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Pennsylvania Railroad Caboose No. 478153 ahead of PRR 4-8-2 M1 “Mountain” Engine No. 6951, 1950’s, Location Unknown
One hundred ninety-nine N-8 cabooses were built by the Pennsylvania Railroad beginning with road number 478131 in 1950. On the other hand, the venerable “Mountain” M1″ steam locomotives had been in service since the early 1930’s. It is therefore very likely that this photograph was made in the early years of the 1950’s as caboose 478153 would have been the twenty-second caboose built of the total production run. This was the last caboose design built by the PRR.
The engineer can be seen leaning out of the locomotive cab for this photograph which was likely taken from a signal bridge in the large rail yard where many cabooses and freight cars are visible.
Image is a high resolution scan of an 11×14 print, therefore the original negative is unavailable for printing. An inkjet print will be provided from the digital file if ordered.
Ernest Robert’s collection of railroad photographs, on loan from his daughter, provides a rare opportunity for rail fans to purchase silver halide photographic prints from many of his large format negatives–some taken by him and others purchased from photographers and collectors. Other collection images requiring digital restoration will yield inkjet prints. Original prints in the collection have been copied digitally under rigorous lighting conditions providing inkjet prints of the highest possible quality.
High quality prints of this image, landscape and general interest photographs are available for purchase from coloradoinblackandwhite.com.
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