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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 0-4-0Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:1768Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:PRR Class Q; Altoona Machine Shops, 1892-1915.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 940(0-4-0)
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PRR 940, A-2A, c. 1911
Title:  PRR 940, A-2A, c. 1911
Description:  Here is a photo via Joseph Lavelle of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #940, an A-2A (0-4-0T) switcher built in the Altoona Machine Shops as an A-2 (0-4-0) during July of 1892, rebuilt as an A-2A (0-4-0T) in September of 1897, renumbered "0940" in 1910, and retired in July of 1915 after 23 years of faithful service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Williams Collection.
Photo Date:  4/21/1911  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 6:33:50 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 940(0-4-0)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
"Altoona Machine Shops," Page 61, 1984
Title:  "Altoona Machine Shops," Page 61, 1984
Description:  Here is the illustration on page 61 of the "Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Machine Shops Construction Number List: 1866-1904." It was compiled by Joseph D. Lovell, and published by the Library Of American Transportation during 1984. Photo Caption: "PRR No. 940 of Class Q, a four-wheel saddletank switcher design, was built in July 1892 and scrapped in July 1915. This class later became Class A-2a."
Photo Date:  1/1/1984  Upload Date: 11/25/2018 11:08:21 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 940(0-4-0)
Views:  222   Comments: 0


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