PRR Mystery Train leaves Washington D.C.
Photo taken from B&O #2 The National Limited on my high school trip to Washington D. C. See notes in that Album
Date:
4/10/1952
Location:
Washington, DC
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Collection Of:
Lewis Schneider
Locomotives:
PRR 4913(GG1)
Author:
Lew Schneider
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This picture is part of album:
The Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1950s
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Mike Woodruff
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This is almost certainly one of the "Congressional Limited" train sets, newly equipped with Budd-built stainless steel cars in 1952. Several GG1s including the 4913 were painted tuscan red (matching the letterboard stripe on the cars) for service on these trains.
1/22/2011 10:19:31 PM
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