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Title:
PRR 8564, ES-15M 1964
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 5 October 1964. Shown here is PRR engine #8564, an ES-15M built by EMD in 1953 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. It is pulling a 34-car freight train from the Altoona Yards to the Hollidaysburg Yards. The caboose is #477632. The fireman has just received train orders from the man at WYE Tower, not shown at right. When the end of the train and the caboose reach this point, the conductor also receives orders by the same means.
Photo Date:
10/5/1964
Upload Date:
6/29/2016 1:52:44 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 8564(GP7)
Views:
806
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 2511, GF-25, 1964
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 5 October 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2511, #9546-B, and #9686. #2511 is a GF-25 built by GE in 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #9546-B and #9686 are EH-15's built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each; the B-unit was built in 1948, but the A-unit was built in 1949. These three Diesels, two freight cars, PRR caboose #477781, and three ALCO helper engines have just arrived from Altoona and are now backing into the Hollidaysburg Yards as they pass WYE Tower.
Photo Date:
10/5/1964
Upload Date:
6/29/2016 1:58:02 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 2511(U25B)
PRR 9546-B(F3B)
PRR 9686(F3A)
Views:
2337
Comments:
3
Title:
PRR 2511, GF-25, 1964
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 5 October 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2511, #9546-B, and #9686. #2511 is a GF-25 built by GE in 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #9546-B and #9686 are EH-15's built by EMD in 1949 and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. They are pulling a 109-car freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. Wave to the engineer!
Photo Date:
10/5/1964
Upload Date:
6/29/2016 1:59:12 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 2511(U25B)
PRR 9546-B(F3B)
PRR 9686(F3A)
Views:
958
Comments:
2
Title:
PRR 8670, AS-18AM, 1964
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 5 October 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8670, #8660, and #8673. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pushing a 109-car freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. Duncansville's Fifth Street is in the photo's center.
Photo Date:
10/5/1964
Upload Date:
6/29/2016 2:01:30 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 8660(RSD12)
PRR 8673(RSD12)
PRR 8670(RSD12)
Views:
717
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8619, AS-18M, 1965
Description:
WYE Tower. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 21 May 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #8619, an AS-18M built by American Locomotive Company in August of 1956 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. It's pulling a mixed-cargo freight train that is still crossing US Route 22 on its way from Altoona to Hollidaysburg. That's WYE Tower on the right. The pipe coming from the Tower to the switch on the left indicate that the switch was opened and closed via compressed air. Duncansville's Third Street is in the photo's center.
Photo Date:
5/21/1965
Upload Date:
6/22/2016 1:35:28 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 8619(RS11)
Views:
898
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR, WYE Tower, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 21 May 1965. Shown here is the railhead facing East, toward WYE Tower and Hollidaysburg. Note the multi-track signal bridge in the distance, near where a train wreck on 06 November 1916 occurred. From 1834 until 1854, this was the right-of-way for the Allegheny Portage Railroad. And from 1850 until 1854, this location was known as "New Portage Junction" since it was the eastern junction of the New Portage Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad (coming from Altoona to the left).
Photo Date:
5/21/1965
Upload Date:
6/22/2016 1:37:45 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
276
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR, WYE Tower, 1965
Description:
WYE Tower. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 21 May 1965. Shown here is the railhead facing West, toward Duncansville and the Allegheny Mountains in the hazy distance. Note the two signals (one high, one low), both of which are in "stop" mode. From 1834 until 1854, this was the right-of-way for the Allegheny Portage Railroad. And from 1850 until 1854, this location was known as "New Portage Junction" since it was the eastern junction of the New Portage Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad (coming from Altoona to the right).
Photo Date:
5/21/1965
Upload Date:
6/22/2016 1:39:34 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
228
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8618, AS-18M, 1965
Description:
WYE Tower. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 21 May 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #8618, an AS-18M built by American Locomotive Company during August of 1956 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. It's pulling a mixed-cargo freight train that is still crossing US Route 22 on its way from Hollidaysburg to Altoona. This train will travel on what was the PRR's original main line from Altoona to its connection with the New Portage Railroad from 1850 until 1854. After the Horseshoe Curve was completed and the present main line was opened in 1854, the PRR bought the Pennsylvania Canal-New Portage Railroad package from the State ~ but then abandoned both of them in 1857!
