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Viewing Album: PRR: Shafer ~> "Power To Burn" ~ 1976 (R)
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
8/29/1976 - 8/29/1976
Album Info:
Here are both covers and the complete contents of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders." It was edited by Mr. James M. Shafer and published during 1976. This particular copy was given to me by my friend Betty Burkett of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 29 August 1976. "Dedicated to the railroad workers of the [Pennsylvania Railroad's] Middle Division, who helped create the greatest railroad system in the world and paved the way for successors who opened up the West in this United States." * Repaired Album *
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Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 49, 1976
Description:
Here is page 49 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Top Photo, Revised Caption: "The west end of the New Portage Tunnel at Gallitzin [~ completed in 1855 by the State of Pennsylvania for its New Portage Railroad line ~] is shown as it looked in 1970. It is used for eastbound traffic." Bottom Photo, Revised Caption: "These are the twin bores of the main line tunnels at Gallitzin. The first [~ the Allegheny Tunnel on the right ~] was built in 1854 and the second [~ the Gallitzin Tunnel on the left ~] in 1905."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:40:52 AM
Location:
Gallitzin, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel,Winter
Locomotives:
Views:
7
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0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 50, 1976
Description:
Here is page 50 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Partial Caption: "A 'double-header' freight train is shown preparing to load at the old Kittanning Point coal dock before heading on to Pittsburgh."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:41:19 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
7
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 51, 1976
Description:
Here is page 51 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Here it all began. The above print from a tin-type photograph, made in 1854, shows the original PRR shops, which at that time were devoted mainly to repair. The PRR did not begin building locomotives until after 1865." The long Shop building pictured here borders on Altoona's Ninth Avenue.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:41:37 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
6
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 52, 1976
Description:
Here is page 52 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "The largest roundhouse in the world, located at [East Altoona], looked like this in 1916. Today only the turntable of the roundhouse remains. The [western] entrance is at the right of the photo."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:53:41 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
6
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 53, 1976
Description:
Here is page 53 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "This is how the PRR's Juniata Shops looked in 1900. At the far left, center, is the station of the Altoona and Northern Railroad, better known as the Wopsy Railroad." The East-West mainline tracks and the Altoona Yards are on the other side of the Shops. That's Chestnut Avenue in the foreground, as yet unpaved.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/3/2019 10:41:04 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
241
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 54, 1976
Description:
Here is page 54 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "The uptown PRR shop complex shows the Fourteenth Street Roundhouse in the center and the Altoona Machine Shops in the background." Photo taken from atop the Altoona Test Plant during the 1920's. In the foreground is the PRR's Steam Locomotive Test Plant.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/3/2019 10:42:40 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
157
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 55, 1976
Description:
Here is page 55 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "Five class GG-1 electric locomotives are shown as they were nearing completion in the Juniata [Erecting & Machine] Shop in June, 1935." The road numbers of these locomotives are not recorded. As of March 2019, this Shop is still in operation under the auspices of Norfolk Southern.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/3/2019 10:44:16 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
185
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 56, 1976
Description:
Here is page 56 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "The Samuel Rea Complex in Hollidaysburg was built in 1955 for $20 million. The largest railroad carbuilding shop in the world constructed nearly 47,000 new cars and repaired more than 108,000 between 1955 and 1973." As of March 2019, portions of this structure are still utilized by Curry Rail Services for the construction of replacement engine cabs and certain specialized freight cars. The PA Route 36 highway bridge (built during 1966) is visible just West of the Shop; a curving portion of US Route 22 is also visible at the lower right, immediately below Bald Hill.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/3/2019 10:46:17 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard
Locomotives:
Views:
225
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 57, 1976
Description:
Here is page 57 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "In the heyday of the steam locomotives, this was a view of the 'ready tracks' in the East Altoona Yards." The gantry cranes pictured here serviced the two multi-tracked ash pits. The 50-stall East Altoona Roundhouse is to the photographer's rear. Photo taken from Juniata's 17th Street Bridge, facing West.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:42:48 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
7
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 58, 1976
Description:
Here is page 58 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Partial Caption: "The year was 1914 and the employes of the Juniata Locomotive Shops gathered to have their photograph taken with the first K-4s the day it left the shops." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1737, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during May of 1914, renumbered "3750" in 1956, and retired in February of 1960 after 46 years of faithful service. This is the original K-4S.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:43:09 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 1737(4-6-2)
