PRR 3486, H-9S, 1948

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Peter Hultgren	General	This is a great picture. I like the flagman looking at what I am guessing is the front brakeman as he poses. I am not from the area, but I tried a bit of amateur triangulation on Google Earth using the road signs. I can't pinpoint the location but geographically it would seem to perhaps be somewhere near Ardmore given the distances to Chester (11 miles), New York (100 miles) and what appears to be Media (7 miles). Wherever it is, it would obviously be well off the main line on a lightly used branchline. There is a US highway sign by the house, but I can't see a number on it.	3/9/2018 4:42:15 PM

Bill Young	General	Peter, the location is Township Line Road and Lansdowne, Avenue on the Upper Darby Township side of the road with the train heading into Haverford Township.	2/8/2020 4:32:55 PM

PRR 3486, H-9S, 1948
Here is a photo which first appeared in an article by Philip W. Klaus, Jr., entitled "The Newtown Square Branch." It was published in the Winter 1986-1987 issue of "The High Line" magazine, page 15. Partial Caption: "On a bright, clear, early Spring day, March 24, 1948, H-9s No. 3486 crosses the intersection of Township Line Road and Lansdowne Avenue, approaching Llanerch as it heads for Newtown Square.... Photo by Don Kehl." #3486 is an H-9S (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built in Juniata during 1913 and retired in April of 1950. Roy Healey Collection; #3 of 10.
Date: 3/24/1948	Location: Llanerch, PA	Views: 912	Collection Of: Thomas C. Ayers
			Author: Thomas C. Ayers

Picture Categories: Steam		This picture is part of album: PRR: Healey ~> Newtown Square Branch

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