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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW 4-8-2Built As:PRR 6925 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:59584Order No:
Frame Number:27X30 cylinders, 72" driversBuilt:10/1926
Notes:PRR Class M-1; retired 09/1955
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 6925(4-8-2)
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PRR 6925, M-1, c. 1938
Title:  PRR 6925, M-1, c. 1938
Description:  Here is the Association of American Railroads' stock photo #809. Caption On Reverse: "L.C.L. freight train." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6925, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during October of 1926 and retired in September of 1955 after 29 years of faithful service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #15 of 44.
Photo Date:  8/9/1938  Upload Date: 6/8/2022 6:57:28 AM
Location:  Titusville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6925(4-8-2)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 46, 1979
Title:  Atterbury's M-1 Engines: Part 2, Page 46, 1979
Description:  Here is page three of a six-page article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "Atterbury's Engines: Part 2 ~ Why The M-1's Outlasted The Duplex Drives." It was published originally in the November 1979 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 46. Top Left Photo Caption: "Did a Pennsylvania 4-8-2 ever shine as brightly as M-1a 6759 at the New York World's Fair in 1939?" Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6759, an M-1A built in Juniata during June of 1930 and retired in August of 1955. Top Right Photo Caption: "Candidate (for vice president) Richard M. Nixon was hauled by footboarded M-1 6925 out of Titusville, Pa., on October 10, 1952." Shown here is PRR engine #6925, an M-1 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in November of 1926 and retired in September of 1955. Bottom Left Photo Caption: "Short-tanked M-1 6810 headed a special at NYC station in Erie, Pa." Shown here is PRR engine #6810, an M-1 built by Baldwin in August of 1926 and retired in February of 1958. Bottom Right Photo Caption: "Runaway flatcar of I-beams sprung a leak in 210F75 tank of M-1a 6717 at Enola Yard in 1956." Shown here is the tender of PRR engine #6717, an M-1B built by Baldwin in June of 1930 and retired in September of 1958.
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/13/2022 2:10:07 PM
Location:  Titusville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6759(4-8-2) PRR 6925(4-8-2) PRR 6810(4-8-2) PRR 6717(4-8-2)
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