RF&P F's wait for another train to lead, and a C&O geep is seen far right, in this scene from the ready tracks at Pot Yard, once one of the busiest on the east coast. From the south, it was not u... (more)

J-class #6490 was cranked out of the Altoona Shops as a part of the war effort in '43 & '44, and, like this one, all were eventually scrapped. But on this date, it was captured in color taking co... (more)

I1s #6333 appears to have run out of railroad but really is just getting a little TLC from a PRR employee at St. Clair Ave. enginehouse. St. Clair Ave. runs above.

I1s #4420 seen at ground level. No modifications had been made to this locomotive at the time of this photo.

In the shark tank at St. Clair Ave. enginehouse, waiting for their next assignment, is PRR BF15-class #9581 and sister #9588. The PRR St. Clair Ave. Roundhouse is behind the 20th St. Shops. East... (more)

The hogger of a switch move powered by an old #4420 I1s waits for a hand signal from the man riding the rear end, probably breaking apart an arriving westbound. No radios being used here. John n... (more)

#5034 gets readied for service on the Sandusky coal line at the St. Clair Ave. roundhouse. Note the extender rails and tender jutting out at the right. The buildings of the PRR 20th St. Shops ri... (more)

Erie-built FM's, PRR class FF20 in the service rack at Columbus mated in A-B-A configuration

J1a #6403 poses for a picture at Columbus. It was likely part of the PRR motive power force defending the turf on the Sandusky coal trains v. the 11 Santa Fe 2-10-4's brought in to augment the fl... (more)

One of the tank cars used to bring in the fuel the Santa-Fe oil-burners needed on a coal-burning railroad is spotted by the roundhouse. Oil burners were a western railroad fuel not akin to PRR op... (more)

Erie-built FM power #9471 sits on the turntable at St. Clair Ave. roundhouse, PRR class FF20. Behind it a Baldwin shark and showing it's tender in the stall is what appears to be #5016, leased Sa... (more)

PRR 9913 sits on the St. Clair Ave. turntable. If you look closely at the left side rails off the table you see the rail extender attached by PRR that the leased Santa Fe steam engines needed in ... (more)

Oil burning leased ATSF 5034 is in the process of being fired up for Sandusky coal service, an overhead view from St. Clair Ave. comes courtesy of friendly PRR employees. They had tipped John and... (more)

To Pennsy they were just another diesel model in the ranks, online in 1955, a year in service grime showing to prove it at the time of this photo. They're at Columbus, blending in with the produc... (more)

One for the modelers: PRR kept this fire equipment handy, just in case. Was there a concealed water cannon behind the walls of the tender frame at the head end? It was stored at the St. Clair Av... (more)