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Viewing Album: "Trains" Magazine Illustrations ~ 1940-1999
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
11/2/1940 - 12/31/1999
Album Info:
Here are more than 100 photos and miscellaneous items of Pennsylvania Railroad-related subjects which were published originally in "Trains" magazine.
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Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1941
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Granville Thomas. It was published originally in the January 1941 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 39. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania-Reading sand and gravel train of 65 cars leaves Millville, N.J., behind engines of both roads." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1233, an H-9S (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built as an H-8B in Juniata during July of 1909, rebuilt as an H-9S in February of 1917, and retired in July of 1948.
Photo Date:
1/1/1941
Upload Date:
1/12/2017 2:29:38 AM
Location:
Millville, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 1233(2-8-0)
RDG 301(4-4-2)
Views:
965
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, February 1941
Description:
Here are two photos taken by Mr. Herman Shambaugh. They were published originally in the February 1941 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 49. Bottom Left Photo: Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9212, a USRA B-28S (0-6-0) switcher built by the American Locomotive Company as number "9212" during 1918 and renumbered "9990" in February of 1948.
Photo Date:
2/1/1941
Upload Date:
3/9/2017 2:01:50 AM
Location:
Cleveland, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 9212(0-6-0)
Views:
710
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1942
Description:
Here is an illustration by Mr. Geoffrey Biggs that was published originally on the front cover of the January 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine. Depicted here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6100, the S-1 (6-4-4-6) built in Juniata during January of 1939 and retired in January of 1949 after just ten years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
1/1/1942
Upload Date:
10/13/2019 8:11:30 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
424
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1942
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the January 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 2. Photo Caption: "After the evening rush hour, Long Island Railroad." The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
1/1/1942
Upload Date:
10/13/2019 8:06:48 AM
Location:
Jamaica, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
284
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1942
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was published originally in the January 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 3. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3768, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata in June of 1920, streamlined in 1936, and retired in October of 1953 after 33 years' service. In this context, it's part of "Railroads On Parade" at the 1939-40 World's Fair in Queens, New York.
Photo Date:
1/1/1942
Upload Date:
10/13/2019 8:03:14 AM
Location:
Flushing, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 3768(4-6-2)
Views:
443
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1942
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally on the back cover of the January 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine. Shown here is the front end of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6100, the S-1 (6-4-4-6) built in Juniata during January of 1939 and retired in January of 1949 after just ten years of revenue service. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
1/1/1942
Upload Date:
10/13/2019 8:00:40 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
427
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, March 1942
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the March 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 17. Photo Credit: Mutual Magazine, Pennsylvania Railroad. Photo Caption: "Scenic Middle Division near Lewistown, Pa."
Photo Date:
3/1/1942
Upload Date:
3/9/2017 2:06:56 AM
Location:
Lewistown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
506
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, March 1942
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the March 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 17. Photo Credit: Mutual Magazine, Pennsylvania Railroad. Photo Caption: Station buildings at McVeytown, Pa."
Photo Date:
3/1/1942
Upload Date:
3/9/2017 2:05:13 AM
Location:
McVeytown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
408
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, July 1942
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Wayne Leeman. It was published originally in the July 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 37. Revised Caption: "Around one of the [St. Louis] Union Station wyes swings a light Pennsylvania locomotive.... The three-position lower-quadrant semaphores, part of the original 1894 electropneumantic signaling installation, have recently been replaced with searchlight signals."
