|
| Title: |
Sperry Rail Service unit 132 |
| Description: |
Sperry Rail Service unit 132 was resting between assignments in the Abrams yard in February, 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1977 Upload Date: 7/25/2015 3:58:02 PM |
| Location: |
King of Prussia, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SPERRY RAIL(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
438 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Black River & Western Mack 1 |
| Description: |
Black River & Western Mack 1 rests at Ringoes, NJ in April, 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
4/19/1977 Upload Date: 5/8/2015 4:07:22 PM |
| Location: |
Ringoes, NJ |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BRW 1(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
418 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
PC 5001-5025 |
| Description: |
An unidentified Amtrak FL-9, 1 of 12 in CR and PC series 5001-5025 provided to Amtrak after startup in 1976, rests in the Peekskill, NY deadline in February, 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/1979 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 7:35:33 PM |
| Location: |
Peekskill, NY |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PC FL9(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
373 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
PC 5030-5059 |
| Description: |
An unidentified retired FL-9 (PC class EP18e 5030-5059 series) rests in the Peekskill, NY deadline in February, 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/1979 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 8:02:53 PM |
| Location: |
Peekskill, NY |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PC FL9(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
362 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
PC FL9 5001-5025 |
| Description: |
An unidentified Amtrak FL-9, 1 of 12 in CR and PC series 5001-5025 provided to Amtrak soon after startup in 1976, rests at the Peekskill, NY deadline in February, 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/1979 Upload Date: 10/14/2015 8:25:21 PM |
| Location: |
Peekskill, NY |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PC FL9(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
310 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Amtrak X995 |
| Description: |
One of the disadvantages of slow speed slide film in 1977 was that sometimes you weren't quite sure if you got a decent shot until later when the processed slides arrived back from Kodak. Here's one of those examples as I attempted to capture the arrival of the "Swedish Meatball" into 30th Street Station on day 2 of the Septa Strike in March, 1977. With RS-3 smoke rising up in front of the unit, I caught the front half of the electric with my zoom. Sadly, I didn't get a chance to see the electric again. |
| Photo Date: |
3/26/1977 Upload Date: 5/1/2016 6:49:05 AM |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK X995(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
585 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Amtrak X996 |
| Description: |
Experimental French electric X996 races southwest through Morrisville on the NEC in early April, 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1977 Upload Date: 5/24/2020 7:56:03 AM |
| Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK X996(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
775 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Amtrak X996 |
| Description: |
Experimental French electric X996 is working hard trying to earn a spot on the Amtrak roster. The X996 races through Morrisville on the NEC in April, 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1977 Upload Date: 4/2/2015 8:07:33 PM |
| Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK X996(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
3247 Comments: 5 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Amtrak X996 |
| Description: |
Experimental French electric X996 is working hard on the return trip southwest on the NEC in April, 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1977 Upload Date: 4/2/2015 8:10:22 PM |
| Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK X996(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
1867 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Amtrak X996 |
| Description: |
Experimental French electric X996 is working hard on the return trip southwest on the NEC in April, 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1977 Upload Date: 4/2/2015 8:15:05 PM |
| Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK X996(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
1675 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Steamtown RR Lackawanna 4-6-2 2317 |
| Description: |
Steamtown RR Lackawanna 4-6-2 2317 (ex-Canadian Pacific, Montreal Locomotive Works 1923-built) with train for inaugural run from Pocono Summit to Moscow, PA on May 2, 1987. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/1987 Upload Date: 5/8/2015 10:40:01 PM |
| Location: |
Pocono Summit, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
STEAMTOWN 2317(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
137 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Steamtown RR Lackawanna 4-6-2 2317 |
| Description: |
Steamtown RR Lackawanna 4-6-2 2317 (ex-Canadian Pacific, Montreal Locomotive Works 1923-built) with train for inaugural run from Pocono Summit to Moscow, PA on May 2, 1987. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/1987 Upload Date: 5/8/2015 10:44:52 PM |
| Location: |
Pocono Summit, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
STEAMTOWN 2317(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
82 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Steamtown RR Lackawanna 4-6-2 2317 |
| Description: |
Steamtown RR Lackawanna 4-6-2 2317 (ex-Canadian Pacific, Montreal Locomotive Works 1923-built) with train for inaugural run from Pocono Summit to Moscow, PA on May 2, 1987. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/1987 Upload Date: 5/8/2015 10:47:04 PM |
| Location: |
Pocono Summit, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
STEAMTOWN 2317(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
104 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Transit car 3468 |
| Description: |
A new transit car 3468 follows a pair of E44s rolling through Philadelphia near Arsenal Tower on May 15, 1977. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1977 Upload Date: 4/10/2015 7:28:57 AM |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Transit,Action |
| Locomotives: |
T 3468(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
148 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
PRR S-2 Steam Turbine 6200 |
| Description: |
In an unknown magazine in 1944, the Science section article was titled "Steam Turbine Locomotive." Subtitled, "New railroad engine runs more smoothly and efficiently," the article included: The huge locomotive above is a 500-ton threat to the future of the old familiar steam locomotive which has chuffed and pounded its way through a century of American history. It is the Pennsylvania Railroad’s new steam turbine locomotive, first of its kind built in the U.S. This locomotive lacks one of the most impressive features of the conventional engine: the furiously moving complexity of sliding pistons and rods which drive the wheels. The only visible driving apparatus in the steam turbine engine is a single connecting rod on each side. Power in the steam turbine engine is applied through turbine wheels to the middle pair of driving wheels which, through the connecting rod, turn the outer wheels. The working of this new locomotive is described at left. Results of tests show that the steam turbine uses the energy of steam 20% more efficiently than conventional systems. In operation it starts without the familiar jerkiness, accelerates smoothly. Tests also indicate that it decreases pounding of the roadbed and cuts down maintenance work. Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works and Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, the locomotive can pull either freight or passenger trains, may be steam’s answer to the growing challenge of the diesel-electric locomotive. Photo shows the PRR steam turbine at the switching turntable at the Harrisburg, PA enginehouse. Considerably longer than the ordinary steam locomotive, it covers 123 feet of track, the tender carries 37 ½ tons of coal, enough to drive the engine about 220 miles. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1944 Upload Date: 4/15/2017 2:26:35 PM |
| Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN) |
| Views: |
1191 Comments: 2 |
|
|
|