Views:
10
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 59, 1976
Description:
Here is page 59 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "The official track inspection car of the Pennsylvania Railroad, PRR 492575, is shown at the Altoona Station before beginning as inspection of the Middle Division in 1914. The car seated 50 persons." Partially visible on the left is the block tower at 12th Street; above it is a portion of the 12th Street Footbridge. A portion of the Logan House is also visible at the far right.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/4/2019 8:52:46 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Bridge
Locomotives:
Views:
279
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 60, 1976
Description:
Here is page 60 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "A tender and locomotive buried in sand near Woodvale show the destruction caused during the Johnstown Flood of May 31, 1889."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/4/2019 8:54:31 AM
Location:
Woodvale, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
172
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 61, 1976
Description:
Here is page 61 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Johnstown Flood survivors pose beside a heavy freight locomotive buried in the sands of the Conemaugh River." The Johnstown Flood occurred on Friday, 31 May 1889.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/4/2019 8:56:11 AM
Location:
Woodvale, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
220
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 62, 1976
Description:
Here is page 62 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania Railroad employes begin salvaging engines which were buried in the river sand during the Johnstown Flood." The Flood occurred on Friday, 31 May 1889. Both of these locomotives appear to be "H" Class (2-8-0) "Consolidations."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/4/2019 8:58:18 AM
Location:
Woodvale, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
189
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 63, 1976
Description:
Here is page 63 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "The viaduct trestle, 90 feet high and 369 feet long, was built in five days after the Johnstown Flood. The railroad sustained a terrific loss because of the natural disaster." This was not entirely a "natural" disaster since human neglect contributed to it. The earthen Conemaugh River Dam that gave way during heavy rains on Friday, 31 May 1889, was built during the 1830's in support of the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal system. When the Canal system was sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1859, the latter became the new owner of the Dam. The PRR's neglect of the Dam over the next 30 years contributed to its collapse.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/4/2019 8:59:57 AM
Location:
Conemaugh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
199
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 64, 1976
Description:
Here is page 64 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "En route to Tyrone [via the Bald Eagle Branch] early in the morning of May 31, 1893, the Walter L. Main Circus train 'lost its brakes' and wrecked." Note the elephants at the left side of the photo ~ but the lions and tigers that escaped roamed the nearby woods until they were recaptured!
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/5/2019 2:39:38 AM
Location:
Tyrone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
238
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 65, 1976
Description:
Here is page 65 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "An old photo shows wreckage of two Baldwin locomotives on the Bald Eagle Branch in 1902. The PRR engines met head-on in an early morning fog. The engine at the left was that of the work train, while that at the right was hauling a southbound freight train" toward Tyrone.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/5/2019 2:41:16 AM
Location:
Julian, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
230
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 66, 1976
Description:
Here is page 66 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Wreckage of PRR trains No. 13 and No. 15 was the result of a rear-end collision at the PRR station at Tyrone. The combination car struck the wall of the baggage room." This wreck occurred on Tuesday, 19 August 1913.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/5/2019 2:43:04 AM
Location:
Tyrone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Wreck,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
292
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 67, 1976
Description:
Here is page 67 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Another view of the Tyrone wreck shows the huge cranes at work clearing the debris. One of the wrecked locomotives is at the right, center, of the photo." This wreck occurred on Tuesday, 19 August 1913.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/5/2019 2:44:47 AM
Location:
Tyrone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Wreck,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
244
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 68, 1976
Description:
Here is page 68 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "A PRR wreck at New Portage Junction near Wye Switches, Duncansville, involved seven locomotives. This was the first wreck in which automobiles, en route to dealers, were destroyed. It occurred Nov. 6, 1916." In an article published in a November 1966 issue of the "Altoona Mirror," it's stated that "It was 50 years ago, Nov. 6, 1916, that [this] disastrous freight wreck occurred near the Wye Switches at Duncansville. An eastbound freight train, No. 2736, went out of control descending the New Portage Branch from Gallitzin to Hollidaysburg and ran away to crash into four engines ~ Nos. 2477, 2759, 2665, and 971 ~ standing near the Wye Switches. Seven trainmen were killed in the wreck." Note the steam-powered derrick at work on the right. (For more photos of this incident, see the album entitled "PRR: Wreck at New Portage Junction ~ NOV 1916.")
