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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 2-10-4Built As:PRR 6468 (2-10-4)
Serial Number:4417Order No:
Frame Number: Built:2/1943
Notes:PRR Class J-1; retired 4/58
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 6468(2-10-4)
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PRR 9895, H-10S, c. 1949
Title:  PRR 9895, H-10S, c. 1949
Description:  Here is an original photo of three Pennsylvania Railroad steam-powered locomotives. On the right is engine #9895, an H-10S (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the American Locomotive Company during June of 1913 and retired in October of 1957. On the left (R to L) are engines #6468 and another "J" Class unit whose number is not recorded. #6468 is a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during February of 1943 and retired in April of 1958. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Roy Healey Collection; #15 of 16.
Photo Date:  10/7/1949  Upload Date: 5/16/2018 11:59:57 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9895(2-8-0) PRR 6468(2-10-4)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
PRR 6478, J-1A, 1955
Title:  PRR 6478, J-1A, 1955
Description:  Young. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Andrew D. Young that was taken in Columbus, Ohio, in the Summer of 1955. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6478 and #6468. Both are 2-10-4 "Texas" locomotives built in Juniata. Engine #6478 is a J-1A constructed during March of 1943 and retired in April of 1958, while #6468 is a J-1 built in February of 1943 in April of 1958. Produced and distributed by Evda Slides of Maryland Heights, Missouri.
Photo Date:  9/22/1955  Upload Date: 10/18/2018 2:41:05 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6478(2-10-4) PRR 6468(2-10-4)
Views:  758   Comments: 2
PRR 6468 Eastbound on the Pittsburgh-St Louis Main Line
Title:  PRR 6468 Eastbound on the Pittsburgh-St Louis Main Line
Description:  While waiting for the day passenger train for a return inspection trip back to his home base in Anderson, IN, my father, who was track supervisor on the PRR's Richmond Branch snapped this slide of a Pennsy Class J-1 behemoth. The J-1 class was Juniata built, but copied from a C&O design. It lacks the belpaire firebox / boiler commonly found on other PRR steam locomotives, and sports a keystone smokebox number plate instead of the round number plates found on most other classes of PRR freight locomotives. According to Dad, the J-1 was a water hog; even with that big tender, it had to be watered frequently. Dad also said the J-1 class tended to stay on PRR Lines West in the twilight years of Pennsy steam. All Pennsy J-1's were scrapped; none survive.
Photo Date:  10/1/1956  Upload Date: 1/4/2010 7:03:44 PM
Location:  Richmond, IN
Author:  Maynard Krug
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 6468(2-10-4)
Views:  3846   Comments: 16
PRR 6468, J-1, 1957
Title:  PRR 6468, J-1, 1957
Description:  Portraits 5. Here is a steam locomotive portrait by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Columbus, Ohio, on 18 August 1957. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6468, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during February of 1943 and retired in April of 1958 after just 15 years of revenue service. (#27 of 40)
Photo Date:  8/18/1957  Upload Date: 3/21/2021 2:52:39 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6468(2-10-4)
Views:  167   Comments: 0


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