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Pictures of PRR 490
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
Altoona 2-8-0
Built As:
Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:
436
Order No:
Frame Number:
Built:
Notes:
PRR Class I; Altoona Machine Shops, 1879.
Other locos with this serial:
PRR 490(2-8-0)
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Title:
Johnstown Flood & The PRR. Page 16, 1989
Description:
Here is page five of a six-page article entitled "100 Years Ago: The Johnstown Flood And The Pennsylvania Railroad." It was published originally in the "National Railway Bulletin," Volume 54, Number 5, 1989, page 16. Partial Caption: "This photograph of the stone bridge over the Conemaugh River at Johnstown shows cleanup work in progress after the Great Flood." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #490, an H-1 (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built in the Altoona Machine Shops during December of 1879 and sold to E.H. Wilson in January of 1904. Photo by E. Walter Histed.
Photo Date:
5/1/1989
Upload Date:
3/10/2022 10:42:12 PM
Location:
Johnstown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 490(2-8-0)
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