12/24/2024
View Photos
·
Home
·
Newest Photos
·
Editors' Picks
·
Contributor Picks
·
By Date
·
By Photo Album
·
By Location
·
By Map
·
By Railroad
·
By Locomotive Model
·
Search
·
Frame/Serial XRef
·
Most Photographed
·
Rolling Stock
·
Contributor Sites
Members
·
Log In
·
Register
Viewing Album: PRR: Annual Report Color Covers ~ 1945-1966
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
12/30/1945 - 12/31/1966
Album Info:
Here are the color covers for 18 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Annual Reports ~ namely, those for 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1966. Also included is the cover of the PRR's "Scenic Guide and Map" that was issued during 1953.
Page Controls
View:
Grid
List
Pics Per Page:
10
20
30
40
50
100
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1945
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad's 31-page "Ninety-Ninth Annual Report." It was issued originally on 13 February 1946. Cover art painted by Mr. Frank Reilly. Depicted at the top (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5900, #5500, #6195, and #4904. #5900 is an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in September of 1945 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. #5500 is a T-1 (4-4-4-4) "Duplex" built in Juniata during November of 1945 and retired in December of 1953. #6195 is a Q-2 (4-4-6-4) built in Juniata during June of 1945 and retired in January of 1956. #4904 is a GG-1 built in Juniata during May of 1940. Depicted at the bottom (L to R) are three vintage steam locomotives: 1831, 1864, and 1902. The one representing 1831 is the Camden & Amboy's "John Bull."
Photo Date:
12/31/1945
Upload Date:
12/18/2017 8:48:34 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 5900(E7A)
PRR 5500(4-4-4-4)
PRR 6195(UNKNOWN)
PRR 4904(GG1)
PRR JOHNBULL(2-4-0)
Views:
737
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1946
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 100th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1946. Issued: 12 February 1947. Color illustration by Mr. Jerome Rosen.
Photo Date:
12/31/1946
Upload Date:
4/21/2018 2:11:18 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
129
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1947
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 101st Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1947. Issued: 28 January 1948. Color illustration by Mr. Grif Teller. The painting proper is called "Progressive Power." Depicted in the foreground (R to L) are PRR engine #5900 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EP-20's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5900 was built in September of 1945. Also depicted is PRR engine #6184, a Q-2 (4-4-6-4) "Duplex" built in Juniata during April of 1945 and retired in December of 1953.
Photo Date:
12/31/1947
Upload Date:
8/22/2017 4:10:22 AM
Location:
Aqueduct, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
393
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1948
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 102nd Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1948. Issued: 16 February 1949. Color illustration by Mr. Grif Teller. The painting proper is called "Mainline Freight and Passenger." Depicted in the foreground is PRR engine #4938, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during June of 1943 and rated at 4,620 horsepower; it was the very last GG-1 ever manufactured.
Photo Date:
12/31/1948
Upload Date:
11/27/2018 1:21:38 AM
Location:
Whitford, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4938(GG1)
Views:
268
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1949
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 103rd Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1949. Issued: 15 February 1950. Color illustration by Mr. Grif Teller. The painting proper is called "Crossroads Of Commerce." Depicted in the foreground is PRR engine #6444, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during November of 1943 and retired in February of 1960 after just 17 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
12/31/1949
Upload Date:
8/22/2017 4:14:48 AM
Location:
Marysville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Winter,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6444(2-10-4)
Views:
336
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1950
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 104th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1950. Issued: 14 March 1951. Color illustration by Mr. Grif Teller. The painting proper is called "Main Line Of Commerce." Depicted in the center (L to R) are PRR engine #5843 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-20's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5843 was constructed in August of 1947. Also depicted is PRR engine #6444, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during November of 1943 and retired in February of 1960.
Photo Date:
12/31/1950
Upload Date:
3/26/2023 7:03:43 AM
Location:
Conemaugh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5843(E7A)
PRR 6444(2-10-4)
Views:
152
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1951
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 105th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1951. Issued: 12 March 1952. Color illustration by Mr. Grif Teller. Cover Caption: "The Horseshoe Curve in the scenic Allegheny Mountains west of Altoona, Pennsylvania." There is also something symbolic here: there are five diesel engines depicted in the foreground...there is barely a hint of a steam locomotive in the distance...it's the advent of the diesel era and the passing of the age of steam...alas.
