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Pictures of PRR 6810
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
BLW 4-8-2
Built As:
PRR 6810 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:
59366
Order No:
Frame Number:
27X30 cylinders, 72" drivers
Built:
7/1926
Notes:
PRR Class M-1; sfs 02/1958
Other locos with this serial:
PRR 6810(4-8-2)
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Title:
PRR 6810, M-1, 1956
Description:
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Nelson Bowers that was taken near Rockville, Pennsylvania, in March of 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6810, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958 after 32 years of faithful service. It has just departed the Enola Yards with a mixed-cargo freight train, and is threading the interlocking on the Rockville Bridge on its way to Williamsport and points North. ("Stoneborobranch"; #27 of 28)
Photo Date:
3/21/1956
Upload Date:
9/18/2020 9:23:17 AM
Location:
Rockville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6810(4-8-2)
Views:
373
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 6810, M-1, c. 1956
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Roundhouse in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, c. 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6810, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958 after 32 years of faithful service. Note the atypical tender! Edward Kaspriske Collection.
Photo Date:
8/15/1956
Upload Date:
6/22/2023 8:32:38 AM
Location:
Northumberland, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6810(4-8-2)
Views:
312
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6810, M-1, 1956
Description:
Here is a photo via Paul W. Prescott that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 20 September 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6810, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958 after 32 years of service. Gary Mittner Collection.
Photo Date:
9/20/1956
Upload Date:
10/18/2022 5:28:52 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6810(4-8-2)
Views:
379
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR, Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 46, 1979
Description:
Here is page three of a six-page article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "Atterbury's Engines: Part 2 ~ Why The M-1's Outlasted The Duplex Drives." It was published originally in the November 1979 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 46. Top Left Photo Caption: "Did a Pennsylvania 4-8-2 ever shine as brightly as M-1a 6759 at the New York World's Fair in 1939?" Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6759, an M-1A built in Juniata during June of 1930 and retired in August of 1955. Top Right Photo Caption: "Candidate (for vice president) Richard M. Nixon was hauled by footboarded M-1 6925 out of Titusville, Pa., on October 10, 1952." Shown here is PRR engine #6925, an M-1 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in November of 1926 and retired in September of 1955. Bottom Left Photo Caption: "Short-tanked M-1 6810 headed a special at NYC station in Erie, Pa." Shown here is PRR engine #6810, an M-1 built by Baldwin in August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958. Bottom Right Photo Caption: "Runaway flatcar of I-beams sprung a leak in 210F75 tank of M-1a 6717 at Enola Yard in 1956." Shown here is the tender of PRR engine #6717, an M-1B built by Baldwin in June of 1930 and retired in September of 1958.
Photo Date:
11/1/1979
Upload Date:
9/13/2022 2:10:07 PM
Location:
Titusville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6759(4-8-2)
PRR 6925(4-8-2)
PRR 6810(4-8-2)
PRR 6717(4-8-2)
Views:
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