The task of filling the tender with coal meant climbing on top of engines and equipment. At right PRR Class I1sa.

There's time for a quick nap in between moves. The 1911 boxcab, a product of the Juniata shops, survives today at Strasburg stuffed and mounted. The GG1's on the left don't.

A chilly Pennsy kind of day captured at Harrisburg back when. A westbound train. PRR Class EP45.

Still under steam on New Years Eve 1956, 7558 is recorded at Lewistown. John and his railfan friend of numerous early 50's trips, the late Bill Rosenberg from Long Island, would catch a Greyhoun... (more)

The skies have opened up and here's one more companion view of the action at Lewistown in the last daylight hours of 1956. For an earlier view of the steam engine being hostled, click more)

Seen earlier in the yard, the PRR 6967 starts to pull. To see that view, click here. PRR Class M1a.

A lone Pennsy geep with a single reefer sits out on the main while a steam-powered train waits in the the distance by the tower. Soon the PRR 6967 Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Lewistown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 8572
Train ID: yard engine
Photo Date: December 31, 1956

Ore empties move east behind Baldwin sharks. John's railfanning companion was his longtime friend the late Bill Rosenberg of Kew Gardens, Long Island, N.Y., and the method of transport for this 3... (more)

A lone geep drills the yard on a colorless New Years Eve, 1956. For a more colorful view of this same engine a few minutes later out on the main, click Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Lewistown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 8572
Train ID: yard job
Photo Date: December 31, 1956

A Mountain-type M1a is tied onto a manifest out on the main at Lewistown. Thanks to Mr. Hess for the research on the locomotive number. To see the same train getting underway, click Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-2
Location: Lewistown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 6967
Train ID: manifest
Photo Date: December 31, 1956

This M1a is being hostled to its train. Click on "PRR 6769" above to see the other views of this engine that afternoon in 1956.

There was still steam working Harrisburg at the end of 1956, and it didn't take long for John to zero in on it. PRR Class L1s.

John's year-end PRR foray with his railfan friend the late Bill Rosenberg of Long Island, N.Y., moves from Hagerstown to Harrisburg and he immediately puts his Argus C3 to work. P5A 4769 poses wi... (more)

PRR 3583 is shoving a train at Hagerstown. Hagerstown was the first stop of a three-day railfan safari to end the year 1956 with his longtime railfan friend, the late Bill Rosenberg. PRR Class L... (more)

The twilight of steam on the PRR is captured south of the Mason-Dixon line. PRR Class L1s.