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| Title: |
PRR 4579, I-1SA, 1950 |
| Description: |
Here is a postal card from the Henry C. Westenberger Collection. No Postmark. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania 4579. The Pennsylvania Railroad had 598 Class I Decapods on the roster. Of these, Baldwin built 475 locomotives, numbered 4225 thru 4699. One of these, the 4579, is seen backing a hopper in the Sandusky, Ohio, yard on a September 1950 day." PRR engine #4579 is an I-1SA "Decapod" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an I-1S during September of 1923, rebuilt in Juniata as an I-1SA in February of 1936, and retired in 1955 after 32 years of faithful service. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1950 Upload Date: 8/16/2018 1:20:54 AM |
| Location: |
Sandusky, OH |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4579(2-10-0) |
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