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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | PRR 9684 |
At Canton, Ohio, no date. From the Waynesburg & Washington narrow gauge. http://abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi? ... rr9684.jpg |
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| Author: | Tom Richards [ Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PRR 9684 |
Bob, can you clarify your comment? How does that narrow gauge relate to the PRR? Great classic locomotive, kind of pre-steroids. |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PRR 9684 |
Long story short, built 1875-77, PRR bought parent Chartiers RR in 1885 and in so doing got the W&W with it; it remained in operation as a PRR subsidiary until 1933; PRR converted what was left to standard gauge in 1943-44. The company and what little track was left went to Conrail in 1976. 9684 is former W&W 4, Cooke 55847 1916. (Get Tom Taber III's "Railroads of Pennsylvania Encyclopedia & Atlas", and you, too, can be an instant authority on railroads of Penn's Woods!) |
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