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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:2/4/1954 - 2/4/1954
Album Info:Here is a two-page article entitled "The 'Cat's Whiskers.'" It was published originally in the February 1954 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, pages 10-11. No author is specified. "But the 'whiskers' are none of these. They are the antennae of the PRR's Clearance Car, and they were designed to measure clearance through tunnels, beneath bridges, between rock cuts, and other potential obstructions along the 25,000 miles of track on the System in practically the same way as a cat's whiskers help it to determine whether it can crawl through a hole." Also included are four 35mm color slides depicting this unique contraption; the photographer's name(s), the dates, and the locations are provided when available.
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"The 'Cat's Whiskers,'" Page 10, 1954
Title:  "The 'Cat's Whiskers,'" Page 10, 1954
Description:  Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "The 'Cat's Whiskers.'" It was published originally in the February 1954 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 10. Top Photo Caption: "Clearance car, with 'whiskers' extended, measures Radebaugh Tunnel. Car covers entire System every four years." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8850, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower.
Photo Date:  2/1/1954  Upload Date: 5/4/2022 10:25:54 PM
Location:  Radebaugh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Tunnel
Locomotives:  PRR 8850(RS3)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
"The 'Cat's Whiskers,'" Page 11, 1954
Title:  "The 'Cat's Whiskers,'" Page 11, 1954
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "The 'Cat's Whiskers.'" It was published originally in the February 1954 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 11. "These photos show PRR men at work in Clearance Car #487125."
Photo Date:  2/1/1954  Upload Date: 5/4/2022 10:29:14 PM
Location:  Radebaugh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
PRR 497125, Clearance Car, c. 1960
Title:  PRR 497125, Clearance Car, c. 1960
Description:  Here is an original 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad Clearance Car #497125. The names of the photographer and the technician, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/6/1960  Upload Date: 2/21/2020 2:31:47 AM
Location:  Radebaugh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  258   Comments: 0
PRR 497125, Clearance Car, 1959
Title:  PRR 497125, Clearance Car, 1959
Description:  Here is an original 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad Clearance Car #497125 which was taken in June of 1959. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/1/1959  Upload Date: 2/21/2020 2:33:25 AM
Location:  Radebaugh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  178   Comments: 0
PRR 497125, Clearance Car, c. 1959
Title:  PRR 497125, Clearance Car, c. 1959
Description:  Here is an original 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad Clearance Car #497125 which was taken in June of 1959. The names of the photographer and the technician, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/1/1959  Upload Date: 2/21/2020 2:34:46 AM
Location:  Radebaugh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  3025   Comments: 0
PRR 7862, BS-6A, 1967
Title:  PRR 7862, BS-6A, 1967
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Mr. R. Porter that was taken near Lewes, Delaware, in June of 1967. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7862, a BS-6A switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as number "5962" in March of 1948, rated at 660 horsepower, and renumbered "7862" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. In this context, it's pulling PRR Clearance Car #497125 and one of those rare four-digit Railway Express Agency cabin cars.
Photo Date:  6/21/1967  Upload Date: 1/22/2021 7:01:15 PM
Location:  Lewes, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge
Locomotives:  PRR 7862(DS44-660)
Views:  311   Comments: 0


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