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Viewing Album:  PRR: Healey ~> PRR Switching Engines
 
By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:10/3/1950 - 10/3/1950
Album Info:Here are 11 original photos of Pennsylvania Railroad steam-powered switching locomotives. The photographer's name(s), the dates, and the locations are not recorded. The negatives for these photos came from the estate of Mr. Roy Healey, a railfan who lived in California. I purchased all of them in a single eBay auction during February of 2018.
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PRR 1332, A-5S, c. 1948
Title:  PRR 1332, A-5S, c. 1948
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1332, an A-5S (0-4-0) switcher built in Juniata during 1916 and retired in September of 1950. It is shown here in front of the passenger entrance to the PRR's Ferry Terminal. The date is an approximation. Roy Healey Collection; #1 of 11.
Photo Date:  8/15/1948  Upload Date: 2/23/2018 12:10:08 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1332(0-4-0)
Views:  1046   Comments: 1
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:  396   Comments: 1
PRR 1274, B-6SA, c. 1948
Title:  PRR 1274, B-6SA, c. 1948
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1274, a B-6SA (0-6-0) built in Juniata during 1913 and retired in June of 1949. The date and the location are approximations. Roy Healey Collection; #3 of 11.
Photo Date:  8/15/1948  Upload Date: 2/23/2018 12:07:55 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1274(0-6-0)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
PRR 4005, B-6SB, c. 1948
Title:  PRR 4005, B-6SB, c. 1948
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4005, a B-6SB (0-6-0) switcher built in Juniata during 1916 and retired in September of 1954. The date and the location are approximations. Roy Healey Collection; #4 of 11.
Photo Date:  8/15/1948  Upload Date: 2/23/2018 12:16:13 PM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 4005(0-6-0)
Views:  375   Comments: 2
PRR 539, B-8, c. 1948
Title:  PRR 539, B-8, c. 1948
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #539, a B-8 (0-6-0) switcher built in Juniata during 1907 and retired in April of 1949. The date and the location are approximations. Roy Healey Collection; #5 of 11.
Photo Date:  8/15/1948  Upload Date: 2/23/2018 12:00:00 PM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 539(0-6-0)
Views:  436   Comments: 0
PRR 1081, B-8, c. 1948
Title:  PRR 1081, B-8, c. 1948
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1081, a B-8 (0-6-0) switcher built in Juniata during 1907 and retired in October of 1949. The date and the location are approximations. Roy Healey Collection; #6 of 11. (#3,300)
Photo Date:  8/15/1948  Upload Date: 2/23/2018 12:03:22 PM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1081(0-6-0)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
PRR 3457, B-8, c. 1948
Title:  PRR 3457, B-8, c. 1948
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3457, a B-8 (0-6-0) switcher built in Juniata during 1913 and retired in February of 1949. The date and the location are approximations. Roy Healey Collection; #7 of 11.
Photo Date:  12/15/1948  Upload Date: 2/23/2018 12:12:13 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 3457(0-6-0)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
PRR 2796, B-8A, c. 1948
Title:  PRR 2796, B-8A, c. 1948
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2796, a B-8A (0-6-0T) tank switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as a B-8 (0-6-0) during September of 1905, later rebuilt in Juniata as a B-8A (0-6-0T), and retired in July of 1955 after 50 years of faithful service. The date and the location are approximations. Roy Healey Collection; #8 of 11.
Photo Date:  3/28/1948  Upload Date: 3/14/2018 4:18:26 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 2796(0-6-0)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
PRR 6289, B-8A, c. 1948
Title:  PRR 6289, B-8A, c. 1948
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6289, a B-8A (0-6-0T) switcher built in Juniata during 1907, rebuilt as a B-8A (0-6-0T) in January of 1927, and retired in May of 1952. The date and the location are approximations. Roy Healey Collection; #9 of 11.
Photo Date:  8/15/1948  Upload Date: 3/14/2018 4:21:51 PM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6289(0-6-0)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
PRR 6579, C-1, c. 1948
Title:  PRR 6579, C-1, c. 1948
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6579, a C-1 (0-8-0) switcher built in Juniata during 1925 and retired in February of 1949. The date and the location are approximations. Roy Healey Collection; #10 of 11.
Photo Date:  8/15/1948  Upload Date: 2/23/2018 12:18:37 PM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6579(0-8-0)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
PRR Switcher, c. 1948
Title:  PRR Switcher, c. 1948
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of a Pennsylvania Railroad B-6SB (0-6-0) locomotive shifting a "Doodlebug" at the PRR Passenger Station in Reading, Pennsylvania. Mr. Roger Radbill notes that "According to Form MP229 dated July 1 1949, there was only one Motor Car on the Eastern Region, Eastern Pennsylvania Division, Philadelphia Division: #4661, an OEG350, which is what the type is in the photo." The action is framed by the Penn Street Bridge. The date is an approximation. Roy Healey Collection; #11 of 11.
Photo Date:  12/15/1948  Upload Date: 2/23/2018 12:24:02 PM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  455   Comments: 2

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