Photo Date:
7/1/1942
Upload Date:
10/10/2019 12:08:22 PM
Location:
St. Louis, MO
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Night,Steam,Signal,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
250
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1942
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Norman E. Kohl. It was published originally as the frontispiece in the November 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine. Partial Caption: "Cyclops, Class G-5. With its one eye glowing and its face shining black and sweaty in the yard floodlights, locomotive 25 of the Long Island Rail Road rests after its day of pulling suburban passenger trains." Partially visible here is LIRR engine #25, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in the Pennsylvania Railroad's Juniata Erecting & Machine Shops during January of 1925. The date and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
11/1/1942
Upload Date:
10/10/2019 12:05:46 PM
Location:
Oyster Bay, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Night,Steam
Locomotives:
LIRR 25(4-6-0)
Views:
293
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, June 1943
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was published originally on the front cover of the June 1943 issue of "Trains" magazine. Photo Caption: "The Pennsylvania Railroad electric freight train on the front cover is leaving Philadelphia southbound. The locomotive is one of the original P-5 type with six driving wheels." Shown here is PRR engine #4705, a P-5A (2-C-2) built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and Westinghouse in August of 1932 and retired in May of 1963 after 31 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
6/1/1943
Upload Date:
9/21/2019 9:07:02 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 4705(4-6-4)
Views:
460
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, June 1943
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. William Moedinger, Jr. It was published originally in the June 1943 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 29. Partial Caption: "The photo shows a Tyrone-bound freight approaching Dix Station ~ a humble, concrete telephone shanty behind the photographer." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4126, an L-1S (2-8-2) "Mikado" built in Juniata during September of 1915 and retired in December of 1952 after 37 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
6/1/1943
Upload Date:
9/21/2019 9:08:40 AM
Location:
Tyrone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 4126(2-8-2)
Views:
418
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, June 1943
Description:
Here are two photos taken by Mr. R.J. Foster. They were published originally in the June 1943 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 30. Partial Caption: "Under pressure of war traffic, a new design has appeared in quantities more than experimental. It is the J-1 Texas type, of which several dozen are now pulling freight on the line through Indianapolis to St. Louis." Top Photo: Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6460, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during January of 1943 and retired in September of 1957 after just 14 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
6/1/1943
Upload Date:
9/21/2019 9:10:33 AM
Location:
St. Louis, MO
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6460(2-10-4)
Views:
446
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR West Philadelphia, #1 of 2, 1943
Description:
Here is the first of two photos taken by Mr. Harold M. Lambert. It was published originally in the December 1943 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 22. Photo Caption: "The smokiest, dirtiest place on a railroad is the engine terminal. But because the locomotive personifies the railroad to most people, the roundhouse would easily top any popularity poll, and, as shown by these photos at West Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania Railroad, the engine terminal is extremely photogenic. The roundhouse itself is not so much a garage for locomotives as a place for light repairs, and in these days of heavy traffic [during WWII], the railroads are turning locomotives so fast that none of them tarry in roundhouses any longer than absolutely necessary to keep them in first-class operating condition." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #198, an E-6S (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built in Juniata during August of 1914 and retired in April of 1951 after 37 years of faithful service..
Photo Date:
12/1/1943
Upload Date:
1/5/2017 7:54:20 PM
Location:
West Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
PRR 198(4-4-2)
Views:
1233
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR West Philadelphia, #2 of 2, 1943
Description:
Here is the second of two photos taken by Mr. Harold M. Lambert. It was published originally in the December 1943 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 23. Photo Caption: "The smokiest, dirtiest place on a railroad is the engine terminal. But because the locomotive personifies the railroad to most people, the roundhouse would easily top any popularity poll, and, as shown by these photos at West Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania Railroad, the engine terminal is extremely photogenic. The roundhouse itself is not so much a garage for locomotives as a place for light repairs, and in these days of heavy traffic [during WWII], the railroads are turning locomotives so fast that none of them tarry in roundhouses any longer than absolutely necessary to keep them in first-class operating condition."
Photo Date:
12/1/1943
Upload Date:
1/5/2017 7:56:55 PM
Location:
West Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
460
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1944
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the January 1944 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 9. The photographer was not identified. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania Station, New York City, 1943." The time is 10:10 A.M.
Photo Date:
1/1/1944
Upload Date:
1/12/2017 2:09:42 AM
Location:
New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
454
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, October 1944
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the October 1944 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 17. The photographer was not identified. Photo Caption: "Above is the large interlocking machine used at the west end of Pennsylvania Station, New York City. Besides levermen, there are a train director and a regular staff of operators. This picture was made years ago and many changes have been made since."
