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PRR New Portage Wreck, 1916 |
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Here is a photo (with caption) from a November 1966 issue of the "Altoona Mirror" concerning the fatal wreck at the Pennsylvania Railroad's New Portage Junction (known locally as the "Wye Switches") in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 06 November 1916. Part of the caption reads: "It was 50 years ago, Nov. 6, 1916, that [this] disastrous freight wreck occurred near the Wye Switches at Duncansville. An eastbound freight train, No. 2736, went out of control descending the New Portage Branch from Gallitzin to Hollidaysburg and ran away to crash into four engines ~ Nos. 2477, 2759, 2665, and 971 ~ standing near the Wye Switches. Seven trainmen were killed in the wreck." The runaway train was headed by PRR engine #2736, an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1905 and retired in July of 1926. Data for the other four locomotives are as follows. PRR engine #2477 was an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1903, rebuilt in Juniata as an H-6SA in August of 1918, and retired in September of 1930. PRR engine #2759 was an L-1S (2-8-2) "Mikado" built in Juniata during 1915 and retired in April of 1950. PRR engine #2665 was an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1905, renumbered "4046" in January of 1918, rebuilt in Juniata as an H-6SA in July of 1919, renumbered "3779" in January of 1921, and retired in December of 1933. PRR engine #971 was an H-6A (2-8-0) "Consolidated" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1903 and retired in August of 1929. Sidebar: "Standing of the Crews" for the Pittsburgh & Middle Divisions. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1916 Upload Date: 6/18/2016 1:19:23 AM |
| Location: |
Duncansville, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2736(2-8-0) PRR 2477(2-8-0) PRR 2759(2-8-2) PRR 2665(2-8-0) PRR 971(2-8-0) |
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"Power To Burn," Page 68, 1976 |
| Description: |
Here is page 68 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "A PRR wreck at New Portage Junction near Wye Switches, Duncansville, involved seven locomotives. This was the first wreck in which automobiles, en route to dealers, were destroyed. It occurred Nov. 6, 1916." In an article published in a November 1966 issue of the "Altoona Mirror," it's stated that "It was 50 years ago, Nov. 6, 1916, that [this] disastrous freight wreck occurred near the Wye Switches at Duncansville. An eastbound freight train, No. 2736, went out of control descending the New Portage Branch from Gallitzin to Hollidaysburg and ran away to crash into four engines ~ Nos. 2477, 2759, 2665, and 971 ~ standing near the Wye Switches. Seven trainmen were killed in the wreck." Note the steam-powered derrick at work on the right. (For more photos of this incident, see the album entitled "PRR: Wreck at New Portage Junction ~ NOV 1916.") |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1976 Upload Date: 3/5/2019 2:46:18 AM |
| Location: |
Duncansville, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2736(2-8-0) |
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