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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