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Viewing Album: PRR: Wreck At New Portage Junction ~ NOV 1916
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
11/6/1916 - 11/6/1916
Album Info:
Here are a newspaper article and ten photos related to a wreck that occurred at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 06 November 1916. Part of the caption reads: "It was 50 years ago, Nov. 6, 1916, that [this] disastrous freight wreck occurred near the Wye Switches at Duncansville. An eastbound freight train, No. 2736, went out of control descending the New Portage Branch from Gallitzin to Hollidaysburg and ran away to crash into four engines ~ Nos. 2477, 2759, 2665, and 971 ~ standing near the Wye Switches. Seven trainmen were killed in the wreck."
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Title:
PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:
Here is a photo (with caption) from a November 1966 issue of the "Altoona Mirror" concerning the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction (known locally as the "Wye Switches") in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 06 November 1916. Part of the caption reads: "It was 50 years ago, Nov. 6, 1916, that [this] disastrous freight wreck occurred near the Wye Switches at Duncansville. An eastbound freight train, No. 2736, went out of control descending the New Portage Branch from Gallitzin to Hollidaysburg and ran away to crash into four engines ~ Nos. 2477, 2759, 2665, and 971 ~ standing near the Wye Switches. Seven trainmen were killed in the wreck." The runaway train was headed by PRR engine #2736, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1905 and retired in July of 1926. Data for the other four locomotives are as follows. PRR engine #2477 was an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1903, rebuilt in Juniata as an H-6SA in August of 1918, and retired in September of 1930. PRR engine #2759 was an L-1S (2-8-2) "Mikado" built in Juniata during 1915 and retired in April of 1950. PRR engine #2665 was an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1905, renumbered "4046" in January of 1918, rebuilt in Juniata as an H-6SA in July of 1919, renumbered "3779" in January of 1921, and retired in December of 1933. PRR engine #971 was an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1903 and retired in August of 1929. Sidebar: "Standing of the Crews" for the Pittsburgh & Middle Divisions.
Photo Date:
11/6/1916
Upload Date:
6/18/2016 1:19:23 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
PRR 2736(2-8-0)
PRR 2477(2-8-0)
PRR 2759(2-8-2)
PRR 2665(2-8-0)
PRR 971(2-8-0)
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919
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0
Title:
PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:
Here is an official photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. Visible at the far right is a portion of PRR engine #2115, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consoldiated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during June of 1902 and retired in June of 1927 after 25 years of faithful service. Photo taken from atop the four-track Signal Bridge, facing West toward Duncansville. Photo courtesy of MaryAnn Jones.
Photo Date:
11/6/1916
Upload Date:
6/18/2016 1:22:27 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
PRR 2115(2-8-0)
Views:
895
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Title:
PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:
Here is an official photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. Prominent here is PRR engine #2115, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during June of 1902 and retired in June of 1927 after 25 years of faithful service. Photo taken from atop the four-track Signal Bridge, facing West toward Duncansville. Note the destroyed automobile bodies in the ditch at right. Photo courtesy of Ms. MaryAnn Jones.
Photo Date:
11/6/1916
Upload Date:
12/28/2020 8:40:12 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
PRR 2115(2-8-0)
Views:
180
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:
Here is an official photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. Photo courtesy of Ms. MaryAnn Jones.
Photo Date:
11/6/1916
Upload Date:
12/28/2020 8:40:42 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
70
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:
Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. William F. Gable Photo #5.
Photo Date:
11/6/1916
Upload Date:
10/18/2017 1:22:33 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
188
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:
Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. William F. Gable Photo #11.
Photo Date:
11/6/1916
Upload Date:
10/18/2017 1:22:00 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
125
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:
Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. Among the damaged freight cars pictured here, note that there's one from the Seaboard Air Line. William F. Gable & Co., Photo #16.
Photo Date:
11/6/1916
Upload Date:
12/28/2020 9:26:37 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
63
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:
Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. In the foreground, note the presence of the Hollidaysburg Fire Department's Engine No. 1 and a horse-drawn wagon. William F. Gable & Co., Photo #24.
Photo Date:
11/6/1916
Upload Date:
12/28/2020 9:27:03 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
92
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:
Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. William F. Gable Photo #29.
Photo Date:
11/6/1916
Upload Date:
10/18/2017 1:20:20 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
135
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916
Description:
Here is a photo of the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. It was included in the "Altoona Area Railroad Pictorial History" edited by Linda White and published in 1996 by The Altoona Mirror, page 16. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad coal-fired/steam-powered wrecking crane #490768 and maintenance-of-way flat car #490313.
Photo Date:
11/6/1916
Upload Date:
11/23/2017 4:57:19 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Steam,Wreck
Locomotives:
Views:
1003
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6869, M-1, c. 1929
Description:
Here is a photo related to the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 6 November 1916. Photo courtesy of Ms. Constance M. Holland Cullison, who states that "My grandfather Theodore Berdine Holland was an Engineman for the PA RR Co. On the back of another photo, he has written '47 cars, 5 engines, 7 men killed.' In the photo shown here, he is in the front row left kneeling, light coveralls. I believe these men were there helping with the accident." Parked behind them is PRR engine #6869, an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in October of 1926 and retired in November of 1955 after 29 years of service. (This locomotive wasn't even built when the wreck occurred, so the focus is on the Railroaders who took part in the salvage operation.)
Photo Date:
9/22/1929
Upload Date:
12/27/2020 9:07:41 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6869(4-8-2)
Views:
136
Comments:
0
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