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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 4-6-2Built As:PBW 5214 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:2376Order No:
Frame Number: Built:2/1912
Notes:PRR Class K-2SA. retired 07/36
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5214(4-6-2)
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"Trains: Stories And Pictures," Page 38, 1935
Title:  "Trains: Stories And Pictures," Page 38, 1935
Description:  Here is the photo on page 38 of a 40-page book published by Louis T. Henderson entitled "Trains: A Children's Picture Book Of Trains And Stories About Them." It was issued originally in 1935. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #3844, #5223, #5214, and three more locomotives whose numbers are not recorded. All were constructed in Juniata. Engine #3844 is a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in March of 1923 and retired in December of 1949. Engines #5223 and #5214 are both K-2SA (4-6-2) "Pacifics": #5223 was built in October of 1912 and retired in February of 1931, while #5214 was built in February of 1912 and retired in July of 1936.
Photo Date:  8/15/1935  Upload Date: 2/20/2022 5:12:22 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3844(4-6-2) PRR 5223(4-6-2) PRR 5214(4-6-2)
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