| Title: |
Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 715, 1949 |
| Description: |
Here is a photo from page 715 in the "Centennial History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946" that was composed by George H. Burgess & Miles C. Kennedy and published in 1949. Photo Caption: "American type passenger locomotive. The friction wheel for operating the Loughridge chain brake is plainly seen back of the rear drivers." Shown here is PRR engine #166, a 4-4-0 "American" locomotive built by the Lancaster Locomotive Works as the "Wheatland" for the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad during 1853, purchased by the PRR and numbered "166" in 1857, and retired in March of 1872 after just 19 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
4/13/1949 Upload Date: 9/7/2017 2:25:59 AM |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 166(4-4-0) |
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