Photo Date:
10/1/1944
Upload Date:
1/12/2017 2:10:58 AM
Location:
New York Penn Sta, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
512
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, October 1944
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was published originally in the October 1944 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 5. Partial Caption: "Here is the first Pennsylvania Railroad Class Q-2 4-4-6-4 steam freight locomotive, of which 25 more are now being built at company shops in Altoona." Shown here is PRR engine #6131, a Q-2 (4-4-6-4) built in Juniata during August of 1944 and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
10/1/1944
Upload Date:
9/24/2019 1:31:37 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6131(UNKNOWN)
Views:
466
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, October 1944
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Anthony P. Formanek. It was published originally in the October 1944 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 22-23. Photo Caption: "A K-4 speeds its train near Rahway, N.J., before electrification of the Pennsy's New York Division." PRR engine #3731 is a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during February of 1920 and retired in August of 1952 after 32 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
10/1/1944
Upload Date:
9/20/2019 2:30:34 AM
Location:
Rahway, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 3731(4-6-2)
Views:
491
Comments:
1
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, February 1945
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Ranny Routt of the Washington Evening Star. It was published in the February81945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 7. Shown here is a portion of the Christmas-time crowd in Washington's Union Station on Saturday, 23 December 1944.
Photo Date:
12/23/1944
Upload Date:
12/21/2016 8:19:11 AM
Location:
Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
663
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, May 1945
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. A.R. Arment. It was published originally in the May 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 34. Photo Caption: "A.R. Arment of Chester, Pa., made this picture in the Enola shops of the Pennsylvania [Railroad] near Harrisburg. The driver is from an M-1a and a new tire is being heated before shrinking it on the wheel."
Photo Date:
5/1/1945
Upload Date:
3/9/2017 2:03:09 AM
Location:
Enola, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
406
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, August 1945
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. C.H. Brady. It was published originally in the August 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 5. Partial Caption: "The Pennsylvania's direct-drive steam turbine locomotive is now in regular service between Chicago and Crestline, O., going east each day on the 'Trail Blazer' and west on the 'Admiral.'" Shown here is PRR engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
8/1/1945
Upload Date:
10/18/2019 3:25:07 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
652
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1945
Description:
Here is an advertisement that was published originally on the back cover of the December 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine. Depicted here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service. "One of the most important changes in the power principle in the steam locomotive in over 100 years," according to this ad, "the turbine drive engine gives promise of a great future in the field of train transportation." Alas, it was a great ~ but brief ~ future!
Photo Date:
12/1/1945
Upload Date:
9/10/2020 2:07:42 AM
Location:
Eddystone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
646
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, May 1946
Description:
Here is a brief article by Mr. E.L. Thompson entitled "Now It Can Be Told." It was published originally in the May 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 46.
Photo Date:
5/1/1946
Upload Date:
3/9/2017 2:46:52 AM
Location:
Alexandria, VA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
Views:
494
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, May 1947
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was published originally in the May 1947 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 19. Photo Caption: "Much more modern is Pennsylvania's K-4 Pacific No. 2034, which hauls the crack 'Del-Mar-Va Express' from New York City through Delmar, Del. (where it is shown), to the Norfolk Ferry at Cape Charles, Va." PRR engine #2034 is a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during June of 1917 and retired in April of 1950 after 33 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
5/1/1947
Upload Date:
9/24/2019 8:08:49 AM
Location:
Delmar, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 2034(4-6-2)
Views:
404
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, May 1947
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. George B. Ritz. It was published originally in the May 1947 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 21. Photo Caption: "In its acquisition of other railroad companies, the Pennsylvania has built up a hash assortment of motive power, of which No. 6536 is an example. This Atlantic was originally built for the New York, Philadelphia, & Norfolk ~ which the PRR leased in the early 1920's. She is shown at Ocean City in 1940." Shown here is PRR engine #6536, an E-5S built in Juniata as an E-5 numbered "36" for the NYP&N during April of 1911, rebuilt as an E-5S in March of 1916, renumbered "6536" for the PRR in 1918, and retired in April of 1948 after 37 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
