Pennsylvania Railroad during WW II

Really good, thanks for posting.

ChipR

thanks for posting this. its a really fascinating article.

Thanks for posting.  Great info.

Outstanding! Thank you for posting.

thanks enjoy the pictures and stories , I wonder if the past was as good as we seem to think, seems to me the values and standards were much higher. again thanks and have a good holiday.

The greatest railroad that ever was or ever will be.

Thank you, that was very good.

Very well done.

Although a correction to be made. Camp Kilmer was not located near, but IN both Edison and Piscataway Townships.

HEY CTA,

That was a great photo essay.

I was a kid during the early 1940's War Years, and my Dad was a Fireman on PRR Mikados, Consolidations, and Yard Switchers.

When he had mainline duty, PRR's big Mikes woud haul mile-long consists of coal and steel from our local mines and mills around Wheeling, W. Va., on the way to war production plants.

But when he had weekend yard duty, he would take me to work with him and I'd spend the day in the cab of a B-6 switcher, where I'd learn all about the function of every valve on

the manifold, how to operate the Stoker, the Johnson Rod, and the Throttle.

The hogger didn't mind, and there was no OSHA in those days...we were all smart enough to stay out of trouble!

I can talk steam with anyone on this Forum.

RipTrack Hal  (80 next year!)

PRR B-6 switcher locomotives didn't have stokers.

that is fantastic! thank you for sharing.

Hey Hot Water...

Now that was 73 years ago.  Am I not entitled to a small historical error?

RipTrack.

Thanks for posting. Enjoyed it very much. 

Got a kick out of K4 number 12. David P. Morgan once speculated that someone kept an old hat at the PRR headquarters, filled with random numbers. When a number for a locomotive was needed, someone would just reach in the hat! 

Loved the hideous boxcar rebuilt for troop train service........with obligatory portholes! And the Don Wood classic of an M1a Mountain sideview, rushing tonnage down the Middle Division.

I was in Philly last year and overwhelmed by this statue... still there today ...

Great read.