed Horseshoe Curve, ankle-deep in the cinders of generations of the system's heaviest steam locomotives, fell to the diesel in the 1940 decade. This shark-nosed, four-unit Baldwin is moving to the westbound Altoona yards before going up the Curve." Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9588 and three more "BF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9588 is a BF-15 built in June of 1949 and retired in June of 1964 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
11/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/24/2019 3:34:22 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 9588(DR4-4-15)
Views:
331
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0
Title:
"Wreckproofing The Railroads," Page 52, 1951
Description:
Here is page three of a six-page cover article by Mr. Alden P. Armagnac entitled "Wreckproofing The Railroads." It was published originally on the July 1951 issue of "Popular Science" magazine, page 52. Depicted here is just how "Speed Control Promises 'Manproof' Railroad Safety."
Photo Date:
7/1/1951
Upload Date:
1/9/2025 11:18:07 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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33
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0
Title:
"Wreckproofing The Railroads," Page 55, 1951
Description:
Here is page six of a six-page cover article by Mr. Alden P. Armagnac entitled "Wreckproofing The Railroads." It was published originally on the July 1951 issue of "Popular Science" magazine, page 55. Photo Caption: "Barreling past stop signal and frantically-waving flagman, 'Spirit of St. Louis' crashed at 48 m.p.h. into troop train stalled by broken air hose, killing 33 soldiers. Investigations found only automatic speed control could have averted recent wrecks due to human failure." The road number of the Baldwin-built Pennsylvania Railroad diesel-electric locomotive pictured here is not recorded.
Photo Date:
7/1/1951
Upload Date:
1/9/2025 11:19:32 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Wreck
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Views:
37
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0
Title:
Altoona & Logan Valley #56, 1951
Description:
ALV. Here is an image of a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona Pennsylvania, on 12 July 1951. Shown here is Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway streetcar #56. It's on 6th Avenue near 58th Street, and has just about completed the outbound leg of its roundtrip run from Altoona to Eldorado and back. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
7/12/1951
Upload Date:
7/25/2022 9:11:52 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Transit
Locomotives:
ALV 56(Trolley)
Views:
140
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5870, EP-20, c. 1951
Description:
Altoona Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Passenger Station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1951. Shown at the right is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5870, an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. Along with another "EP" Class unit (not pictured), it's passing under the Train Shed with an eastbound passenger train, and will soon come to a stop both to change crews and discharge & pick-up passengers at the Station. Also visible are two unidentified "EF" Class locomotives pulling a westbound mixed-cargo freight train a couple of tracks over, as well as portions of the PRR's 12th Street Car Shops in the distance. Produced and distributed by Creative Graphics of Newark, NJ. ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:
7/13/1951
Upload Date:
12/8/2020 5:54:51 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5870(E7A)
Views:
447
Comments:
0
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