I was going through some railroad papers purchased in a box lot at auction and found the photos below. They are of the roundhouse, a locomotive, some buildings (a passenger train), and what appears to be the agent or some other employee of the railroad. They were taken at Hollidaysburg at some unknown date, but I would assume them to be pre-World War II. There is an envelope that was addressed to W.R. Eastep Jr. of Hollidaysburg from the PRR Comptroller in Philadelphia. I assume the photos were mailed in it (BTW, the negatives are included). If you can identify them or would like to have them, let me know and I'll mail them along.
Do you know this man?
Hollidaysburg Roundhouse
PRR Locomotive at Hollidaysburg
See the passenger train?
2 comments:
The photo of the enginehouse / roundhouse appears to that of the one that had been at Hollidaysburg, PA.
The locomotives appear to be from era 1915 and for light service for secondary branch tracks south to Martinsburg,PA, Roaring Spring, PA and Cumberland, Maryland. Also for service in the yard at Hollidaysburg.
The large buildings with the passenger train in the background: that's the 12th Street Machine Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Altoona, PA. Barely seen to the right of the passenger train is the end of the Station Shed. Guess circa 1915. The buildings in the foreground were destroyed by fire around 1926. Currently the site for Railroaders memorial Museum.
Would you consider doanting copies to the Railroaders Memorial Museum?
A message for Samuel who left the message above. If you send me an address, I will forward the negatives for the photos.
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