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PRR 4-8-2 #6800 - Pennsylvania RR |
| Description: |
This is a good example of a 1926 Baldwin built Mountain-type locomotive. Specifics - class M1, 72" drivers, impressive 250 lb psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine weight of 385,850 lb, tractive effort of 64,547 lb. According to SteamLocomotive.com "The design of the PRR's "Mountain" locomotive was not an extension of its Class K4s "Pacific", but rather a descendant of its I1s "Decapod". It was the work of J. T. Wallis, Chief of Motive Power and W. F. Kiesel, Jr, Mechanical Engineer, who started with an I1's boiler, enlarged the combustion chamber, then used the "Decapod's" guides, crossheads and many other parts." No exact, date or location was given for this photo unfortunately. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1945 Upload Date: 11/19/2014 9:20:55 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6800(4-8-2) |
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771 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4-8-2 #6811 |
| Description: |
Very well preserved original photo of the 1926 Baldwin built 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotive #6811. Only one of the 300 Pennsy 4-8-2's has survived and fittingly is at the RR Museum of Pennsylvania. Specs - M-1 class, 72" drivers, impressive 250 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine weight of 385,850 lb, tractive effort of 64,547 lb. Photographer initials were J.B. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1945 Upload Date: 10/14/2017 7:08:48 AM |
| Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6811(4-8-2) |
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605 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4-8-2 #6842 - Pennsylvania RR |
| Description: |
Here is another good example of a 1926 Baldwin built Mountain-type locomotive. Specifics - class M1, 72" drivers, impressive 250 lb psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine weight of 385,850 lb, tractive effort of 64,547 lb. No exact date, location or photographer was given for the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1945 Upload Date: 11/19/2014 9:21:11 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6842(4-8-2) |
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873 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4-8-2 #6912 |
| Description: |
In an ironic twist, this 1926 Baldwin built Mountain-type locomotive is ouble heading through Lima,OH, the home of the competing Lima Locomotive Works. Bert Pennypacker's 2-part account of these exceptional Mountains in Trains magazine (Oct & Nov, 1979) when they entered service: "The engines ran superbly, were not difficult to fire, and were easy on coal and water. They steamed so well, in fact, that no engineman was ever known to have complained about low steam pressure. But they were dirty hogs to run ..." BTW, note the "strongarm" switch control rods in the foreground.A Max Miller photo. |
| Photo Date: |
9/9/1949 Upload Date: 5/25/2014 6:11:41 AM |
| Location: |
Lima, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6912(4-8-2) |
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866 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
PRR 4-8-2 #6929 |
| Description: |
Here is the Baldwin example of the 4-8-2 "Mountain" type locomotive. Similar to its Lima built sister, this 1925 M1 class loco also had 72" drivers, could generate 250 psi boiler pressure for it 27 x 30 cylinders and could apply a tractive effort of 64,550 lbs. One significant difference is it tipped the scales a little heavier - 385,000 pounds. No photographer listed - definitely a reprint from a negative. The date is approximate |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1957 Upload Date: 1/28/2014 12:55:42 PM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6929(4-8-2) |
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566 Comments: 1 |
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