{"id":32721,"date":"2022-01-23T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32721"},"modified":"2022-01-22T23:34:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T04:34:23","slug":"remembering-the-prr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/remembering-the-prr\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the PRR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fifty-Four years gone: The late great Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) was America’s largest, busiest, and most intensive railroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On our trip to Pennsylvania in November we experienced plenty of action along the rails of the former Pennsylvania Railroad. But we also saw several examples of Pennsylvania Railroad freight equipment preserved for display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made these digital images of restored PRR equipment as it appeared to me in November 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PRR GP9 7048 at Horseshoe Curve\u2014Altoona, PA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PRR GP9 7048 at Horseshoe Curve\u2014Altoona, PA.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PRR F30A flatcar at Horseshoe Curve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PRR N5C caboose at Gallitzin, PA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PRR-X31A boxcar at Hollidaysburg, PA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PRR-X31A boxcar at Hollidaysburg, PA.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PRR-X31A boxcar at Hollidaysburg, PA.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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