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Viewing Album: NPS: "Special History Study" ~ Photos, Etc. (R)
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
5/5/1989 - 5/5/1989
Album Info:
Here are selected excerpts from a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. * Restored Album *
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Front Cover, 1989
Description:
Here is the front cover of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:48:43 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Title Page, 1989
Description:
Here is the title page of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Prominent here in the Pennsylvania Railroad's Erecting & Machine Shop is engine #4528, an I-1SA (2-10-0) "Decapod" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an I-1S in August of 1923, rebuilt in Juniata as an I-1SA in January of 1942, and retired in February of 1958 after 35 years of faithful service. Lurking in its shadow is PRR engine #5923, an ES-10 diesel-electric locomotive built by GM-EMD in October of 1947 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. Photo courtesy of the Altoona Area Public Library.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:50:56 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 4528(2-10-0)
PRR 5923(NW2)
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page iii, 1989
Description:
Here is page iii of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. This is the first of two "Contents" pages.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:51:23 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page iv, 1989
Description:
Here is page iv of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. This is the second of two "Contents" pages.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:51:52 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 102, 1989
Description:
Here is page 102 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Juniata Shops, Sign at Entrance." Depicted here is the sign located at the Second Street Entrance to Conrail's Juniata Shops Complex. Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:52:22 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 103, 1989
Description:
Here is page 103 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Juniata Shops, Turntable, ca. 1910." Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:53:22 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 104, 1989
Description:
Here is page 104 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Juniata Shops, Blacksmith Shop No. 1, 1888-90." Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:53:57 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 105, 1989
Description:
Here is page 105 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Juniata Shops, Blacksmith Shop No. 2, 1903-04, 1918." Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:54:17 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 106, 1989
Description:
Here is page 106 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Juniata Shops, Blacksmith Shop No. 2, 1903-04, 1918." Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:54:36 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 107, 1989
Description:
Here is page 107 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Juniata Shops (Looking Northeast)." Brush Mountain dominates the distance. Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:54:59 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
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Views:
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 108, 1989
Description:
Here is page 108 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Juniata Shops, Erecting Shops, 1889." Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:55:18 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 109, 1989
Description:
Here is page 109 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Juniata Shops, Machine Shop No. 2, 1889." Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:55:40 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 110, 1989
Description:
Here is page 110 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Juniata Shops, Power Plant (Boiler House in Foreground), 1888-90, 1905, 1955." Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:56:36 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 111, 1989
Description:
Here is page 111 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Juniata Shops, Axle Finishing Shop (in Machine Shop No. 1), Journal Lathe." The name of the Machinist pictured here is not recorded. Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:56:57 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 112, 1989
Description:
Here is page 112 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Altoona Shops, Master Mechanic's Office and Testing Department, 1886, 1896, 1906." This is now the site of the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum. Photo by Jet Lowe.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:57:26 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 113, 1989
Description:
Here is page 113 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Altoona Shops, Erecting Shop No. 3, 1905-07." Photo by Jet Lowe.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:57:51 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 114, 1989
Description:
Here is page 114 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "East Altoona Shops, Classification Yard (Abandoned)." Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:58:23 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
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19
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 115, 1989
Description:
Here is page 115 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "East Altoona Shops, Turntable (ca. 1903), Served the great East Altoona Roundhouse (Roundhouse demolished ca. 1956)." Photo by Jack E. Boucher.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:58:44 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 116, 1989
Description:
Here is page 116 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Erecting Shop at Juniata, 1906." Photo courtesy of Altoona Area Public Library Collection.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:59:20 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 117, 1989
Description:
Here is page 117 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Altoona Shops, 1916." Photo courtesy of Altoona Area Public Library Collection.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 1:59:44 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 118, 1989
Description:
Here is page 118 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Altoona Shops, Casting Stores and Test Plant." The spindly structure in the photo's center is a Drop Test Machine; the four-story building behind it is the PRR's Test Plant. The name of the Shopman driving the battery-powered truck pictured here is not recorded. Photo courtesy of Altoona Area Public Library Collection.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 2:00:10 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 119, 1989
Description:
Here is page 119 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Altoona Car Shops, Interior with Workmen, 1934." The names of the Shopmen pictured here are not recorded. Photo courtesy of Altoona Area Public Library Collection.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 2:00:29 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 120, 1989
Description:
Here is page 120 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Altoona Car Shops, Interior with Workmen, 1934." The names of the Shopmen pictured here are not recorded. Photo courtesy of Altoona Area Public Library Collection.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 2:01:10 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 121, 1989
Description:
Here is page 121 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Unidentified Shop Interior with Workmen, 1934." Here, an unidentified Machinist is milling a matched pair of steam locomotive driving rods. Photo courtesy of Altoona Area Public Library Collection.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 2:01:31 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
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Views:
14
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 122, 1989
Description:
Here is page 122 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Unidentified Shop Interior with Workmen, 1934." The names of the Shopmen pictured here are not recorded. Photo courtesy of Altoona Area Public Library Collection.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 2:01:53 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
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Title:
NPS "Special History Study," Page 123, 1989
Description:
Here is page 123 of a 156-page monograph entitled "A Special History Study; Pennsylvania Railroad Shops And Works; Altoona, Pennsylvania." The study was written by Dr. John C. Paige, and published by the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service during May of 1989. Photo Caption: "Juniata Shop Interior with Workmen." Prominent here in the Pennsylvania Railroad's Erecting & Machine Shop is engine #4528, an I-1SA (2-10-0) "Decapod" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an I-1S in August of 1923, rebuilt in Juniata as an I-1SA in January of 1942, and retired in February of 1958 after 35 years of service. Lurking in its shadow is PRR engine #5923, an ES-10 diesel locomotive built by GM-EMD in October of 1947 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. Photo courtesy of the Altoona Area Public Library.
Photo Date:
5/5/1989
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 2:02:16 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 4528(2-10-0)
PRR 5923(NW2)
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24
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