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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 4-8-2Built As:PRR 6762 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:4234Order No:
Frame Number: Built:7/1930
Notes:PRR Class M-1B; retired 09/59
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 6762(4-8-2)
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"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 12, 1946
Title:  "Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 12, 1946
Description:  Here is page 12 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the third page of a four-page camera study entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad: Keystone Vignettes." No author is specified. Pictured Clockwise From Top Left: K-5 #5699 photographed at an unidentified location; railroader washing a locomotive's tender at an unknown location; "Atlantic" action at an unknown location; R-1 #4999 paces M-1A #6762 near Elizabeth, New Jersey, in this photo by W.R. Osborne; a triple-header hauls a coal train near Radnor, Pennsylvania, in 1911; freight cars on graceful arches pass over an unidentified river; and an exterior view of New York's Penn Station.
Photo Date:  4/13/1946  Upload Date: 4/16/2017 4:58:55 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5699(4-6-2) PRR 4999(Steeple Cab) PRR 6762(4-8-2)
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PRR 6762, M-1B, #2 of 2, 1955
Title:  PRR 6762, M-1B, #2 of 2, 1955
Description:  Here is the second of two successive images of photos by an unidentified photographer that were taken near Sunbury, Pennsylvania, in 1955. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6762, an M-1B (4-8-2) "Mountain" built in Juniata as an M-1A during July of 1930, rebuilt as an M-1B in April of 1946, and retired in September of 1959 after 29 years of faithful service. Edward Kaspriske Collection.
Photo Date:  9/22/1955  Upload Date: 6/22/2023 8:33:32 AM
Location:  Sunbury, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6762(4-8-2)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
PRR 6762, M-1B, #1 of 2, 1955
Title:  PRR 6762, M-1B, #1 of 2, 1955
Description:  Here is the first of two successive images of photos by an unidentified photographer that were taken near Sunbury, Pennsylvania, in 1955. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6762, an M-1B (4-8-2) "Mountain" built in Juniata as an M-1A during July of 1930, rebuilt as an M-3B in April of 1946, and retired in September of 1959 after 29 years of faithful service. Pictured at the far left is a youthful Ed Kaspriske. Edward Kaspriske Collection.
Photo Date:  9/22/1955  Upload Date: 6/2/2023 3:40:15 AM
Location:  Sunbury, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6762(4-8-2)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
PRR 6779, M-1B, c. 1956
Title:  PRR 6779, M-1B, c. 1956
Description:  Wood. Here is an image of a photo by Don Wood that was taken in Enola, Pennsylvania, c. 1956. Wood's Caption: "The proud ones . . . two of Pennsy's finest in steam pose at Enola enginehouse. The M1 4-8-2's were regarded with the highest esteem in all echelons of the old PRR." Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6779 and #6762. Both are "M" Class (4-8-2) "Mountains." #6779 is an M-1B built by the Lima Locomotive Works as an M-1A during March of 1930, rebuilt in Juniata as an M-1B in December of 1948, and retired in September of 1959. #6762 is an M-1B constructed in Juniata as an M-1A during July of 1930, rebuilt as an M-1B in April of 1946, and retired in September of 1959. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:  6/21/1956  Upload Date: 7/22/2022 10:03:22 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6779(4-8-2) PRR 6762(4-8-2)
Views:  312   Comments: 0

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