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/5/2019 2:46:18 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
PRR 2736(2-8-0)
Views:
413
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 69, 1976
Description:
Here is page 69 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "In this PRR wreck at Mount Union Station, April of 1914, several people were killed when a Pullman car was telescoped by the next car in the train. Note motor-driven ambulance at station."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:44:50 AM
Location:
Mount Union, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Wreck,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
7
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 70, 1976
Description:
Here is page 70 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "On Nov. 30, 1925, an eastbound freight train 'lost its air' descending the East Slope and ran away, finally derailing and striking the old 17th Street Bridge, moving it 32 inches off its foundation. F.C. Scheline and H.F. Taubler were killed in the wreck. The bridge had to be rebuilt before it could be used for traffic again."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:45:10 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
5
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 71, 1976
Description:
Here is page 71 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Early on the morning of Feb. 18, 1947, the K-4 locomotives and cars of the Red Arrow Express left the tracks at the Bennington Curve and plunged into the ravine killing 24 persons and injuring 105."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:45:32 AM
Location:
Gallitzin, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
7
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 72, 1976
Description:
Here is page 72 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Strewn over the ravine below the Bennington Curve are the wrecked coaches and Pullman cars of the Red Arrow in which 24 persons lost their lives and 105 were injured. This photo, made eight hours after the wreck, Feb. 18, 1947, shows salvage operations already in progress."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:45:56 AM
Location:
Gallitzin, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
8
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 73, 1976
Description:
Here is page 73 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Partial Caption: "Line prehistoric monsters, the four huge PRR cranes are shown in March, 1947, lifting one of the two wrecked locomotives to track level at the scene of the Red Arrow wreck at Bennington Curve." The locomotive in question is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #422, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during July of 1917 and scrapped in April of 1947 after 30 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:46:14 AM
Location:
Gallitzin, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
PRR 422(4-6-2)
Views:
9
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 74, 1976
Description:
Here is page 74 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Ross Winnan's 'Seneca,' built in 1854, was rebuilt in Altoona in 1866. It remained in service in the Altoona Yards until 1894." Partially visible at the right are the western-wing upper floors of Altoona's famed Logan House.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/10/2019 11:05:07 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR SENECA(0-6-0)
Views:
560
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 75, 1976
Description:
Here is page 75 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "Altoona Machine Shops [1676], PRR No. 48, 0-6-0, was considered a switching engine." This locomotive was built in September of 1891.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/10/2019 11:06:49 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 48(0-6-0)
Views:
362
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 76, 1976
Description:
Here is page 76 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "This Baldwin engine, built in 1854 as the 'Bedford,' was rebuilt in Altoona Machine Shops in 1866 as PRR No. 98, 2-8-0."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/10/2019 11:08:14 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR BEDFORD(2-8-0)
PRR 98(2-8-0)
Views:
819
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 77, 1976
Description:
Here is page 77 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Richard Norris and Son built this beauty in 1854. It was rebuilt in Altoona in 1864 and scrapped in 1870. PRR No. 209, 4-4-0, was the official designation." (4,800)
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/10/2019 11:09:31 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 209(4-4-0)
Views:
372
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 78, 1976
Description:
Here is page 78 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Ross Winnan's rebuilt 'Cornplanter' was built in January of 1856, and rebuilt in Altoona Machine Shops in 1866 as a 2-6-0 with new driving rods."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/10/2019 11:11:00 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR CORNPLANTE(2-6-0)
PRR 119(2-6-0)
Views:
559
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0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 79, 1976
Description:
Here is page 79 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Top Photo Caption: "This Baldwin, built in November of 1864, was rebuilt in Altoona Machine Shops in 1864, PRR No. 137, 4-6-0. Note draft pipe on stack." Bottom Photo Caption: "Ross Winnan's 'Pluto,' built in 1853, was rebuilt in Altoona Machine Shops during 1869. A lead truck was added for the 4-6-0"
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/10/2019 11:12:40 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 137(4-6-0)
PRR PLUTO(2-6-0)
Views:
749
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Pages 80-81, 1976
Description:
Here is pages 80-81 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Implied Caption: Here is an aerial view of the Horseshoe Curve, c. 1960. Note the presence of Pennsylvania Railroad K-4S "Pacific" #1361 at the Curve's apex.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:48:04 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 1361(4-6-2)
Views:
10
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 82, 1976
Description:
Here is page 82 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Lancaster Locomotive Works built this model in February, 1857, as PRR No. 195, 4-4-0."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:48:27 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 195(4-4-0)
Views:
6
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 83, 1976
Description:
Here is page 83 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "PRR No. 145, 4-4-0, had driving wheel cap covers bearing the name of J. Brandt, Superintendent. The engine was built in 1860 in the Lancaster Locomotive Works."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:48:54 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 145(4-4-0)
Views:
5
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 84, 1976
Description:
