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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW 4-6-2Built As:PRR 5442 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:59857Order No:
Frame Number:27X28 cylinders, 80" driversBuilt:2/1927
Notes:PRR Class K-4S; sfs 02/49
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5442(4-6-2)
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PRR 5442, K-4S, 1940
Title:  PRR 5442, K-4S, 1940
Description:  Here is a photo by Clarence R. Weaver that was taken in East Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 1 July 1940. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5442, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during March of 1927 and retired in February of 1949 after 22 years of faithful service. Note the long-distance tender. Gary Mittner Collection.
Photo Date:  7/1/1940  Upload Date: 9/12/2022 8:04:49 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5442(4-6-2)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
"From Baltimore To Harrisburg," Page 40, 1944
Title:  "From Baltimore To Harrisburg," Page 40, 1944
Description:  Here is page three of a four-page article by William Moedinger Jr., entitled "From Baltimore To Harrisburg On The PRR." It was published originally in the August 1944 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 40. Photo Caption: "The two locomotives, a Pacific and a Mikado, on the heavy 'St. Louisian' at the far left are on the last lap of the climb to the summit near New Freedom." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5442, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during March of 1927 and retired in February of 1949 after 22 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  8/1/1944  Upload Date: 5/1/2022 6:49:43 AM
Location:  New Freedom, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5442(4-6-2)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 10, 1946
Title:  "Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 10, 1946
Description:  Here is page ten of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the first page of a four-page camera study entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad: Keystone Vignettes." No author is specified. Pictured in the center is K-4S #5495. Pictured Clockwise From Top Left: K-4S #5442 heads a passenger train near Freeland, Maryland, in this photo by William Moedinger Jr.; GG-1 #4800 pulls a passenger train at an unidentified station; wartime crowds surge at New York's Penn Station; E-6S #198 rides the turntable in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in this photo by Harold M. Lambert; towerman's view from inside "K" Interlocking in Washington, DC; an M-1A enters the New Portage Tunnel in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, with an eastbound freight in this photo by H.W. Pontin; and an interior view of New York's Penn Station.
Photo Date:  4/13/1946  Upload Date: 4/16/2017 4:51:23 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Winter,Yard,Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5495(4-6-2) PRR 5442(4-6-2) PRR 4800(GG1) PRR 198(4-4-2)
Views:  1095   Comments: 0
"A Picture Study Of The K-4," Page 18, 1976
Title:  "A Picture Study Of The K-4," Page 18, 1976
Description:  Here is page 18 of a 40-page booklet published by Harry P. Albrecht entitled "A Picture Study Of The K-4." First issued in October 1967, revised in September 1976. Both of the locomotives pictured here are Pennsylvania Railroad K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacifics." Top Photo: #5341 was built in Juniata during May of 1918 and retired in June of 1948. Bottom Photo: #5442 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during March of 1927 and retired in February of 1949.
Photo Date:  9/22/1976  Upload Date: 4/6/2019 1:22:11 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5341(4-6-2) PRR 5442(4-6-2)
Views:  426   Comments: 0


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