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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 2-10-4Built As:PRR 6438 (2-10-4)
Serial Number:4497Order No:
Frame Number: Built:10/1943
Notes:PRR Class J-1; retired 02/60
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 6438(2-10-4)
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PRR 6438, J-1, 1952
Title:  PRR 6438, J-1, 1952
Description:  ARB. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Nelson Bowers that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 11 November 1952. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6438, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during October of 1943 and retired in April of 1958 after just 15 years of revenue service. Photo taken from the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata. William P. Nixon Collection.
Photo Date:  11/11/1952  Upload Date: 11/16/2018 5:56:20 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6438(2-10-4)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
PRR 6438, J-1, 1956
Title:  PRR 6438, J-1, 1956
Description:  Coal Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Raymond J. Muller that was taken in Sandusky, Ohio, in August of 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6438, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during October of 1943 and retired in April of 1958 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  8/15/1956  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 6:53:51 PM
Location:  Sandusky, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6438(2-10-4)
Views:  187   Comments: 1
Seidel's "Horseshoe Curve," Page 34, 2008
Title:  Seidel's "Horseshoe Curve," Page 34, 2008
Description:  Here is a photo taken by Bob Lorenz that was published in David W. Seidel's 2008 book entitled "Images Of Rail: Horseshoe Curve," page 34. Partial Caption: "A westbound consist with a specialty shipment is led by Class J-1 No. 6438 in this morning view during the late 1940's or early 1950's." Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6438 is a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during October of 1943. Note the second "car" in the train: a refurbished "Lines West" locomotive tender.
Photo Date:  1/1/2008  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 2:04:56 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6438(2-10-4)
Views:  265   Comments: 0


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