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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:2/1/1945 - 2/1/1945
Album Info:Here is a seven-page article by Mr. Richard H. Steinmetz entitled "Mainline Hot Spot." It was published originally in the February 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 16-22. "Converging here are four divisions and one branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and one division and four branches of the Reading Company." (Page 17)
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"Mainline Hot Spot," Page 16, 1945
Title:  "Mainline Hot Spot," Page 16, 1945
Description:  Here is page one of a seven-page article by Richard H. Steinmetz entitled "Mainline Hot Spot." It was published originally in the February 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 16. Revised Caption: "Two K-4 Pacifics are getting a westbound 13-car passenger train started out of Harrisburg over the Middle Division."
Photo Date:  2/1/1945  Upload Date: 9/15/2019 5:18:51 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
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"Mainline Hot Spot," Page 17, 1945
Title:  "Mainline Hot Spot," Page 17, 1945
Description:  Here is page two of a seven-page article by Richard H. Steinmetz entitled "Mainline Hot Spot." It was published originally in the February 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 17. Photo Captions: "Double-headed, an eastbound hotshot freight heads out of Enola Yards over the Philadelphia low-grade line. Below is Harrisburg's Pennsylvania Station during the big flood of1936."
Photo Date:  2/1/1945  Upload Date: 9/15/2019 5:20:51 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
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"Mainline Hot Spot," Page 18, 1945
Title:  "Mainline Hot Spot," Page 18, 1945
Description:  Here is page three of a seven-page article by Richard H. Steinmetz entitled "Mainline Hot Spot." It was published originally in the February 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 18. Photo Caption: "Thousands of cars are classified daily in both directions in the Enola Yards of the Pennsylvania, across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg. The busier eastbound yard is car-retarder-equipped."
Photo Date:  2/1/1945  Upload Date: 9/15/2019 5:23:05 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
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"Mainline Hot Spot," Page 19, 1945
Title:  "Mainline Hot Spot," Page 19, 1945
Description:  Here is page four of a seven-page article by Richard H. Steinmetz entitled "Mainline Hot Spot." It was published originally in the February 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 19. Photo Caption: "Above is the Harrisburg engine terminal of PRR."
Photo Date:  2/1/1945  Upload Date: 9/16/2019 5:27:56 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
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"Mainline Hot Spot," Page 20, 1945
Title:  "Mainline Hot Spot," Page 20, 1945
Description:  Here is page five of a seven-page article by Richard H. Steinmetz entitled "Mainline Hot Spot." It was published originally in the February 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 20. Photo Caption: "Eight-Wheeler No. 568 leads the 'Pennsylvania Special' over the old iron truss bridge which was predecessor to the present four-track stone arch bridge across the Susquehanna River at Rockville, just above Harrisburg. The time is 1892." Photo by William H. Rau.
Photo Date:  2/1/1945  Upload Date: 9/16/2019 5:30:45 AM
Location:  Rockville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger
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"Mainline Hot Spot," Page 21, 1945
Title:  "Mainline Hot Spot," Page 21, 1945
Description:  Here is page six of a seven-page article by Richard H. Steinmetz entitled "Mainline Hot Spot." It was published originally in the February 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 21. Photo Caption: "Eight-Wheeler No. 568 leads the 'Pennsylvania Special' over the old iron truss bridge which was predecessor to the present four-track stone arch bridge across the Susquehanna River at Rockville, just above Harrisburg. The time is 1892." Photo by William H. Rau. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #568, a D-10A (4-4-0) "American" built in the Altoona Machine Shops during June of 1891 and retired in May of 1909 after 28 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  2/1/1945  Upload Date: 9/16/2019 5:33:03 AM
Location:  Rockville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 568(4-4-0)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
"Mainline Hot Spot," Page 22, 1945
Title:  "Mainline Hot Spot," Page 22, 1945
Description:  Here is page seven of a seven-page article by Richard H. Steinmetz entitled "Mainline Hot Spot." It was published originally in the February 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 22. Notable here is the western portion of Linn H. Westcott's "Map of Pennsylvania RR from Philadelphia to Columbia and Harrisburg."
Photo Date:  2/1/1945  Upload Date: 9/16/2019 5:35:07 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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"And Still The Hens Are Laying," Page 23, 1945
Title:  "And Still The Hens Are Laying," Page 23, 1945
Description:  Here is the eastern portion of Linn H. Westcott's "Map of Pennsylvania RR from Philadelphia to Columbia and Harrisburg." It was published originally in the February 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 23.
Photo Date:  2/1/1945  Upload Date: 9/16/2019 6:04:33 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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