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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:7/2/1952 - 7/2/1952
Album Info:Here is a two-page article entitled "The Broadway Gets Its 50-Year Button." It was published originally in the July 1952 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, pages 6-7. No author is specified. "Today's two Broadway trains, the eastbound No. 28 and the westbound No. 29, cost a total of $4,614,000. That's just twenty-two times as much as the Railroad paid for the two trains that started the Broadway run fifty years ago." (Page 7)
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"Broadway Gets Its 50-Year Button," Page 6, 1952
Title:  "Broadway Gets Its 50-Year Button," Page 6, 1952
Description:  Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "The Broadway Gets Its 50-Year Button." It was published originally in the July 1952 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 6. Left-Hand Photo: Shown here is F.W. Blauvelt's photo of the "Pennsylvania Special" passing through Jersey City, New Jersey, on 15 June 1902. It's powered by engine #1395, a D-16A (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata during May of 1898, rebuilt as a D-16 in October of 1911, and retired in March of 1923 after 25 years of service.
Photo Date:  7/1/1952  Upload Date: 3/31/2022 1:06:51 PM
Location:  Jersey City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 1395(4-4-0)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
"Broadway Gets Its 50-Year Button," Page 7, 1952
Title:  "Broadway Gets Its 50-Year Button," Page 7, 1952
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "The Broadway Gets Its 50-Year Button." It was published originally in the July 1952 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 7. The road number of the Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric locomotive depicted in the left-hand photo is not recorded.
Photo Date:  7/1/1952  Upload Date: 3/31/2022 1:09:26 PM
Location:  Jersey City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  19   Comments: 0


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