Kenneth and Tracie Josephson
kjosephson at sprintmail.com
Tue Oct 12 03:34:12 EDT 1999
Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
>
> Dave Hamley supplies the following:
>
> Hmmm, how about Liberty Ave. at 27th St,., where the PRR branch to the
> produce district crossed? The loco appears to be a PRR SW1 pulling reefers,
> all of which fits. Note that the 1506 has a PAT sticker. That piece of
> track came out not long after PAT took over, probably c.1966 or so. That
> kinda looks like the PRR 28th St. roundhouse in the background.
I have another shot taken at the same time and location, from a
different angle. The loco, appears to be a SW1, but reads "B&O", not
"PRR." Did B&O have switching trackage rights on this Pennsy branch?
Ken J.
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