Photo Date:
5/21/1965
Upload Date:
6/22/2016 1:41:39 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 8618(RS11)
Views:
522
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9541, EF-15, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9541, #9686, and #7072. All were built by GM-EMD. #9541 is an EF-15 built in 1948, but #9686 is an EH-15 built in 1949; both are rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7072 is an EFS-17M built in 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. These three locomotives and a 77-car mixed-cargo freight train are stopped at 3rd Street in Duncansville, awaiting orders to proceed up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. There are also two pushers on the end: PRR engines #8613 and #8606.
Photo Date:
7/3/1965
Upload Date:
8/24/2016 7:11:25 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9541(F3A)
PRR 9686(F3A)
PRR 7072(GP9)
Views:
804
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 9541, EF-15, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #9541, an EF-15 built by EMD in 1948 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. Along with two other Diesels and a 77-car freight train, it is stopped at 3rd Street in Duncansville, awaiting orders to proceed up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:
7/3/1965
Upload Date:
8/24/2016 7:13:42 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9541(F3A)
Views:
414
Comments:
2
Title:
PRR 9541, EF-15, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9541, #9686, and #7072. All were built by EMD. #9541 is an EF-15 built in 1948, but #9686 is an EH-15 built in 1949; both are rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7072 is an EFS-17M built in 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. These three locomotives and a 77-car mixed-cargo freight train are stopped at 3rd Street in Duncansville, awaiting orders to proceed up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. Once upon a time, there were four sets of tracks at this point ~ as evidenced by the wide signal bridge. This is also where an eastbound freight train that had lost its brakes coming down the New Portage Branch Line crashed into several waiting locomotives on Sunday, 06 November 1916.
Photo Date:
7/3/1965
Upload Date:
8/24/2016 7:15:59 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9541(F3A)
PRR 9686(F3A)
PRR 7072(GP9)
Views:
753
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 9541, EF-15, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9541, #9686, and #7072. All were built by EMD. #9541 is an EF-15 built in 1948, but #9686 is an EH-15 built in 1949; both are rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7072 is an EFS-17M built in 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. These three locomotives are pulling a 77-car mixed cargo freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. The wooden shanty with coal-burning stove is a left-over from the good old days when the New Portage Branch Line was double-tracked, and switches needed to be thrown at all hours of the day or night.
Photo Date:
7/3/1965
Upload Date:
8/24/2016 7:17:33 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 9541(F3A)
PRR 9686(F3A)
PRR 7072(GP9)
Views:
706
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8613, AS-24M, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8613 and #8606. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company in 1956 and are rated at 2,400 horsepower each. #8613 is an AS-24M, but #8606 is an APS-24MS. These two locomotives are pushing a 77-car freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. The caboose is N-8 #478214. The PRR's WYE Tower is visible in the distance.
Photo Date:
7/3/1965
Upload Date:
8/24/2016 7:21:48 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Track
Locomotives:
PRR 8613(RSD15)
PRR 8606(RSD7)
Views:
1214
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8606, APS-24MS, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8606 and #8613. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company in 1956 and are rated at 2,400 horsepower each. #8606 is an APS-24MS, but #8613 is an AS-24M. These two locomotives are pushing a 77-car freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. The caboose is N-8 #478214. Duncansville's Fifth Street is in the photo's center, while Second Avenue is on the left.
Photo Date:
7/3/1965
Upload Date:
8/24/2016 7:25:26 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8606(RSD7)
PRR 8613(RSD15)
Views:
1110
Comments:
0
Title:
Night at the Wye, #1 of 3, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is the first of three time exposures that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 18 September 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #8626, an AS-18M built by ALCO in 1956 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. It is pulling an eight-car mixed-cargo freight train from Altoona to Hollidaysburg. The caboose is #477184. This time-exposure was taken from the signal bridge spanning the railroad tracks, facing WYE Tower. Visible are light streaks from the headlight of the passing freight train, as well as the headlights and taillights of cars zooming by on US Route 22 on the right.