5/1/1947
Upload Date:
9/24/2019 8:07:00 AM
Location:
Ocean City, MD
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6536(4-4-2)
Views:
437
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, May 1947
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Frank P. Donovan, Jr. It was published originally in the May 1947 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 22. Photo Caption: "Engine 5725 is a stocky Ten-Wheeler which performs all road and yard work on the Pennsylvania's Chestertown Branch. It is a Charlestown, where passengers disentrain." Shown here is PRR engine #5725, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during October of 1924 and retired July of 1949 after 25 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
5/1/1947
Upload Date:
9/24/2019 8:05:44 AM
Location:
Charlestown, MD
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5725(4-6-0)
Views:
401
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, May 1947
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Harry J. Trede. It was published originally in the May 1947 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 44. Partial Caption: "The Long Island ~ controlled by the Pennsylvania ~ operates 376 miles of line, all but four miles of which is on the island which gives it its name. Here a Pennsylvania Atlantic pulls a one-car extra on the four-track main west of Bellrose." Shown here is PRR engine #198, an E-6S (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built in Juniata during August of 1914 and retired in April of 1951 after 37 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
5/1/1947
Upload Date:
9/21/2019 11:25:39 AM
Location:
Jamaica, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 198(4-4-2)
Views:
524
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, June 1947
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the June 1947 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 61. Photo Caption: "The Paoli Local [February Trains] was not always electrified. In its earliest days, it was drawn by horsepower, then, for more than half a century, by steam. Although the 'Main Line' was four-track in 1908, as it is now, some changes other than electrification have taken place since that year, when this photograph of the station at St. Davids was taken. Lower-quadrant semaphore signals have given way to color-light signals, station platforms have been lengthened, and the water tower in the background is no longer needed. The schedule has been speeded up by nine minutes between Philadelphia and St. Davids. Now M.U. cars have replaced the Class E-2a 4-4-2 shown in the photograph, which is from the collection of George B. Ritz, 1351 Fillmore Street, Philadelphia."
Photo Date:
6/1/1947
Upload Date:
1/6/2017 2:01:27 AM
Location:
Paoli, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
503
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR-Monon Diamond, #1 of 2, 1947
Description:
Here is the first of two photos taken by Mr. Linn H. Westcott. It was published in the July 1947 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 40. Photo Caption: "Limedale is where the Monon crosses the double-track line of the Pennsylvania's Vandalia route to St. Louis. The way freight in the distance is setting out cars for the cement plant. The plant chimneys can be seen at the far right. Two interchange tracks connect the roads here."
Photo Date:
7/1/1947
Upload Date:
1/12/2017 3:55:43 AM
Location:
Limedale, IN
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Signal,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
480
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR-Monon Diamond, #2 of 2, 1947
Description:
Here is the second of two photos taken by Mr. Linn H. Westcott. It was published in the July 1947 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 41. Photo Caption: "Monon engines nose cars for the Pennsylvania up the south east interchange track as far as it is clear. Limedale is on the southern outskirts of Greencastle."
Photo Date:
7/1/1947
Upload Date:
1/12/2017 3:57:35 AM
Location:
Limedale, IN
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Signal,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
456
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, September 1947
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. John B. Reschke. It was published originally in the September 1947 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 31. Photo Caption: "The Long Island Railroad is primarily a commuter road, but it also is a terminal railroad for freight operations. This pusher engine is helping an eastbound freight between Long Island City and Fresh Pond Junction."
Photo Date:
9/1/1947
Upload Date:
1/16/2017 11:20:55 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
434
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, September 1947
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Ewing Gailoway. It was published originally in the September 1947 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 31. Photo Caption: "Locomotives of the Long Island Railroad are serviced in this 22-stall roundhouse in the Morris Park Yard in Queens County." Note the "Box Cab" in the lower left corner of the photo.
