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1/8/2025
 
 
 
 
 
By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:11/6/1916 - 11/6/1916
Album Info:Here are a newspaper article and ten photos related to a wreck that occurred at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. Part of the caption reads: "It was 50 years ago, Nov. 6, 1916, that [this] disastrous freight wreck occurred near the Wye Switches at Duncansville. An eastbound freight train, No. 2736, went out of control descending the New Portage Branch from Gallitzin to Hollidaysburg and ran away to crash into four engines ~ Nos. 2477, 2759, 2665, and 971 ~ standing near the Wye Switches. Seven trainmen were killed in the wreck."
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PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Title:  PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:  Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. William F. Gable Photo #5.
Photo Date:  11/6/1916  Upload Date: 10/18/2017 1:22:33 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Wreck
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PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Title:  PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:  Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. William F. Gable Photo #11.
Photo Date:  11/6/1916  Upload Date: 10/18/2017 1:22:00 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Wreck
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PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Title:  PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:  Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. Among the damaged freight cars pictured here, note that there's one from the Seaboard Air Line. William F. Gable & Co., Photo #16.
Photo Date:  11/6/1916  Upload Date: 12/28/2020 9:26:37 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Wreck
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PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Title:  PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:  Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. In the foreground, note the presence of the Hollidaysburg Fire Department's Engine No. 1 and a horse-drawn wagon. William F. Gable & Co., Photo #24.
Photo Date:  11/6/1916  Upload Date: 12/28/2020 9:27:03 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Wreck
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PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Title:  PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:  Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. William F. Gable Photo #29.
Photo Date:  11/6/1916  Upload Date: 10/18/2017 1:20:20 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Wreck
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PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Title:  PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:  Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. It was included in the "Altoona Area Railroad Pictorial History" edited by Linda White and published in 1996 by The Altoona Mirror, page 16. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad coal-fired/steam-powered wrecking crane #490768 and maintenance-of-way flat car #490313.
Photo Date:  11/6/1916  Upload Date: 11/23/2017 4:57:19 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam,Wreck
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