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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 4-4-0Built As:PWB 79 (4-4-0)
Serial Number:2104Order No:
Frame Number: Built:3/1900
Notes:PRR Class D-16SB; Altoona Machine Shops, 1900., reblt 08/1916
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5079(4-4-0) PRR 7137(4-6-2)
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PRR 5079, D-16SB, 1938
Title:  PRR 5079, D-16SB, 1938
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Easton, Maryland, in April of 1938. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5079, a D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" built in the Altoona Machine Shops as D-16D number "79" for the Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad during 1900, renumbered "5079" in 1903, rebuilt as a D-16B in January of 1913, and rebuilt as a D-16SB in August of 1916. Harold K. Vollrath Collection; #2 of 16.
Photo Date:  4/16/1938  Upload Date: 4/23/2019 8:42:58 AM
Location:  Easton, MD
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5079(4-4-0)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
"Trains" Magazine, February 1948
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, February 1948
Description:  Here is a half-page item which was published originally in the February 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 50. Partial Caption: "Locomotive builders are proud of their handiwork, and they mount a name plate on each side of the smokebox af every locomotive they build." Depicted at the right is the ovoid builder's plate for Pennsylvania Railroad D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" #5709 built in the Altoona Machine Shops as PW&B D-16D number "79" during March of 1900, renumbered as PRR "5079" in 1903, rebuilt as a D-16B in January of 1913, rebuilt as a D-16SB in August of 1916, and retired in 1940.
Photo Date:  2/1/1948  Upload Date: 10/25/2019 2:50:45 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5079(4-4-0)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
"Pennsy Power Parade," Page 19, 1954
Title:  "Pennsy Power Parade," Page 19, 1954
Description:  Here is page ten of a 15-page cover article by Walter A. Lucas entitled "Pennsy Power Parade." It was published in the December 1954 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 19. Top Photo Caption: "Juniata built this D-16-sb American, No. 5079, in 1900." Photo Credit: William E. Grant. Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5079 is a D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" built in the Altoona Machine Shops during 1900 and retired in 1940. Middle Photo, Partial Caption: "Narrow-gauge Washington & Waynesburg line in Pennsylvania, now abandoned, once carried this 2-6-0." Photo Credit: James F. Byrne. Shown here is engine #9684, a 2-6-0 "Mogul" built by the American Locomotive Company as number "4" for the Waynesburg & Washington Railroad in May of 1916, renumbered "9684" when the PRR acquired the WWRR in 1920, stored in the Northumberland Roundhouse for many years, and presently on display at the Green County Fairgrounds. Bottom photo depicts the "Pennsylvania Special" in 1910.
Photo Date:  12/1/1954  Upload Date: 4/16/2017 2:10:53 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5079(4-4-0) PRR 9684(2-6-0)
Views:  564   Comments: 0


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