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PRR 3890, A-5S, c. 1947
Title:  PRR 3890, A-5S, c. 1947
Description:  Here is a photo by Charles E. Winters that was taken in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 23 April 1947. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3890, an A-5S (0-4-0) switcher built in Juniata during March of 1924 and retired in May of 1951 after 27 years of faithful service. Gary Mittner Collection.
Photo Date:  4/23/1947  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 4:55:34 PM
Location:  South Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3890(0-4-0)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
PRR 3890, A-5S, 1948
Title:  PRR 3890, A-5S, 1948
Description:  Here is a photo by William E. Grant that was taken in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 23 May 1948. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3890, an A-5S (0-4-0) switcher built in Juniata during March of 1924 and retired in May of 1951 after 27 years of faithful service. Gary Mittner Collection.
Photo Date:  5/23/1948  Upload Date: 9/22/2022 6:05:06 AM
Location:  South Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3890(0-4-0)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
PRR 0-4-0 #3891 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR 0-4-0 #3891 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  This has to be the prototype for the Lionel 1615 switcher. This Altoona shops built "shifter" was caught with steam up but sitting idle at Lancaster on this day in 1935. Cute slopeback tender accompanies this little A5s class loco. Clarence R. Weaver photo
Photo Date:  10/27/1935  Upload Date: 5/24/2014 2:21:42 PM
Location:  Lancaster, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 3891(0-4-0)
Views:  632   Comments: 1
PRR 3892, A-5S, 1951
Title:  PRR 3892, A-5S, 1951
Description:  Here is a photo by Arthur B. Johnson that was taken in Wilmington, Delaware, in July of 1951. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3892, an A-5S (0-4-0) switcher built in Juniata during March of 1924 and retired in May of 1952 after 28 years of faithful service. Wave to the Fireman! Williams Collection.
Photo Date:  7/7/1951  Upload Date: 3/10/2023 8:57:30 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3892(0-4-0)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
PRR 3893, A-5S, 1940
Title:  PRR 3893, A-5S, 1940
Description:  Here is a photo by William E. Grant that was taken in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 22 September 1940. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3893, an A-5S (0-4-0) switcher built in Juniata during March of 1924 and retired in August of 1952 after 28 years of faithful service. Gary Mittner Collection.
Photo Date:  9/22/1940  Upload Date: 9/22/2022 6:06:45 AM
Location:  South Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3893(0-4-0)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
PRR 3893, A-5S, c. 1946
Title:  PRR 3893, A-5S, c. 1946
Description:  Here is a photo by Forrest W. Trittenbach of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3893, an A-5S (0-4-0) switcher built in Juniata during March of 1924 and retired in August of 1952 after 28 years of faithful service. The exact date and the location are not recorded. Williams Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1946  Upload Date: 3/10/2023 10:30:00 PM
Location:  South Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3893(0-4-0) PRR 7959(2-8-2)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
PRR 3894, A-5S, 1940
Title:  PRR 3894, A-5S, 1940
Description:  Here is a photo by William E. Grant that was taken in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 22 September 1940. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3894, an A-5S (0-4-0) switcher built in Juniata during March of 1924 and retired in November of 1948 after 24 years of faithful service. Gary Mittner Collection.
Photo Date:  9/22/1940  Upload Date: 9/22/2022 6:07:32 AM
Location:  South Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3894(0-4-0)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
PRR 3895, A-5S, 1945
Title:  PRR 3895, A-5S, 1945
Description:  Here is a photo by Fred W. Kern that was taken in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September of 1945. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3895, an A-5S (0-4-0) switcher built in Juniata during March of 1924 and retired in January of 1950 after 26 years of faithful service. Gary Mittner Collection.
Photo Date:  9/22/1945  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 4:56:21 PM
Location:  West Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3895(0-4-0)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
PRR 3895, A-5S, c. 1948
Title:  PRR 3895, A-5S, c. 1948
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3895, an A-5S (0-4-0) switcher built in Juniata during March of 1924 and retired in January of 1950 after 26 years of faithful service. The date and the location are approximations. Roy Healey Collection; #2 of 11.
Photo Date:  8/15/1948  Upload Date: 2/23/2018 12:14:23 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3895(0-4-0)
Views:  397   Comments: 1
PRR 5076, A-3A, 1934
Title:  PRR 5076, A-3A, 1934
Description:  Here is a photo via Karl E. Schlachter that was taken in Meadows Yard near Kearny, New Jersey, in November of 1934. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5076, an A-3A (0-4-0T) switcher built in the Altoona Machine Shops as Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad A-3 (0-4-0) number "76" during October of 1901, renumbered PRR "5076" in 1903, rebuilt as an A-3A (0-4-0T) in June of 1917, and sold to the Arkon & Barberton Belt Railroad in December of 1934. Williams Collection.
Photo Date:  11/14/1934  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 11:23:38 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5076(0-4-0)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
PRR L5pdg #7808 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR L5pdg #7808 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  This side rod electric built by the PRR Altoona shops and GE was a 3rd rail DC unit with a 1-B-B-1 wheel configuration adn 80" drivers. One of only 6 experimental L5pdg units built - proved to be unsuccessful. Shot while in the Meadows yard. The day in 1933 is approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1933  Upload Date: 8/25/2013 9:06:53 AM
Location:  Jersey City, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 7808(0-4-0)
Views:  701   Comments: 3
"Pennsy Electrics," Page 31, !962
Title:  "Pennsy Electrics," Page 31, !962
Description:  Here is page four of a six-page article by Sy Reich entitled "Rollcall Of Pennsy Electrics." It was published originally in the October 1962 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 31. Top Photo: Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7852, an O-1A (2-B-2) built in Juniata during October of 1930 and retired in March of 1949 after just 19 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  10/1/1962  Upload Date: 7/19/2016 12:56:44 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 7852(0-4-0)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
PRR 7853, O-1A, c. 1960
Title:  PRR 7853, O-1A, c. 1960
Description:  Electrics. Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7853, an O-1A (2-B-2) built in Juniata during October of 1930, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in June of 1961 after 31 years of faithful service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  8/15/1960  Upload Date: 7/27/2021 7:19:20 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 7853(0-4-0)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
PRR 8342, A-3A, c. 1911
Title:  PRR 8342, A-3A, c. 1911
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Logansport, Indiana, c. 1911. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8342, an A-3A (0-4-0T) switcher built in Juniata as an A-3 (0-4-0) during 1895 and later rebuilt as an A-3A (0-4-0T). Williams Collection.
Photo Date:  4/21/1911  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 6:34:37 AM
Location:  Logansport, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 8342(0-4-0)
Views:  157   Comments: 0


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