Here is page 84 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "Richard Norris and Sons built this engine in 1863. Scrapped in 1872, the PRR 4-4-0 [No. 278] was not a favorite." Partially visible in the background is Altoona's Logan House.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:49:45 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 278(4-4-0)
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5
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Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 85, 1976
Description:
Here is page 85 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Richard Norris and Sons built this steam engine in 1863. PRR No. 297, 4-6-0, stands in front of the Logan House, in background."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:50:06 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 297(4-6-0)
Views:
5
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0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 86, 1976
Description:
Here is page 86 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "PRR No. 43 was originally built by Smith & Perkins of Alexandria, Va., and was named the "Altoona." Rebuilt in 1866, it was given the number 43."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:50:27 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR ALTOONA(4-6-0)
PRR 43(4-6-0)
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6
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0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 87, 1976
Description:
Here is page 87 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "The New Jersey Locomotive and Machine Co. built PRR No. 417, 4-6-0."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:55:52 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 417(4-6-0)
Views:
5
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0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 88, 1976
Description:
Here is page 88 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "The first engine to be completed in the Altoona Machine Shops was No. 142, which was outshopped in [December of] 1866 [and retired in August of 1888 after 22 years of faithful service]. It is shown here in an official PRR photograph at Altoona."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/13/2019 8:23:15 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 142(4-4-0)
Views:
674
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0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 89, 1976
Description:
Here is page 89 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Millholland's 'Gunboat.' Richard Norris & Co. built it in 1866, PRR No. 14, 4-6-0." Partially visible in the background is Altoona's Logan House.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/13/2019 8:24:32 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR GUNBOAT(4-6-0)
PRR 14(4-6-0)
Views:
993
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0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 90, 1976
Description:
Here is page 90 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "This Baldwin 1863 was an official inspection car, PRR No. 417, 4-4-4." Bottom Photo: "Altoona Machine Shops, 1871, built PRR No. 489, 4-6-0, Class D (G-1)."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:51:29 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 217(4-4-4)
PRR 489(2-6-0)
Views:
7
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 91, 1976
Description:
Here is page 91 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "An Altoona Machine Shops 1869 era locomotive had inclined cylinders and forced draft pipe on its stack."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
6/26/2025 7:51:50 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 45(2-6-0)
Views:
5
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 92, 1976
Description:
Here is page 92 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "Altoona Machine Shops in [May], 1869, produced the first class 'E,' PRR No. 218, 4-6-0."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/14/2019 9:36:33 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 218(2-6-0)
Views:
336
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 93, 1976
Description:
Here is page 93 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Top Photo Caption: "Altoona Machine Shops, in September 1873, listed class G (D-5) PRR No. 930, 4-4-0, as a special engine." Bottom Photo Caption: "Altoona Machine Shops, in 1881, built this class I (H-1) PRR No. 433, 2-8-0."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/14/2019 3:44:05 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 930(4-4-0)
PRR 433(2-8-0)
Views:
539
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 94, 1976
Description:
Here is page 94 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Top Photo Caption: "Built in Altoona in 1875 as a 2-6-0, this locomotive was rebuilt in Altoona in 1882 as a switcher, PRR 262, 0-6-0." Bottom Photo Caption: "Baldwin in April of 1861 built PRR 212, 2-4-0, a light passenger engine." Partially visible in the background is Altoona's Logan House.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/14/2019 3:46:18 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 252(0-6-0)
PRR 212(2-4-0)
Views:
718
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 95, 1976
Description:
Here is page 95 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Altoona Machine Shops, in 1882, built this Forney 'double-ender.' PRR No. 4, 2-4-6T, the only one ever built. It was scrapped in 1892."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/14/2019 3:47:57 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 4(UNKNOWN)
Views:
585
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 96, 1976
Description:
Here is page 96 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "AMTRAK's National Limited rounds the Horseshoe Curve, eastbound on its daily trip to New York. At the high peak of passenger traffic, more than 120 trains passed around the 'Curve,' east- and westbound." Amtrak engine #589 is an SDP40-F built by GM-EMD in May of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/14/2019 3:51:26 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
AMTK 593(SDP40F)
Views:
381
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Inside Back Cover, 1976
Description:
Here is the inside of the back cover of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "This is the last [Pennsylvania Railroad] steam engine, a J-1, leaving the Juniata Shops for a scrapyard." No bell and no builder's badge, no headlight and no keystone. "Unwept, unhonored, and unsung."
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/14/2019 3:53:08 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
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Views:
185
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1
Title:
PRR "Power To Burn," Back Cover, 1976
Description:
Here is the back cover of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Depicted in relief is Pennsylvania Railroad N-6B cabin car #980901, built in the Altoona Car Shops during August of 1916. It was enshrined at the Horseshoe Curve to remember and honor the many thousands of men and women who labored in the PRR's Altoona Works from 1850 to 1968.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/14/2019 3:57:11 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock
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Views:
122
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0
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