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| Title: |
PRR 5841, EP-20, 1949 |
| Description: |
Extra Board. Here is a photo that was published originally in Dan Cupper's 1996 monograph entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad: Its Place In History 1846-1996," page 15. The photographer is not identified. Partial Caption: "On February 19, 1949, mail train No. 11 rear-ended standing M1a-class steam engine No. 6737 and a cabin car near Burgettstown, Pa., on the Pittsburgh-St. Louis main line." Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6737 and #5841. #6737 is an M-1A (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during June of 1930 and retired in August of 1955. #5841 is an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in August of 1947, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and renumbered "4241" in 1966. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1949 Upload Date: 1/6/2018 2:04:42 AM |
| Location: |
Burgettstown, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Wreck,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6737(4-8-2) PRR 5841(E7A) |
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