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Vanishing Point: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 11:47pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Union Station tracks." Receding in a haze of soot, steam and mildew. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
The locomotive
Submitted by GWHinLA on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 12:45pm.
It's a Pennsylvania Railroad class E6s 4-4-2 Atlantic.
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Submitted by z396z28 on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 10:00am.
5218 or 5318 - On whose roster? Anyone?
The Pennsy E6
Submitted by Mark Newton on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 7:31am.
looks very archaic for an engine running in 1921. It still has a box headlight and tailrods - which means its not yet superheated, so its an E6, not an E6s
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