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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 4-4-0Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:923Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:PRR Class O; Altoona Machine Shops, 1884.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 28(4-4-0)
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"Altoona Shops," Page 30, 1996
Title:  "Altoona Shops," Page 30, 1996
Description:  Here is page 13 of a 43-page article by James J.D. Lynch, Jr., entitled "Overview Of The History And Development Of The Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Shops." It was published originally in the Autumn 1996 issue of "Keystone" magazine, page 30. With one excpetion (built in Juniata), all of the locomotives pictured on this page were built in the PRR's Altoona Machine Shops. Top Left-Hand Photo: PRR engine #949, Class H, 0-6-0, switcher, built in 1873, sold in August of 1895. Bottom Left-Hand Photo: PRR engine #667, Class BA, 4-4-0, "American," built in 1882, retired in January of 1901. Top Right-Hand Photo: PRR engine #274, Class C, 4-4-0, "American," built in 1875, sold in May of 1881. Second Right-Hand Photo: PRR engine #138, Class BA, 4-4-0, "American," built in 1881, retired in July of 1896. Bottom Right-Hand Photo: PRR engine #28, Class O, 4-4-0, "Atlantic," built in 1884, sold in November of 1899.
Photo Date:  9/22/1996  Upload Date: 11/17/2017 7:07:53 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 949(0-6-0) PRR 667(4-4-0) PRR 274(4-4-0) PRR 138(4-4-0) PRR 28(4-4-0)
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