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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW 2-8-0Built As:PRR 2115 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:20554Order No:
Frame Number:22X28 cylinders, 56" driversBuilt:6/1902
Notes:PRR Class H-6A.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 2115(2-8-0)
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"Allegheny Portage Railroad," Page 52, 1997
Title:  "Allegheny Portage Railroad," Page 52, 1997
Description:  Here is page 14 of an 18-page excerpt from Charles S. Roberts' 1997 book entitled "Triumph I: Altoona To Pitcairn 1846-1996," page 52. Photo and text provide details of a runaway-train wreck that occurred on the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Branch line in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, 6 November 1916. Partially visible at the far right is engine #2115, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consoldiated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in June of 1902 and retired in June of 1927 after 25 years of service. (For more on this, see my RRPA album entitled "Wreck At New Portage Junction ~ NOV 1916" at http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=116648)
Photo Date:  1/1/1997  Upload Date: 10/15/2022 10:47:21 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:  PRR 2115(2-8-0)
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