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Pennsylvania Railroad Long-Distance Passenger Trains
The Pennsy was one of the biggest passenger carriers in the United States, but its fortunes waned and it lost business to the highways and skies, and stumbled toward its ill-fated merger with the New York Central.
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Photo ID: 428997

A train waits on track #15 while a work gang tackles trackwork on adjacent rails in the open shed of the Pittsburgh terminal, June 1953. PRR was in the process of renovating the station platforms... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5835
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: June 12, 1953


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Mar 19, 2013

Views: 9,630
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Photo ID: 424947

The company the photographer held an assembly-line job with went on strike for a 25-cent raise in September 1951. That was all the temptation he needed to climb aboard PRR train #13, an overnight... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: Baldwin BP60T
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5833
Train ID: 13
Photo Date: September 10, 1951


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Feb 13, 2013

Views: 25,367
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Photo ID: 411594

Here's mainline action from the area south of Duncannon in the Spring of 1958 as an afternoon eastbound of the Blue Ribbon fleet rolls by at speed. The late Jim Kelly and John commandeered his fa... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Perdix, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5839
Train ID: passenger
Photo Date: April 18, 1958


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Oct 10, 2012

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Photo ID: 407706

Battered and bruised #5851 bends into view with a train at Marysville. PRR Class EP20. This is the eastbound Broadway Limited, taken on or near 21 June 1965 at about 5:50AM.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Marysville, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5851
Train ID: passenger
Photo Date: June, 1964


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Aug 31, 2012

Views: 7,668
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Photo ID: 397148

The ill-fated Aerotrain leaves the station enroute to Pittsburgh, The train began running on the PRR in February, 1956 and continued for nine months.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: GM EMD LWT12 AeroTrain
Location: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 1000
Train ID: Aerotrain
Photo Date: March, 1956


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: May 07, 2012

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Photo ID: 393657

Former Pennsylvania GG1 4931 leads a southbound SCL Florida train just a few months after the PC merger. The substantial Nassau tower was built in 1944.

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: GG-1
Location: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PC 4931
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1968


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Mar 31, 2012

Views: 9,377
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Photo ID: 376099

This photo was snapped at the end of a three-week railfan photo binge by John and his friend the late Bill Rosenberg. The trip included stops in two countries, several states, and multiple large ... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5892
Train ID: passenger
Photo Date: August 17, 1956


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Sep 25, 2011

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Photo ID: 355214

The hazy skies of the Steel City dominate the downtown skyline scene in this view as seen from the platforms during PRR's early 50's station renovation. A pair of PRR E8's in Brunswick Green hav... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5799
Train ID: passenger
Photo Date: June 12, 1953


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Feb 21, 2011

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Photo ID: 355027

Less than a year old, PRR 5804 gets readied for departure to Chicago at 11am as seen in this Ansco Color view. PRR was renovating their Pittsburgh terminal at the time of this photo, pardon the w... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5804
Train ID: Fort Pitt
Photo Date: June 12, 1953


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Feb 20, 2011

Views: 15,083
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Photo ID: 319454

The MIDDAY CONGRESSIONAL behind GG1 4884 rushes west as a New York bound multiple unit train sits at Elizabeth. Someone remarked that this was the "Big Boy " GG1 with number 4884. I dropped my Pan... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: GG-1
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: 4884
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1960


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Apr 02, 2010

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Photo ID: 319453

The observation car on Seaboard's SILVER METEOR rushes past. The train is pulled by GG1 4907.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: observation car
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1960


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Apr 02, 2010

Views: 8,067
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Photo ID: 319317

A rather weary looking PRR E8A followed by an E7B descends the grade below the Gallitzin tunnels with a passenger consist. They will soon round the Horseshoe Curve on the way to Altoona, PA.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 4294
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May, 1968


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By: Dave Burroughs

Added: Apr 01, 2010

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Photo ID: 301068

Anyone want to take a stab at what train this might have been? Figure mid morning and westbound, pulling NH baggage/express and heavyweight PRR/Pullmans in the 1100-series, this pair of EMDs pau... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Crestline, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 5873
Train ID: passenger/express
Photo Date: May 29, 1954


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Oct 20, 2009

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Photo ID: 269614

PRR GG-1 4906 exits the tunnel from New York City at track speed.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: GG-1
Location: Secaucus, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 4906
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1966


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By: Dave Burroughs

Added: Jan 31, 2009

Views: 8,308
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Photo ID: 265263

Thanks to the folks who identified this location as "Bryn Mawr from the North Merion Avenue bridge, looking west". Sounds about right to me.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: GG-1
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 4883
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March, 1962


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By: John West

Added: Dec 30, 2008

Views: 13,415
Comments: 5

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