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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW 2-10-0Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:57059Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:PRR Class I-1SA. retired 11/1951
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 4597(2-10-0)
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PRR 4597, I-1SA, 1949
Title:  PRR 4597, I-1SA, 1949
Description:  FM. Here is an image of a photo by Fred McLeod that was taken near Gallitzin, Pennsylvaaia, on 9 October 1949. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4597 and another locomotive whose road number is not recorded. #4597 is an I-1SA (2-10-0) "Decapod" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an I-1S during September of 1923,!rebuilt in Juniata as an I-1SA in May of 1936, and retired in November of 1951 after 28 years of service. In this context, they're pulling a mixed-cargo freight train up the Allegheny Mountains, and are about to pass through one of the Gallitzin tunnels on their way West to Pitcairn. This image comes from a B&W slide set entitled "Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:  10/9/1949  Upload Date: 7/5/2022 9:13:23 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Cyers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 4597(2-10-0)
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