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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 2-10-4Built As:PRR 6443 (2-10-4)
Serial Number:4502Order No:
Frame Number: Built:11/1943
Notes:PRR Class J-1; retired 04/58
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 6443(2-10-4)
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PRR 6443, J-1, 1949
Title:  PRR 6443, J-1, 1949
Description:  FM. Here is a duplicate 35mm B&W slide of a photo by Fred McLeod that was taken near Altoona, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: "29-car express train hauled by a T-1 and a J-1 about four miles below the Horseshoe Curve. November 1, 1949." Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6443 and a "Duplex" whose road number is not recorded. #6443 is a J-1 (2-10-0) "Texas" built in Juniata during November of 1943 and retired in April of 1958 after just 15 years of revenue service. This photo comes from a slide set entitled "Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (22-57).
Photo Date:  11/1/1949  Upload Date: 2/28/2019 3:32:00 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6443(2-10-4)
Views:  488   Comments: 1
PRR 6443, J-1, c. 1951
Title:  PRR 6443, J-1, c. 1951
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of an eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad freight train approaching the 24th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Shown here is PRR engine #6443, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during November of 1943 and retired in April of 1958 after just 15 years of revenue service. Note that there is a streecar being transported on the first car of the train! The date is an approximation. Roy Healey Collection; #8 of 9.
Photo Date:  8/15/1951  Upload Date: 3/1/2018 11:39:05 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6443(2-10-4)
Views:  474   Comments: 0


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