Photo Date:
9/18/1965
Upload Date:
6/29/2016 4:41:55 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Night
Locomotives:
Views:
237
Comments:
0
Title:
Night at the Wye. #2 of 3, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is the second of three time exposures that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 18 September 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7031, #7176-B, and #7187-B. All are EFS-17M's built by EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7031 was built in 1955, but #7176-B and #7187-B were built in 1957. They are pulling an 84-car mixed-cargo freight train from Altoona up the New Portage Branch Line via the Muleshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Duncansville's 2nd Avenue is on the right.
Photo Date:
9/18/1965
Upload Date:
6/29/2016 4:47:35 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Night
Locomotives:
Views:
243
Comments:
0
Title:
Night at the Wye, #3 of 3, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is the third of three time exposures that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 18 September 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #6000 and #6009. Both are EF-25A's built by EMD in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. They are pushing an 84-car freight train from Altoona up the New Portage Branch Line via the Muleshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. The caboose is #478081. Duncansville's Fifth Street is in the photo's center, while Second Avenue is on the left.
Photo Date:
9/18/1965
Upload Date:
6/29/2016 4:49:25 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Night
Locomotives:
Views:
216
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5898, EP-22, 1965
Description:
Excursion. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train below the Muleshoe Curve on the New Portage Branch Line west of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 17 October 1965. Shown here are four PRR passenger engines. The lead locomotive is #5898, an EP-22 built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are pulling the very first "Horseshoe Curve Excursion" sponsored by the Lancaster Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. As of 04 July 2016, or 51 years later, engine #5898 ~ aged 65 ~ is in active excursion service with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, & Southern Railway at Jackson, Missouri!
Photo Date:
10/17/1965
Upload Date:
9/3/2016 7:28:53 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5898(E8A)
Views:
579
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR Westbound Freight, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original telephoto view that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during late November of 1965. Shown here are two unidentified GM-EMD "F" units pulling a string of new H-43B 100-ton hopper cars. They are passing WYE Tower on their way up the Allegheny Mountains via the Muleshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. This is the actual New Portage Junction: the original PRR main line from Altoona (on the left) merges here with the original right-of-way of the Allegheny Portage Railroad.
Photo Date:
11/24/1965
Upload Date:
7/27/2018 2:19:09 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
341
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR Westbound Freight, #3 of 3, 1965
Description:
Everyday. Here is the third of three successive original telephoto views that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during late November of 1965. Shown here are two unidentified GM-EMD "EF" Class units pulling a string of new H-43B 100-ton hopper cars. They are passing WYE Tower on their way up the Allegheny Mountains via the New Portage Branch and the Muleshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. (Location of the "Runaway Wreck" of 6 November 1916.)
Photo Date:
11/24/1965
Upload Date:
6/29/2016 4:52:00 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
247
Comments:
2
Title:
PRR 4519, I-1SA Tender, 1966
Description:
Doghouse. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock just East of WYE Tower in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here are two PRR locomotive tenders, coupled to a long string of hopper cars. When the locomotives that they had been attached to were decommissioned and sent to the scrap dock, these tenders were spared for another ten years or so. Also visible is the clock tower of the Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
3/21/1966
Upload Date:
6/15/2016 9:56:13 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
396
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4519, I-1SA Tender, 1966
Description:
Doghouse. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock just East of WYE Tower in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here are two PRR locomotive tenders, coupled to a long string of hopper cars. When the locomotives that they had been attached to were decommissioned and sent to the scrap dock, these tenders were spared for another ten years or so. But now, their temporary numbers have been lined through and the word "PENNSYLVANIA" has been removed from their sides ~ which means that they would soon be scrapped as well.