Photo Date:
9/1/1947
Upload Date:
1/16/2017 11:22:25 PM
Location:
Morris Park, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
591
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1947
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Lynn H. Westcott entitled "One of Chicago's Busiest Crossings." It was published originally in the November 1947 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 61. Photo Caption: "This is Twenty-first Street crossing in Chicago. The multiple tracks of the Chicago & Western Indiana run from left to right, cross the two-track line of the Pennsylvania in the center of the photo, and then turn south. Gulf Mobile & Ohio (Alton) trains run on the tracks at the extreme right. The Santa Fe switcher in the background is on two tracks which leave the C&WI right of way at the crossing and bear southwest. Illinois Central also runs over these. All trains using Dearborn Station and Pennsylvania trains to and from Union Station operate over this intersection. At the extreme left background is an interchange track. Photo by Linn H. Westcott."
Photo Date:
11/1/1947
Upload Date:
1/6/2017 2:05:03 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Signal,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
795
Comments:
1
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1948
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the January 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 40. It was included in a three-page article by Mr. E.L. Thompson entitled "Falls Creek, Pa.: Area of Railroad Thrills." Photo Caption: "PRR Mike readies for a day's work on a way freight." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2760, an L-1S (2-8-2) "Mikado" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during February of 1917 and retired in September of 1950 after 33 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
1/1/1948
Upload Date:
7/13/2019 1:05:26 PM
Location:
Falls Creek, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 2760(2-8-2)
Views:
404
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1948
Description:
Here is a half-page article entitled "How Fast Are We Going?" It was published originally in the January 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 48. No author is specified. Includes a complete Time\MPH Table.
Photo Date:
1/1/1948
Upload Date:
7/13/2019 1:03:43 PM
Location:
Jersey City, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
320
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1948
Description:
Here is a photo that was published originally in the January 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 64. Partial Caption: "The first of 100 new extra-length box cars have rolled out of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Works." Shown here is PRR 60-foot "Merchandise Service" box car #37007. Partially visible at the left is an unidentified PRR Class "H" steam locomotive.
Photo Date:
1/1/1948
Upload Date:
7/12/2019 3:24:54 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
463
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0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, January 1948
Description:
Here is a composit article-with-photo that was published originally in the January 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 64 & 66. Photo Caption: "This is the Friendship Train as it appeared east of Pittsburgh on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The locomotive is a Baldwin diesel. Inset shows how some of the train's freight cars were decorated." Prominent here is PRR engine #5827 and another "Centipede" whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as 3,000 horsepower BP-60's for passenger service, but later regeared and downgraded to 2,500 horsepower BH-50's for freight and helper service. #5827 was constructed in October of 1948 and retired in September of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. (Don't ask me how a magazine published in January has a photo of an engine not yet built!)
Photo Date:
1/2/1948
Upload Date:
7/12/2019 3:23:11 AM
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5827(DR12-8-1500/2)
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569
Comments:
1
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, February 1948
Description:
Here is a half-page item which was published originally in the February 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 50. Partial Caption: "Locomotive builders are proud of their handiwork, and they mount a name plate on each side of the smokebox af every locomotive they build." Depicted at the right is the ovoid builder's plate for Pennsylvania Railroad D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" #5709 built in the Altoona Machine Shops as PW&B D-16D number "79" during March of 1900, renumbered as PRR "5079" in 1903, rebuilt as a D-16B in January of 1913, rebuilt as a D-16SB in August of 1916, and retired in 1940.
Photo Date:
2/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/25/2019 2:50:45 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 5079(4-4-0)
Views:
289
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, August 1948
Description:
Here is a photo that was taken by Mr. Bob Milner. It was published originally in the August 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 19, as part of a four-page photo study entitled "Where East Meets West." Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania Railroad's 'Manhattan Limited' is crossing the Chicago River at 21st and Stewart Streets, en route to New York." Shown here is PRR engine #5527, a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during November of 1945 and retired in December of 1953 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
8/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/27/2019 9:41:56 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5527(UNKNOWN)
Views:
449
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, August 1948
Description:
Here is a photo that was taken by Mr. Bob Milner. It was published originally in the August 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 37. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania Railroad's winter season 'Florida Arrow' enters Englewood on the first step of its every-third-day journey to sunshiney Miami." The locomotive's road number and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
8/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/27/2019 9:39:25 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
105
Comments:
0
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"Trains" Magazine, January 1949
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was published originally in the January 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 10. Partial Caption: "One of the largest and heaviest pieces of structural steel to be delivered to Manhattan Island in recent years arrived in New York astride three flat cars via PRR."
