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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 4-6-2Built As:PRR 646:5 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:3440Order No:
Frame Number:Built:0/1918
Notes:PRR Class K-4S; 5th # 646, 1918
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
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PRR "Broadway Limited," c. 1929
Title:  PRR "Broadway Limited," c. 1929
Description:  Here is a postal card entitled "Broadway Limited ~ Pennsylvania Railroad System." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "The Broadway Limited is America's foremost train. It makes the daily run over the Pennsylvania Railroad System between New York and Chicago in 20 hours; Philadelphia and Chicago in 18-1/4 hours." Depicted here pulling an eight-car consist is PRR engine #646, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during March of 1918 and retired in November of 1957 after 39 years of faithful service. The artist's name and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:  9/22/1929  Upload Date: 9/9/2017 2:34:05 AM
Location:  Lewistown, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  940   Comments: 0
PRR 646, K-4S, c. 1938
Title:  PRR 646, K-4S, c. 1938
Description:  Here is a photo via Rail Photo Service. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #646, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during March of 1918 and retired in November of 1957 after 39 years of faithful service. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #4 of 12.
Photo Date:  8/9/1938  Upload Date: 5/12/2022 8:21:44 AM
Location:  Fort Wayne, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
PRR 646, K-4S, #2 of 4, c. 1953
Title:  PRR 646, K-4S, #2 of 4, c. 1953
Description:  Here is the second of four original photos by Douglas C. Jones that were taken at the 24th Street Turntable in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1953. Shown here is the firebox backhead of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #646, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during March of 1918 and retired in November of 1957 after 39 years of service.
Photo Date:  2/2/1953  Upload Date: 6/13/2021 1:42:06 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  InCab,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
PRR 646, K-4S, #3 of 4, c. 1953
Title:  PRR 646, K-4S, #3 of 4, c. 1953
Description:  Here is the third of four original photos by Douglas C. Jones that were taken at the 24th Street Turntable in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1953. Shown here is the engineman's view from Pennsylvania Railroad engine #646, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during March of 1918 and retired in November of 1957 after 39 years of faithful service. Visible in the middle distance are the Westbound Locomotive Ready Tracks, where #646 will be moved to await its next passenger helper assignment up "The Mountain." The twin smokestacks at the right mark the location of the PRR's 12th Street Car Shops.
Photo Date:  2/2/1953  Upload Date: 6/13/2021 1:43:31 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,InCab,Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
PRR 646, K-4S, #4 of 4, c. 1953
Title:  PRR 646, K-4S, #4 of 4, c. 1953
Description:  Here is the fourth of four original photos by Douglas C. Jones that were taken at the 24th Street Turntable in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1953. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #646, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during March of 1918 and retired in November of 1957 after 39 years of service. It's parked in the Westbound Locomotive Ready Tracks, awaiting its next passenger helper assignment up "The Mountain." Visible in the left background are several homes situated on Tenth Avenue.
Photo Date:  2/2/1953  Upload Date: 6/13/2021 1:40:20 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
PRR 646, K-4S, #1 of 4, c. 1953
Title:  PRR 646, K-4S, #1 of 4, c. 1953
Description:  Here is the first of four original photos by Douglas C. Jones that were taken at the 24th Street Turntable in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1953. Shown here is the front end of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #646, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during March of 1918 and retired in November of 1957 after 39 years of faithful service. In this context, it's on the Turntable having just returned to Altoona from a passenger helper run up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin where it uncoupled and returned here, to be turned around, for yet another run up "The Mountain."
Photo Date:  2/2/1953  Upload Date: 6/13/2021 1:45:49 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
PRR 646, K-4S, 1955
Title:  PRR 646, K-4S, 1955
Description:  Coal Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Don Ball, Jr., that was taken in Jersey City, New Jersey, on 3 May 1955. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #646, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during 1918 and retired in November of 1957. William P. Nixon Collection #50065.
Photo Date:  5/3/1955  Upload Date: 3/15/2018 11:33:34 AM
Location:  Jersey City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  616   Comments: 0
PRR 646 sits in the yard
Title:  PRR 646 sits in the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1955  Upload Date: 11/20/2012 6:26:21 PM
Location:  Camden, NJ
Author:  Joseph Petaccio Jr.
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  1208   Comments: 0
PRR 646, K-4S, 1955
Title:  PRR 646, K-4S, 1955
Description:  SPM. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, on 8 August 1955. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #646, a unidentified Central Railroad of New Jersey Baldwin-built diesel, and an unidentified PRR locomotive. #646 is a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during March of 1918 and retired in November of 1957.
Photo Date:  8/8/1955  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 1:17:20 PM
Location:  Monmouth Junction, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  423   Comments: 1
PRR 646, K-4S, c. 1956
Title:  PRR 646, K-4S, c. 1956
Description:  Coal Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Bay Head Junction, New Jersey, c. 1956. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #646, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during March of 1918 and retired in November of 1957. Partially visible at the left is PRR engine #5880, an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower.
Photo Date:  3/10/1956  Upload Date: 9/17/2023 10:59:37 PM
Location:  Bay Head Junction, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2) PRR 5880(E7A)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
PRR 3752, K-4S, c. 1956
Title:  PRR 3752, K-4S, c. 1956
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Mayer Pearlman that was taken in South Amboy, New Jersey, perhaps in 1956. Photo Caption: "Pair of Pennsylvania K-4's at South Amboy, N.J." Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #3752 and #646. Both are K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacifics" built in Juniata. #3752 was built during April of 1920 and retired in April of 1958, while #646 was built during March of 1918 and retired in November of 1957. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Railroads Around New York" that's produced by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (254-17).
Photo Date:  3/21/1956  Upload Date: 8/28/2018 1:44:11 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3752(4-6-2) PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  525   Comments: 0
PRR 646, K-4S, c. 1956
Title:  PRR 646, K-4S, c. 1956
Description:  Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #646, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during March of 1918 and retired in November of 1957 after 39 years of faithful service. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. Many thanks to Mr. Robert Hess for identifying this location correctly.
Photo Date:  7/14/1956  Upload Date: 12/20/2023 10:36:15 PM
Location:  Little Silver, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  61   Comments: 1
PRR 646, K-4S, 1956
Title:  PRR 646, K-4S, 1956
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in South Amboy, New Jersey, sometime in 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #646, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during March of 1918 and retired in November of 1957 after 39 years of faithful service. The numbers of the other two locomotives and the exact date are not recorded. Raymond C. Laws Collection; #14 of 21.
Photo Date:  8/15/1956  Upload Date: 3/10/2019 10:19:47 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
PRR 646
Title:  PRR 646
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/20/1959  Upload Date: 3/28/2009 9:35:57 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 646(4-6-2)
Views:  1395   Comments: 1


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