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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Type: MofW Equipment
User Notes:   Wrecking Crane; 1916; Duncansville, PA.

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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. It was included in the "Altoona Area Railroad Pictorial History" edited by Linda White and published in 1996 by The Altoona Mirror, page 16. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad coal-fired/steam-powered wrecking crane #490768 and maintenance-of-way flat car #490313.
Photo Date:  11/6/1916  Upload Date: 11/23/2017 4:57:19 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Wreck
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