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Viewing Album:  PRR K4s Locomotives
 
By:Gary Everhart
Dates:6/1/1945 - 8/1/1951
Album Info:The Pennsylvania Railroad often referred to itself as the "Standard Railroad of the World" and to millions of rail travelers, millions of servicemen during World War II, and railfans for over 80 years, the Class K-4s was, and to many still is, the "Standard Passenger Locomotive". 475 K4s locos were built and served especially well during the heavy WW II traffic era. These are some original photos of these beautiful locomotives. Unfortunately the location and dates of these photos were not marked on most of them. Most of these are new to the RR Archives site.
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PRR 4-6-2 #2445
Title:  PRR 4-6-2 #2445
Description:  This 1917 K4s was an example of an Altoona Shops built Pacific, here in a gritty industrial setting. Note the tender is loaded with coal, ready for a long haul! Date is approximate. Thanks to Thomas Ayers (see comment below), the location is probably the PRR yard in West Philadelphia, PA. Thanks, Thomas, for you help in identifying the location!
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 1/28/2014 9:26:21 AM
Location:  West Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2445(4-6-2)
Views:  1282   Comments: 2
PRR 4-6-2 #3733
Title:  PRR 4-6-2 #3733
Description:  Here is a 1920 Altoona Shops built Pacific doing what it did best - heading up a long string of cars - this time freight. F. R. Kern Jr photo. With help from Dave Korhammer (comment below), the location is Frankford Jct. coming off the Delair Bridge route from South Jersey. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 1/28/2014 9:26:41 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 3733(4-6-2)
Views:  654   Comments: 6
PRR 4-6-2 #3735
Title:  PRR 4-6-2 #3735
Description:  This is an example of a 1923 Altoona Shops Pacific, still bearing the typical attributes of all of the PRR Pacifics. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 1/28/2014 9:27:06 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 3735(4-6-2)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
PRR 4-6-2 #3871
Title:  PRR 4-6-2 #3871
Description:  Here is another 1923 Altoona Shops Pacific loaded with coal and waiting for its next assignmnet. The date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 1/28/2014 9:27:24 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 3871(4-6-2)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
PRR 4-6-2 #5147
Title:  PRR 4-6-2 #5147
Description:  This is a 1917 Altoona Shops product, just one example from the largest class of locomotives under one railroad in the world. Truly the standard of the world! Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 1/28/2014 9:27:37 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5147(4-6-2)
Views:  374   Comments: 1
PRR 4-6-2 #5409
Title:  PRR 4-6-2 #5409
Description:  This is another example of a 1927 Baldwin built Pacific moving along the countryside. Note the conductor standing on the caboose platform. Date is approximate. D.W. McAuchlin photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 1/28/2014 9:28:22 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5409(4-6-2)
Views:  677   Comments: 2
PRR 4-6-2 #5482
Title:  PRR 4-6-2 #5482
Description:  Near the end of the construction period, this 1927 Altoona Shops built Pacific still retained the 80" drivers and generated 205 psi boiler pressure for its 27"x28" cylinders. Here it rests in the Rose Lake yard near East St Louis, IL, circa 1940's. Bob Lorenz photo credit.
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 1/28/2014 9:29:00 AM
Location:  East Saint Louis, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5482(4-6-2)
Views:  273   Comments: 1
PRR 4-6-2 #5406
Title:  PRR 4-6-2 #5406
Description:  This is an example of a 1927 Baldwin built Pacific for the PRR. Being late in the game, it reflected all the tweeks and minor improvements made during the last 10 years of building the 4-6-2's. One of the few photos is this album with a location and date listed on the back of the photo. Bob Lorenz gets the photo credit.
Photo Date:  3/17/1947  Upload Date: 1/28/2014 9:28:00 AM
Location:  Long Island City, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5406(4-6-2)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
PRR 4-6-2 #5422
Title:  PRR 4-6-2 #5422
Description:  This is another 1927 Baldwin built Pacific with all the improvements and tweaks from 10 years of building this class of locomotives.
Photo Date:  8/1/1951  Upload Date: 1/28/2014 9:28:42 AM
Location:  Xenia, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5422(4-6-2)
Views:  1395   Comments: 0

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