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Viewing Album: PRR: "Red Arrow" Wreck ~ March 1947 ***
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
1/1/1800 - 3/3/1947
Album Info:
Restored Album ***
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Title:
PRR "Red Arrow" Wreck, Photo, 1947
Description:
Here is the photo from a one-page article entitled "Death By Rail: 22 Die When A Train Jumps Curve." It was published originally in the 3 March 1947 issue of "Life" magazine, page 38. Photo Caption: "Sprawling down a 150-foot embankment, the Pennsylvania Railroad's crack 'Red Arrow' lies shattered at a sharp curve in the Allegheny Mountains." Discernable in the very center of the photo is the wreckage of two PRR K-4S "Pacifics": #422 and #3771. The photographer is not identified.
Photo Date:
3/3/1947
Upload Date:
1/23/2023 12:46:31 AM
Location:
Gallitzin, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 422(4-6-2)
PRR 3771(4-6-2)
Views:
292
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Title:
PRR "Red Arrow" Wreck, Text, 1947
Description:
Here is the text from a one-page article entitled "Death By Rail: 22 Die When A Train Jumps Curve." It was published originally in the 3 March 1947 issue of "Life" magazine, page 38. The author is not identified.
Photo Date:
3/3/1947
Upload Date:
1/23/2023 12:49:50 AM
Location:
Gallitzin, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Wreck,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
97
Comments:
0
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