Photo Date:
3/21/1966
Upload Date:
6/15/2016 9:52:53 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
426
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 4519, I-1SA Tender, 1966
Description:
Doghouse. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock just East of WYE Tower in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here is the builder's plate on the first tender. This is a Model 90-F-82 steam locomotive tender. The "4519" indicates that it was attached to PRR I-1SA "Decapod" (2-10-0) locomotive #4519. Mr. Roger RadbillI suggests (in a personal communication) that "this most likely is the original tender from PRR 4519 1923 Baldwin Locomotive Works I1s c/n 56798 rebuilt to I1sa 4/43 and scrapped or sold 10/59."
Photo Date:
3/21/1966
Upload Date:
6/15/2016 9:55:24 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
242
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4519, I-1SA Tender, 1966
Description:
Doghouse. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock just East of WYE Tower in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here is a closer view of the "Doghouse" on the second tender. The structure itself is made of metal and originally there was glass in the windows. The low-lying structures on both sides of the deck could be flipped open so that water could be poured into the tender's reservoir. The round thing on the right was a headlight so that the locomotive's crew could see in the dark while running backwards. Also visible are the signal bridge on the left and the Vipond Mansion on the right across US Route 22.
Photo Date:
3/21/1966
Upload Date:
6/15/2016 10:31:19 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
359
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4519, I-1SA Tender, 1966
Description:
Doghouse. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock just East of WYE Tower in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here is what the head-end brakeman would have seen while sitting in the "Doghouse." You can almost feel the rockin' and rollin' as the train leaves Hollidaysburg on its way up the Allegheny Mountains ~ via the Muleshoe Curve ~ on its way to Gallitzin and points West! In this photo, the PRR's tracks occupy the original right-of-way for the Allegheny Portage Railway between Hollidaysburg and Duncansville.
Photo Date:
3/21/1966
Upload Date:
6/15/2016 10:32:13 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
208
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4519, I-1SA Tender, 1966
Description:
Doghouse. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock just East of WYE Tower in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here is a right-side view of the "Doghouse" on the second tender. The steel rods around the window were to protect the head-end brakeman from tree branches and other objects when he leaned out to inspect the cars of the train behind him. PRR Hopper Car #191117 may have been a 70-ton capacity H-21A, built at the Altoona Car Shops around 1916. It was in line to be scrapped, too. Also visible is the clock tower of the Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
3/21/1966
Upload Date:
6/15/2016 10:32:55 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
325
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4519, I-1SA Tender, 1966
Description:
Doghouse. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock just East of WYE Tower in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here is the coal-bin of the first tender, as seen from the coal-bin of the second tender. This is what the locomotive engineer and fireman would see: Dutch doors on the coal-bin itself, and a channel in the floor for the coal to feed into the mechanical stoker. Until Federal rules were published in 1923, most steam locomotives were hand fired ~ up to 5,000 pounds of coal per hour!
Photo Date:
3/21/1966
Upload Date:
6/15/2016 10:34:36 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
292
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4519, I-1SA Tender, 1966
Description:
Doghouse. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock just East of WYE Tower in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here is the rear or trailing end of one of the tenders. Its builder's plate (visible just above the coupler) indicates that this is a Model 90-F-82 steam locomotive tender. The "4519" indicates that it was attached to PRR I-1SA "Decapod" (2-10-0) locomotive #4519.
Photo Date:
3/21/1966
Upload Date:
6/15/2016 9:54:16 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
370
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4519, I-1SA Tender, 1966
Description:
Doghouse. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock just East of WYE Tower in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here are the drawbars linking the two tenders together, as well as the mechanical stoker/worm gear that fed coal from the tender into a flaming firebox in the good old days of steam railroading.
Photo Date:
3/21/1966
Upload Date:
6/15/2016 10:35:21 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
228
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4519, I-1SA Tender, 1966
Description:
Doghouse. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock just East of WYE Tower in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here is a close-up view of the water scoop under one of the tenders.
