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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 2-10-4Built As:PRR 6161 (2-10-4)
Serial Number:4520Order No:
Frame Number: Built:2/1944
Notes:PRR Class J-1; retired 04/59
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 6161(2-10-4)
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PRR 6161, J-1, c. 1945
Title:  PRR 6161, J-1, c. 1945
Description:  Portraits 4. Here is a steam locomotive portrait of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6161, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during January of 1944 and retired in April of 1959 after just 15 years of revenue service. Note the Hostler on the tender's deck, refilling the reservoir. "Fill 'er up, Mack!" The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. (#17 of 40)
Photo Date:  11/14/1945  Upload Date: 5/16/2025 11:05:18 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6161(2-10-4)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
PRR 6161, J-1, c. 1946
Title:  PRR 6161, J-1, c. 1946
Description:  Portraits 10. Here is a steam locomotive portrait of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6161, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during January of 1944 and retired in April of 1959 after just 15 years of revenue service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. (#9 of 72)
Photo Date:  8/15/1946  Upload Date: 12/30/2022 8:42:14 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6161(2-10-4)
Views:  546   Comments: 0
PRR 6161, J-1, 1951
Title:  PRR 6161, J-1, 1951
Description:  AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Bill Price that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 13 August 1951. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6161, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during 1944 and retired in April of 1959 after just 15 years of revenue service. It is pulling a mixed cargo freight train around the Curve on its way down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East.
Photo Date:  8/13/1951  Upload Date: 12/6/2017 7:05:17 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6161(2-10-4)
Views:  1821   Comments: 1
PRR 6161, J-1, 1957
Title:  PRR 6161, J-1, 1957
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Sandusky, Ohio, in August of 1957. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6161, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during January of 1944 and retired in April of 1959 after just 15 years of revenue service. Brad Mann Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1957  Upload Date: 10/28/2025 11:24:30 PM
Location:  Sandusky, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6161(2-10-4)
Views:  58   Comments: 0


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