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PRR, 110th Annual Report, Front Cover, 1956 |
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Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 110th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1956. The photographer is not identified. Depicted here is the PRR's soon-to-be-completed Conway Yard. At the left is the new Yard Office building; in the center is the steam-era roundhouse; at the right is the soon-to-be-obsolete coaling tipple. |
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12/31/1956 Upload Date: 1/13/2025 9:54:20 AM |
| Location: |
Conway, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Yard,Steam |
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PRR, 110th Annual Report, Page 17, 1956 |
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Here is the upper illustration on page 17 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 110th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1956. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "PRR's Philadelphia Ore Pier, the Nation's largest and fastest railroad-owned dock for unloading import ore, continues to step up its 'handle' of iron ore from Labrador, South America, Africa, and Northern Europe." |
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12/31/1956 Upload Date: 12/8/2018 3:59:11 PM |
| Location: |
West Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Title: |
PRR, 110th Annual Report, Page 17, 1956 |
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Here is the lower illustration on page 17 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 110th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1956. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "TrucTrain ~ PRR's version of 'piggyback' ~ continues to grow rapidly in extent and revenue. The service moves highway trailers by special flatcar in fast schedules between key cities and interchange points with several other railroads." Photo taken from the pedestrian footbridge located just West of the Passenger Station in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. |
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12/31/1956 Upload Date: 12/8/2018 4:01:39 PM |
| Location: |
Tyrone, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR, 110th Annual Report, Page 18, 1956 |
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Here is page 18 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 110th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1956. The photographers are not identified. Map Caption: "Lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad interlace the heart of the Nation's economies. |
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12/31/1956 Upload Date: 1/13/2025 9:55:14 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR, 110th Annual Report, Page 19, 1956 |
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Here is page 19 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 110th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1956. The photographers are not identified. Map Caption: "Lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad interlace the heart of the Nation's economies. Colorful scenes are from 24 of the many communities served." |
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12/31/1956 Upload Date: 1/13/2025 9:55:51 AM |
| Location: |
New York, NY |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR, 110th Annual Report, Page 20, 1956 |
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Here is the upper illustration on page 20 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 110th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1956. The photographer is not identified. Caption: "New ticket sales and reservation bureau in Pennsylvania Station, New York, is equipped with ultra-modern electronic devices ~ including closed circuit television and ticket printing machines ~ to speed sales and improve service." |
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12/31/1956 Upload Date: 12/8/2018 4:04:38 PM |
| Location: |
New York Penn Sta, NY |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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| Title: |
PRR, 110th Annual Report, Page 20, 1956 |
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Here is the lower illustration on page 20 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 110th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1956. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Early-1957 look across Penn Center, showing (left to right) Transportation Center, Sheraton Hotel, Suburban Station Building, and 3 Penn Center Plaza. Excavation is for shop-lined concorse to underlie the Center and connect its services." |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1956 Upload Date: 12/8/2018 4:07:23 PM |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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137 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR, 110th Annual Report, Back Cover, 1956 |
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Here is the back cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 110th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1956. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Giant, efficient Conway. The world's largest electronically-controlled retarder yard is nearing completion at Conway, 22 miles west of Pittsburgh. 9,000 cars a day can be classified and dispatched through it." |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1956 Upload Date: 1/13/2025 9:56:29 AM |
| Location: |
Conway, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Yard |
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