Photo Date:
3/21/1966
Upload Date:
6/15/2016 10:36:31 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
174
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR WYE Tower, 1966
Description:
WB. Here is an image of a photo by John M. Prophet that was taken in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 23 September 1966. Shown here is the Pennsylvania Railroad's WYE Tower. Local folk call this place the "Wye Switches" because it features an actual railroad wye with three switches ~ but there's lots of local history here, too. From 1834 until 1854, this was the right-of-way for the Allegheny Portage Railroad between Hollidaysburg and Johnstown. And from 1850 until 1854, this location was known as "New Portage Junction" as it was the eastern junction of the Allegheny Portage Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad's mainline from Altoona. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
8/23/1966
Upload Date:
8/8/2022 10:11:53 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
Allegheny Portage Railroad, 1972
Description:
Portage. Here is an original photo that I took of the Allegheny Portage Railroad right-of-way just West of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during the Summer of 1972. Shown here are Dr. Lloyd R. Ayers (my father) and "Millie" (our family dog) hiking toward Duncansville and Hollidaysburg, the eastern terminus of,the Railroad.
Photo Date:
7/15/1972
Upload Date:
4/15/2017 2:36:52 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
Allegheny Portage Railroad, 1972
Description:
Portage. Here is an original photo that I took of the Allegheny Portage Railroad right-of-way just West of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during the Summer of 1972. Shown here are Dr. Lloyd R. Ayers (my father) and "Millie" (our family dog) exploring the space above a stone culvert near the western-most point between Inclined Planes #8 and #9, just below where the Muleshoe Curve was built over the Railroad's right-of-way. For most of its 20-year existence (1834-1854), the Railroad was double-tracked all 37 miles between Hollidaysburg and Johnstown!
Photo Date:
7/15/1972
Upload Date:
4/15/2017 2:39:27 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
Allegheny Portage Railroad, 1972
Description:
Portage. Here is an original photo that I took of the Allegheny Portage Railroad right-of-way just West of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during the Summer of 1972. Shown here is the South-facing portal of a stone culvert near the western-most point between Inclined Planes #8 (to the left) and #9 (to the right), just below where the Muleshoe Curve was built over the Railroad's right-of-way.
Photo Date:
7/15/1972
Upload Date:
4/15/2017 2:40:42 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Bridge
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Title:
Allegheny Portage Railroad, 1972
Description:
Portage. Here is an original photo that I took of the Allegheny Portage Railroad right-of-way just West of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during the Summer of 1972. Shown here is the South-facing portal of a stone culvert near the western-most point between Inclined Planes #8 (to the left) and #9 (to the right), just below where the Muleshoe Curve was built over the Railroad's right-of-way. If you look closely, you can see Dr. Lloyd R. Ayers (my father) and "Millie" (our family dog) walking atop the culvert!
Photo Date:
7/15/1972
Upload Date:
4/15/2017 2:42:26 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
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85
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Title:
Allegheny Portage Railroad, 1972
Description:
Portage. Here is an original photo that I took of the Allegheny Portage Railroad right-of-way just West of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during the Summer of 1972. Shown here is a detail of the under-arch of a stone culvert near the western-most point between Inclined Planes #8 and #9, just below where the Muleshoe Curve was built over the Railroad's right-of-way.
Photo Date:
7/15/1972
Upload Date:
4/15/2017 2:45:29 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Bridge
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82
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Title:
Muleshoe Curve, 1972
Description:
Portage. Here is an original photo that I took at the Muleshoe Curve just West of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during the Summer of 1972. Shown here is Dr. Lloyd R. Ayers (my father) observing the small stream that flows through the three culverts which pass underneath the Curve. This part of the Curve is actually an embankment constructed with the till from two cuts on either side of a small valley. The PRR's right-of-way was built over the Allegheny Portage Railroad's path near this point.
Photo Date:
7/15/1972
Upload Date:
4/15/2017 3:54:56 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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112
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PC, WYE Tower, 1974
Description:
Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, during 1974. Shown here is Penn Central Railroad's WYE Tower. Note the four-track signal bridge at the far right. This is the location of the runaway-wreck at New Portage Junction on Monday, 6 November 1916.
Photo Date:
1/23/1974
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:29:43 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Winter
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14
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PC, WYE Track Diagram, 1974
Description:
Here is a track diagram for WYE Tower during the days of the Penn Central Railroad. It was drawn by Ed Spodobalski.
