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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 2-8-0Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:983Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:PRR Class R; Altoona Machine Shops, 1885-1914.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 400(2-8-0)
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"The Black Wall," Page 28, 1953
Title:  "The Black Wall," Page 28, 1953
Description:  Here is page two of a four-page article by Helen Thomson entitled "The Black Wall." It was published originally in the March 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 28. Illustration Caption: "Pennsylvania's class R Consolidation was only four years old when the water took its toll." Illustrated here is PRR engine #400, a Class R (2-8-0) built in the Altoona Machine Shops during October of 1885 and retired in July of 1914 after 29 years of extraorinary service.
Photo Date:  3/1/1953  Upload Date: 9/4/2019 4:21:21 PM
Location:  Johnstown, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 400(2-8-0)
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