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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:7/2/1959 - 7/2/1959
Album Info:Here is a two-page article entitled "Rush From Labrador." It was published originally in the July-August 1959 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, pages 6-7. No author is specified. "The shipment was one of the biggest ore cargoes ever to enter the Port of Philadelphia. It was taken on at the port of Sept Isles, Labrador, on April 24 by the king-size freighter, San Juan Merchant. The loading was done in sub-zero weather, and the vessel had to dodge icebergs as it steamed south. But when it reached Philadelphia on Tuesday, April 28, the weather was springlike. Prompt action was vital to beat the thaw." (Page 6)
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"Rush From Labrador," Page 6, 1959
Title:  "Rush From Labrador," Page 6, 1959
Description:  Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "Rush From Labrador." It was published originally in the July-August 1959 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 6. Top Photo Caption: "46,745-ton load of iron ore from Labrador ~ first of the season and still frozen ~ arrives at PRR pier in Philadelphia." Partially visible at the right is the "S.S. San Juan Merchant," an ore transporter!
Photo Date:  7/1/1959  Upload Date: 9/1/2022 7:52:20 AM
Location:  South Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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"Rush From Labrador," Page 7, 1959
Title:  "Rush From Labrador," Page 7, 1959
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "Rush From Labrador." It was published originally in the July-August 1959 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 7. Top Right Photo Caption: "Extra locomotives in the middle and rear help ore train over mountain west of Altoona." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8675 and two more units whose road are not recorded. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8675 was constructed in March of 1958. Also visible are two open hopper cars: PRR #702470, as well as Cambria & Indiana Railroad #4459. Bottom Right Photo Caption: "Giant furnaces, ore pile, and dumper form background as trains reach Weirton Steel." Prominent here is PRR engine #8949, an LS-25M built by Lima-Hamilton in August of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966.
Photo Date:  7/1/1959  Upload Date: 9/1/2022 7:55:20 AM
Location:  Weirton, WV
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 8675(RSD12) PRR 8949(LT-2500)
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