Photo Date:
1/24/1974
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12/20/2024 5:33:52 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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6
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Title:
PC Muleshoe Curve Tunnel, 1974
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Muleshoe. Here is an original photo that I took approaching the Muleshoe Curve on the New Portage Branch Line near Duncansville, Pennsylvania, in May of 1974. Shown here is the western side of the Penn Central Railroad's tunnel that crosses over US Route 22, also known as the "William Penn Highway." For the railroad: Hollidaysburg is to the right, Gallitzin is to the left. For the highway: Duncansville is to the front, Cresson is to the rear.
Photo Date:
5/5/1974
Upload Date:
9/28/2017 4:23:00 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel
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290
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Title:
"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 6, 1976
Description:
Here is page six of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: "U.S. 22 as seen from the Muleshoe Curve. Photo by Bill Metzger." The track to the photographer's front goes to Gallitzin and the tunnels; to his rear are Duncansville and WYE Tower. The vehicles pictured at the right are heading East, toward Duncansville. Photo taken from atop the Muleshoe Highway Tunnel.
Photo Date:
8/15/1976
Upload Date:
1/23/2022 7:02:51 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel
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157
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Title:
"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 6, 1976
Description:
Here is page six of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: "U.S. 22 as seen from the Muleshoe Curve. Photo by Bill Metzger." The track to the photographer's front goes to Gallitzin and the tunnels; to his rear are Duncansville and WYE Tower. The vehicles pictured here are heading East, toward Duncansville. Photo taken from atop the Muleshoe Highway Tunnel.
Photo Date:
8/15/1976
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:50:26 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel
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13
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0
Title:
"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 7, 1976
Description:
Here is page seven of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Shown here is Map Section "B." Notable herein is a small portion of the New Portage Secondary Line, to include the Muleshoe Curve.
Photo Date:
8/15/1976
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:50:54 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 7, 1976
Description:
Here is page seven of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Shown here is Map Section "B." Notable herein is a small portion of the New Portage Secondary Line, to include the Muleshoe Curve.
Photo Date:
8/15/1976
Upload Date:
1/23/2022 12:55:34 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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91
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Title:
"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 8, 1976
Description:
Here is page eight of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Shown here is Map Section "C." Notable herein is the rail line between the Muleshoe Curve and Duncansville.
Photo Date:
8/15/1976
Upload Date:
1/23/2022 12:58:25 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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78
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Title:
"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 8, 1976
Description:
Here is page eight of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Shown here is Map Section "C." Notable herein is the rail line between the Muleshoe Curve and Duncansville.
Photo Date:
8/15/1976
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:51:20 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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9
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Title:
"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 9, 1976
Description:
Here is page nine of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Shown here is Map Section "D." Notable herein are the rail lines between Duncansville and Hollidaysburg, to include WYE Tower and the line to Altoona.
Photo Date:
8/15/1976
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:51:51 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 9, 1976
Description:
Here is page nine of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Shown here is Map Section "D." Notable herein are the rail lines between Duncansville and Hollidaysburg, to include WYE Tower and the line to Altoona.
Photo Date:
8/15/1976
Upload Date:
1/23/2022 1:07:22 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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89
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Title:
"Power To Burn," Page 68, 1976
Description:
Here is page 68 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "A PRR wreck at New Portage Junction near Wye Switches, Duncansville, involved seven locomotives. This was the first wreck in which automobiles, en route to dealers, were destroyed. It occurred Nov. 6, 1916." In an article published in a November 1966 issue of the "Altoona Mirror," it's stated that "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." Note the steam-powered derrick at work on the right. (For more photos of this incident, see the album entitled "PRR: Wreck at New Portage Junction ~ NOV 1916.")
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
3/5/2019 2:46:18 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
PRR 2736(2-8-0)
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252
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0
Title:
"Allegheny Portage Railroad," 1977
Description:
Here is a cartoon montage composed by Patrick M. Reynolds entitled "The Allegheny Portage Railroad." It was published originally in the 21 May 1977 issue of Pottsville's "Republican," page two. Source: Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site.
Photo Date:
5/21/1977
Upload Date:
5/22/2024 8:28:06 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Transit,Passenger
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43
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0
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