| ID# 18,030 |
Joseph A. Smith (1895-1978) was an avid collector of railroad photos, sharing many of them with fellow collectors in the Northeast. A former plumbing contractor, he presumably developed his interest in railroads through his father James H. Smith, a trolley motorman in Troy, NY. His extensive collection focused on the lines that once served Troy: Delaware & Hudson, Rutland, Boston & Maine and New York Central.
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Showing posts with label Post Card. Show all posts
Monday, July 22, 2019
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Norfolk & Western 2181
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SOUTHERN 6100
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| ID# 51,830 |
SOUTHERN 6100
Southern Railway System No. 6100 on display at Electro-Motive Division's 50th anniversary celebration on September 9, 1972 at McCook, Ill. No. 6100 was EMD's model FT demonstrator 103 and ran with a companion B unit for a total of 2700 hp. The FT locomotive is credited as the leading influence that brought an end to the steam locomotive era.
Monday, June 3, 2019
WORLD'S FASTEST LOCOMOTIVE
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| ID# 38,587 |
The world's fastest run by a railroad train was made by the Broadway Limited of the Pennsylvania Railroad on Monday, June 12, 1905, when it ran 127.1 miles an hour between AY tower and Elida, Ohio. The Broadway Limited was pulled by coal-burning steam Locomotive 7002, and although many swift runs have been made in recent years by steam, electric and diesel locomotives, none has equalled the 127.1 mile-an-hour record run established in 1905. At the Chicago Railroad Fair of 1949, Locomotive 7002 stands on a section of P.R.R. standard roadbed with rails weighing 155-pounds to the yard - heaviest in the world.
Sunday, June 2, 2019
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