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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:8/11/1963 - 8/11/1963
Album Info:Here are eleven original photos that I took of Strasburg Rail Road locomotives and equipment in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Also included is an original photo of SRC #1 which was taken by an unidentified photographer at a much later date.
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SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Title:  SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took of a Strasburg Rail Road locomotive near Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is the head end of SRC engine #31, an 0-6-0 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1908 ~ some 55 years earlier! It is pulling our excursion train to Paradise, where the SRC connects with the Pennsylvania Railroad ~ whereupon it will uncouple, pass around to the other end of our train, recouple, and then pull the train back to the Strasburg Station.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:19:26 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SRC 31(0-6-0)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Title:  SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took of a Strasburg Rail Road locomotive near Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is the head end of SRC engine #31, an 0-6-0 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1908 ~ some 55 years earlier! It is pulling our excursion train to Paradise, where the SRC connects with the Pennsylvania Railroad ~ whereupon it will uncouple, pass around to the other end of our train, recouple, and then pull the train back to the Strasburg Station.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:20:45 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SRC 31(0-6-0)
Views:  294   Comments: 0
SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Title:  SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took of a Strasburg Rail Road locomotive near Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is SRC engine #31, an 0-6-0 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1908 ~ some 55 years earlier! It has uncoupled from our excursion train in Paradise (where the SRC connects with the Pennsylvania Railroad) and is passing around it to the other end of our train, where it will recouple and then pull the train back to the Strasburg Station. The wires in the background are PRR electrified catenary.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:22:08 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SRC 31(0-6-0)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
"Cherry Hill," 1963
Title:  "Cherry Hill," 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took of Strasburg Rail Road property near Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. As our excursion train ~ pulled by SRC engine #31 ~ returns to the Strasburg Station from Paradise, the little whistle-stop station at a place called "Cherry Hill" comes into view. The corn looks as high as an elephant's eye!
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:23:43 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  283   Comments: 0
SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Title:  SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took of a Strasburg Rail Road locomotive in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is SRC engine #31, an 0-6-0 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1908 ~ some 55 years earlier!
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:42:58 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SRC 31(0-6-0)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
PRR 1223, 4-4-0, 1963
Title:  PRR 1223, 4-4-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #1223, a D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata during November of 1905. In this photo, it is being examined thoroughly by a host of children and other souls. In later years, #1223 pulled excursions under live steam. Nowadays, it is on exhibit at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:44:50 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1223(4-4-0)
Views:  895   Comments: 0
PRR 1223, 4-4-0, 1963
Title:  PRR 1223, 4-4-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #1223, a D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata during November of 1905. In this photo, it is on static display near the Strasburg Station. In later years, #1223 pulled excursions under live steam. Nowadays, it is on exhibit at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Builder's Plate Data: Juniata Shops, D-16sb, 11-1905, 1399.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:46:46 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1223(4-4-0)
Views:  1164   Comments: 0
SRC 4, 0-4-0, 1963
Title:  SRC 4, 0-4-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took of a Strasburg Rail Road locomotive in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963) Shown here is SRC engine #4, an 0-4-0 "Camelback" locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It is pulling another trainload of happy railfans and tourists into the Strasburg Ntation after a fleeting visit to Paradise!
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 12:55:31 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SRC 4(0-4-0)
Views:  1309   Comments: 1
PRR 4639, Wooden Combine, 1963
Title:  PRR 4639, Wooden Combine, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took of vintage Pennsylvania Railroad passenger cars in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here are PRR cars #4639, #3556, and #8177; their pedigrees are unrecorded. They are filled with happy railfans and tourists returning to the Strasburg Station following their fleeting visit to Paradise!
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 12:57:37 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  603   Comments: 1
SRC 11 & 10, Crummies, 1963
Title:  SRC 11 & 10, Crummies, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took of Strasburg Rail Road property near Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here!(L to R) are SRC crummis #11 and #10; their pedigree is unrecorded. They are on static display near the Strasburg Rail Road Station.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 12:59:30 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  326   Comments: 0
SRC #1, 1926 Plymouth, c. 1981
Title:  SRC #1, 1926 Plymouth, c. 1981
Description:  Here is an original 35mm color slide of Strasburg Rail Road's #1, an 0-4-0 HL-20 locomotive built by Plymouth in October of 1926. The photographer's name and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:  5/5/1981  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 1:57:29 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRC 1(20-ton)
Views:  562   Comments: 0


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