Photo Date:
12/31/1951
Upload Date:
5/2/2018 2:16:19 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Scenic
Locomotives:
Views:
158
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover, Front Portion, 1954
Description:
Here is the front portion of the wrap-around color cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 108th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1954. The photographer is not identified. Partial Cover Caption: "To celebrate the 100th Anniversary year of the opening of the Horseshoe Curve and the 75th Anniversary of the incandescent lamp, engineers of Sylvania Electric Products arranged to take a flashlight picture of the Curve as freight and passenger trains rounded it the night of October 20, 1954. The project to illuminate over 2,000,000 square feet required months of meticulous planning, 31 miles of wiring, and more than 6,000 large photoflash bulbs. With a burst of skyrockets lending color to the scene, cameras atop a 150-foot tower recorded the historic flash ~ the largest night photograph ever taken." In the foreground is a westbound passenger train headed by Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5862, an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in February of 1948 and retired in September of 1967 after just 19 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
12/31/1954
Upload Date:
4/12/2018 2:53:29 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Scenic,Night
Locomotives:
PRR 5862(E7A)
Views:
205
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover, Back Portion, 1954
Description:
Here is the back portion of the wrap-around color cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 108th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1954. The photographer is not identified. Partial Cover Caption: "To celebrate the 100th Anniversary year of the opening of the Horseshoe Curve and the 75th Anniversary of the incandescent lamp, engineers of Sylvania Electric Products arranged to take a flashlight picture of the Curve as freight and passenger trains rounded it the night of October 20, 1954. The project to illuminate over 2,000,000 square feet required months of meticulous planning, 31 miles of wiring, and more than 6,000 large photoflash bulbs. With a burst of skyrockets lending color to the scene, cameras atop a 150-foot tower recorded the historic flash ~ the largest night photograph ever taken."
Photo Date:
12/31/1954
Upload Date:
4/12/2018 2:57:51 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Scenic,Night
Locomotives:
Views:
138
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover, Front Portion, 1955
Description:
Here is the front portion of the wrap-around color cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 109th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1955. The photographer is not identified. On page 15, it is noted that "1956 will be marked by the introduction of new types of passenger equipment by several railroads. The first of these to appear was the General Motors 'Aerotrain,' which is shown on the cover of this report. It is now in experimental service on your railroad."
Photo Date:
12/31/1955
Upload Date:
4/11/2018 12:39:06 PM
Location:
LaGrange, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 1000(LWT-12)
Views:
472
Comments:
1
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover, Back Portion, 1955
Description:
Here is the back portion of the wrap-around color cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 109th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1955. The photographer is not identified. On page 15, it is noted that "1956 will be marked by the introduction of new types of passenger equipment by several railroads. The first of these to appear was the General Motors 'Aerotrain,' which is shown on the cover of this report. It is now in experimental service on your railroad."
Photo Date:
12/31/1955
Upload Date:
4/11/2018 12:42:57 PM
Location:
LaGrange, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 1000(LWT-12)
Views:
395
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover, Front Portion, 1956
Description:
Here is the front portion of the wrap-around color cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 110th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1956. The photographer is not identified. Cover Caption: "Giant, efficient Conway. The world's largest electronically-controlled retarder yard is nearing completion at Conway, 22 miles north of Pittsburgh. 9,000 cars a day can be classified and dispatched through it."
Photo Date:
12/31/1956
Upload Date:
12/8/2018 3:40:29 AM
Location:
Conway, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
174
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover, Back Portion, 1956
Description:
Here is the front portion of the wrap-around color cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 110th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1956. The photographer is not identified. Cover Caption: "Giant, efficient Conway. The world's largest electronically-controlled retarder yard is nearing completion at Conway, 22 miles north of Pittsburgh. 9,000 cars a day can be classified and dispatched through it."
Photo Date:
12/31/1956
Upload Date:
12/8/2018 3:51:42 AM
Location:
Conway, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
170
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1957
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 111th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1957. The photographer is not identified. Partial Cover Caption: "New home of the Pennsylvania Railroad's system headquarters, Transportation Center, Six Penn Center Plaza, Philadelphia. To obtain this picture, walkie-talkie communication was set up to control lighting of 118 of 704 windows on the east face of the building. This exposure was made at 7:45 p.m. daylight time, August 31, 1957."
