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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:10/1/1948 - 10/1/1948
Album Info:Here are two photos taken by Mr. Frank Clodfelter. They were published originally in the October 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 31. Partial Caption: "The terminal railroad is controlled jointly by the PRR and the B&O, and it serves the RF&P, C&O, and SR as well. It was incorporated in 1901 by an act of Congress. A cosmopolitan variety of heavy passenger traffic moves over its 55 miles of operated track, including sleek B&O Cincinnatians, streamliners up from Florida, standard-weight limiteds in from the Windy City, and even gas-electric cars."
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Washington Terminal Railroad, Page 31(A), 1948
Title:  Washington Terminal Railroad, Page 31(A), 1948
Description:  Here is the first of two photos taken by Frank Clodfelter. It was published originally in the October 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 31. Photo Caption: "Washington Terminal maintenance men pause as one of the Pennsylvania's classic GG-1 locomotives moves out past K interlocking tower." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4921, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during July of 1942 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  10/1/1948  Upload Date: 1/6/2017 2:55:26 AM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 4921(GG1)
Views:  474   Comments: 1
Washington Terminal Railroad, Page 31(B), 1948
Title:  Washington Terminal Railroad, Page 31(B), 1948
Description:  Here is the second of two photos taken by Frank Clodfelter. It was published originally in the October 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 31. Photo Caption: "Southern Railway's silvery Southerner has just cleared for New York behind a Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1, but the tower has already realigned the switches to permit this terminal engine to move across. In the background, you can see a steam-powered consist as well as another PRR GG-1 electric."
Photo Date:  10/1/1948  Upload Date: 1/6/2017 2:56:50 AM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  373   Comments: 1


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