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Pennsylvania Railroad 2-10-0 “Decapod” I1s Engine No. 4471 Under a Full Head of Steam Blowing Whistle for the Company Photographer! Date and Location Unknown.
Pennsylvania Railroad Engine #4471 Under a Full Head of Steam Blowing Whistle for the Company Photographer! Date and Location Unknown.
A classic promotional photograph, if there ever were one. A spit and polished engine with no burden parked under a full head of steam blowing its whistle for the photographer. The 8×10 negative of this image is highly printable. Because shutters on these big cameras were very slow and incapable of stopping action, there is no doubt the engine is parked just for the company photographer’s benefit. The other hint that the train is not moving is that the smoke from the engine is going straight up, instead of blowing towards the rear of the engine if it were moving.
From the Ernest Roberts Railway Photography Collection. Prints available from many historic railroad negatives and prints. Prints will be silver halide fiber base prints from original negatives in good condition. Inkjet prints from digital scans of restored prints and negatives.
The print from this image will be a silver halide fiber base print of the highest quality.