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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:8/16/1945 - 1/31/1968
Album Info:Here are several photos of Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives that were taken by Mr. Bill Price.
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PRR 6715, M-1A, 1946
Title:  PRR 6715, M-1A, 1946
Description:  Price. Here is a photo by Bill Price that was taken near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, on 7 October 1946. Caption On Reverse: "EB Coal Train." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6715, an M-1A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an M-1A during April of 1930, rebuilt in Juniata as an M-1B by 1953, and retired in September of 1959 after 29 years of faithful service. It's passing the Huntingdon Icing Plant with a mineral train out of Altoona bound for East Coast markets. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  10/7/1946  Upload Date: 6/12/2021 10:51:36 AM
Location:  Huntingdon, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6715(4-8-2)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
PRR 9785, EF-15A, 1954
Title:  PRR 9785, EF-15A, 1954
Description:  Price. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Bill Price that was taken near Enola, Pennsylvania, on 28 October 1954. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9785 and three other F-Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each; #9785 was built in February of 1951. They have just departed Enola Yard with a mixed-cargo freight train on their way to Altoona and points West.
Photo Date:  10/28/1954  Upload Date: 10/3/2018 3:11:57 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 9785(F7A)
Views:  580   Comments: 1
PRR 6783, M-1B, 1956
Title:  PRR 6783, M-1B, 1956
Description:  Price. Here is a photo by Bill Price that was taken near Newport, Pennsylvania, on 11 October 1956. Caption On Reverse: "PG-5." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6784, an M-1B (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Lima Locomotive Works as an M-1A during March of 1930, rebuilt in Juniata as an M-1B in January of 1947, and retired in August of 1959 after 29 years of faithful service. Note that the second "car" in this train is actually a GM-EMD "EF" Class B-unit! (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  10/11/1956  Upload Date: 6/12/2021 6:26:13 AM
Location:  Newport, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 6783(4-8-2)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
PRR 6793, M-1A, 1956
Title:  PRR 6793, M-1A, 1956
Description:  Price. Here is a photo by Bill Price that was taken near Newport, Pennsylvania, on 11 October 1956. Caption On Reverse: "SW-10." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6793, an M-1A (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the by the Lima Locomotive Works during April of 1930 and retired in September of 1959 after 29 years of faithful service. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  10/11/1956  Upload Date: 2/18/2021 7:01:51 AM
Location:  Newport, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6793(4-8-2)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
PRR "Westbound Freight," 1956
Title:  PRR "Westbound Freight," 1956
Description:  Price. Here is a photo by Bill Price that was taken near Newport, Pennsylvania, on 11 October 1956. Shown here is an unidentified trio of Pennsylvania Railroad Class "EF" units built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. This A-B-A set is pulling a mixed-cargo freight train out of Enola to Altoona and points West. Visible at the far left is a small portion of the left-to-right flowing Juniata River on its merry way from Hollidaysburg to Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  10/11/1956  Upload Date: 6/12/2021 6:48:34 AM
Location:  Newport, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  211   Comments: 0
PRR 6403, J-1A, 1957
Title:  PRR 6403, J-1A, 1957
Description:  Price. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Bill Price that was taken near Attica Junction, Ohio, on 11 June 1957. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6403, a J-1A (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during June of 1943 and retired in April of 1958 after just 15 years of service. It's pulling a northbound mineral train.
Photo Date:  6/11/1957  Upload Date: 11/16/2018 7:07:56 AM
Location:  Attica Junction, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6403(2-10-4)
Views:  380   Comments: 1


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