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Pictures of PRR 6438
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
Altoona 2-10-4
Built As:
PRR 6438 (2-10-4)
Serial Number:
4497
Order No:
Frame Number:
Built:
10/1943
Notes:
PRR Class J-1; retired 02/60
Other locos with this serial:
PRR 6438(2-10-4)
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Title:
PRR 6438, J-1, c. 1951
Description:
Niles I. Here is the eleventh of 11 original photos by George Niles, Jr., that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1951. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6438, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during October of 1943. It's rounding the Curve with a mixed-cargo freight train on its way down the Allegheny Mountains to the Eastbound Receiving Yards in Altoona. Also visible at the far left is the white smoke plume of a westbound train heading up "The Mountain" toward the Curve.
Photo Date:
9/22/1951
Upload Date:
2/15/2019 8:03:00 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6438(2-10-4)
Views:
524
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Title:
PRR 6438, J-1, 1952
Description:
ARB. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Nelson Bowers that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 11 November 1952. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6438, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during October of 1943 and retired in April of 1958 after just 15 years of revenue service. Photo taken from the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata. William P. Nixon Collection.
Photo Date:
11/11/1952
Upload Date:
11/16/2018 5:56:20 PM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6438(2-10-4)
Views:
683
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6438, J-1, 1956
Description:
Coal Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Raymond J. Muller that was taken in Sandusky, Ohio, in August of 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6438, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during October of 1943 and retired in April of 1958 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
8/15/1956
Upload Date:
7/12/2021 6:53:51 PM
Location:
Sandusky, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6438(2-10-4)
Views:
267
Comments:
1
Title:
Seidel's "Horseshoe Curve," Page 34, 2008
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Bob Lorenz that was published in David W. Seidel's 2008 book entitled "Images Of Rail: Horseshoe Curve," page 34. Partial Caption: "A westbound consist with a specialty shipment is led by Class J-1 No. 6438 in this morning view during the late 1940's or early 1950's." Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6438 is a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during October of 1943 and retired in April of 1958 after just 15 years of revenue service. Note the second "car" in the train: a refurbished "Lines West" locomotive tender.
Photo Date:
1/1/2008
Upload Date:
8/16/2018 2:04:56 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6438(2-10-4)
Views:
343
Comments:
0
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