Photo Date:
12/31/1957
Upload Date:
1/6/2018 1:33:36 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Night
Locomotives:
Views:
210
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1958
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 112th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1958. The photographer and the location are not identified. Cover Caption: "Pennsylvania Railroad cars are shown in a customary setting ~ serving a steel mill. More integrated steel mills are served by the Pennsylvania than by any other railroad."
Photo Date:
12/31/1958
Upload Date:
4/11/2018 1:44:16 PM
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
149
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1959
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 113th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1959. Issued: 24 February 1960. Cover Picture: "Through the Night." The photographer and the actual location are not identified. Photo Caption: "The speed and precision of modern railroading are caught in this impressionistic photograph ~ as the lighted coaches and red 'tail-light' markers of a passing train etch its path below a signal bridge along the Pennsylvania's main line between New York and Washington. The short, bright streak at the bottom of the picture and the two streaks at the lower left are the interrupted tracings of the headlight and windows of an oncoming train which were temporarily blotted out by the train on the near track. The picture was taken in a June twilight, using an f/3.5 lens aperture and a time exposure sufficiently long to allow the speeding train to enter and leave the picture."
Photo Date:
12/31/1959
Upload Date:
8/22/2017 4:18:56 AM
Location:
Newark, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Night,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
261
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover, Front Portion, 1960
Description:
Here is the front portion of the wrap-around color cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 114th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1960. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is a portion of PRR engine #4909, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during December of 1941, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and renumbered "4932" by Amtrak in June of 1973. It is pulling a mixed-cargo freight train on the High Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
12/31/1960
Upload Date:
4/12/2018 5:13:32 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
PRR 4909(GG1)
Views:
456
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover, Back Portion, 1960
Description:
Here is the back portion of the wrap-around color cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 114th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1960. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is a portion of PRR engine #4909, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during December of 1941, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and renumbered "4932" by Amtrak in June of 1973. It is pulling a mixed-cargo freight train on the High Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
12/31/1960
Upload Date:
4/12/2018 5:18:41 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Bridge
Locomotives:
PRR 4909(GG1)
Views:
653
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1962
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 116th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1962. The illustrator is not identified. Caption: "Cover shows some examples of PRR power over the years. The John Bull ~ oldest locomotive preserved in the U.S. today ~ was built in England for the Camden & Amboy Railroad, now part of the Pennsylvania."
Photo Date:
12/31/1962
Upload Date:
10/9/2022 6:12:02 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR JOHNBULL(2-4-0)
PRR TIOGA(4-4-0)
PRR 1056(4-4-0)
PRR 1737(4-6-2)
PRR 4800(GG1)
PRR 5900(E7A)
PRR 5901(E7A)
PRR 4400(E44)
PRR 2500(U25B)
Views:
520
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1963
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 117th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1963. The artist is not identified. Cover Caption: "TrucTrains in the Pennsylvania's fast, dependable piggyback service meet on a winter's night."
Photo Date:
12/31/1963
Upload Date:
1/6/2018 1:37:57 AM
Location:
Alton, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,Night
Locomotives:
Views:
207
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1964
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 118th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1964. Issued: 24 February 1965. Top Right Photo: Shown here (L to R) is PRR engine #2502 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are GF-25's built by General Electric and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #2502 was constructed in August of 1962. The photographers' names, the exact dates, and the locations are not recorded. (Note the hollow keystone.)
Photo Date:
12/31/1964
Upload Date:
10/9/2022 7:02:36 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
128
Comments:
0
Title:
Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1966
Description:
Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 120th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1966. Issued: 01 March 1967. The artist is not identified. This is the very last "Report" ever issued by the PRR. (Is there a subliminal suggestion here of two railroad lines ~ NYC & PRR ~ about to merge?)
Photo Date:
12/31/1966
Upload Date:
10/9/2022 6:14:35 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
Views:
71
Comments:
0
Page
1
of
1
Site Design ©2001-2020 Tim Huemmer
Photos © respective authors
Contact:
info@rrpicturearchives.net
