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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 4-4-2Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:2805Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:PRR Class E-6S; 4/1912
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 68(4-4-2)
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PRR 4-4-2 #68 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR 4-4-2 #68 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  Another example of an Altoona Juniata Shops built 4-4-2 Atlantic lcoomotive built between 1912-1914 as a class E6s unit. Unknown photographer and the day in May of 1936 is approximate.
Photo Date:  5/1/1936  Upload Date: 11/5/2015 5:29:32 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 68(4-4-2)
Views:  859   Comments: 0
PRR "Modern Locomotives And Cars: 1939," Page 7
Title:  PRR "Modern Locomotives And Cars: 1939," Page 7
Description:  Here is page seven of a 30-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "Modern Locomotives And Cars: 1939." Depicted here are PRR engines #68 and #1961. Both were built in Juniata. Engine #68 is an E-6S (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built during March of 1914 and retired in July of 1949. Engine #1961 is a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in October of 1923 and retired in March of 1950.
Photo Date:  7/1/1939  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 1:04:41 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 68(4-4-2) PRR 1961(4-6-0)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
PRR 68, E-6S, c. 1949
Title:  PRR 68, E-6S, c. 1949
Description:  Prevosto. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Modena, Pennsylvania, c. 1949. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #68, an E-6S (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built in Juniata during March of 1914 and retired in July of 1949 after 35 years of faithful service. Note that the bell, headlight, smokebox number plate, and the main driving rods have been removed in preparation for scrapping.
Photo Date:  2/2/1949  Upload Date: 7/19/2024 10:38:26 PM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 68(4-4-2)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
PRR 68, E-6S, c. 1949
Title:  PRR 68, E-6S, c. 1949
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #68, an E-6S (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built in Juniata during 1914 and retired in July of 1949. The date and the location are approximations. Roy Healey Collection; #1 of 40.
Photo Date:  10/8/1949  Upload Date: 3/23/2018 10:56:59 AM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 68(4-4-2)
Views:  598   Comments: 0


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