Photo Date:
1/1/1949
Upload Date:
3/9/2017 2:00:03 AM
Location:
New York, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
Views:
338
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, March 1949
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. E.F. Wiegand. It was published originally in the March 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 5. Photo Caption: "Gone with 1948: Wooden M.U. cars on the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.... PRSL has replaced its 46-year-old wooden M.U. cars with more modern steel coaches pulled by steam, augmenting the steel M.U.'s which are still in use."
Photo Date:
3/1/1949
Upload Date:
1/12/2017 2:50:36 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
333
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, April 1949
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Mike Runey. It was published originally in the April 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 31. Photo Caption: "Bound for the coalfields with a train of empty hoppers, a Pennsylvania I-1 comes waddling out of the Elmira (N.Y.) Yards. After picking up orders at Kendall Tower and crossing over the shallow waters of Seeley Creek, the capable Decapod will be on the single track main line of the Williamsport Division ~ an important link in the Pennsy's map that provides connections with other eastern carriers (like the Lehigh Valley) and furnishes nearby markets with Keystone State fuel. Most of the Division's tonnage is hauled by these I-1's or heavy M-1 Mountain types; often, both classes doublehead." The locomotive's road number and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
4/1/1949
Upload Date:
8/10/2019 3:46:06 AM
Location:
Elmira, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
344
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. P.M. Rotzler. It was published originally in the November 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 32. Photo Caption: "Even Pennsylvania's famed Horseshoe Curve, ankle-deep in the cinders of generations of the system's heaviest steam locomotives, fell to the diesel in the 1940 decade. This shark-nosed, four-unit Baldwin is moving to the westbound Altoona yards before going up the Curve." Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9588 and three more "BF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9588 is a BF-15 built in June of 1949 and retired in June of 1964 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
11/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/24/2019 3:34:22 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 9588(DR4-4-15)
Views:
279
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Paul Ellenberger. It was published originally in the November 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 36. Photo Caption: "In mid-decade, Pennsylvania Railroad experimented with a direct-drive steam turbine locomotive which seemed especially suited for fast passenger service. But the economics of dieselization overtook the project and the S-2, shown here at Englewood, Ill., is now stored out of service at Altoona, Pa." PRR engine #6200 is the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
11/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/24/2019 3:32:41 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
646
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Wallace W. Abbey. It was published originally in the December 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 12. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania's 'Fort Pitt,' a few minutes out of Union Station, crosses the South Branch of the Chicago River and clatters through 21st Street interlocking. Tower is at right of PRR signal mast." The engine road numbers and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
12/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/31/2019 10:17:27 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
233
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Wallace W. Abbey. It was published originally in the December 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 17. Partial Caption: "Not too many years ago, a diesel locomotive was a rarity at 21st Street Tower.... The Pennsylvania K-4 used to dominate the scene, but now you have to wait quite a while to find one picking its way through the crossing frogs. This one is pulling empty equipment." Shown here is PRR engine #5457, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during March of 1927 and retired in January of 1954 after 27 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
12/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/31/2019 4:28:43 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 5457(4-6-2)
Views:
356
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, September 1951
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Robert A. Hadley. It was published originally in the September 1951 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 29. Partial Caption: "The head brakeman of this Pennsylvania freight is looking for a highball from the tower as his train speeds through Lucas, O., westbound to Mansfield, Lima, and Fort Wayne, Ind., and Chicago." The locomotive road numbers and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
9/1/1951
Upload Date:
8/2/2019 10:25:58 AM
Location:
Lucas, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
183
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Heading Up Eaton Grade," c. 1951
Description:
Here is a photo by Mr. Linn H. Westcott. It was published originally in the October 1951 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 22. Partial Caption: "The train is heading up Eaton Grade out of Altoona." Photo taken facing West from the 24th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The locomotive's road number and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
10/1/1951
Upload Date:
8/30/2019 2:47:30 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
122
Comments:
0
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