The Pennsylvania Railroad in "Clear Track Ahead" (1946)

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  @robbrown3519 · 4 years ago

  Those of you that have seen the photo of the PRR T1 with the 5 inspectors standing in front of it, My father was the man standing on the left end. He was one of the inspectors during the T1 builds. Yes they are building a new one, with some modifications, LOL - at 80 I am not sure I'll see the finished locomotive. I will say that the steam era was truly wonderful.

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• CC

  @CC2013d · 4 years ago

  It was a great Railroad Rip Pennsylvanian Railroad PRR you will be in our hearts.

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• CE

  @CEOofTrains · 6 years ago

  I see a T1, I click.

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• J-

  @j-bird1778 · 2 years ago (edited)

  "From one passanger train each day, to more than 2500 trains every day." Now we get 3 passanger trains per week in some areas. Most towns have none at all. So much for progress.

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• OK

  @okmrocksU · 6 years ago

  As this film depicted a shining future for railroads, it was the beginning of the end for steam power and after another decade the decline of passenger travel.

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• RO

  @roystrickland3363 · 6 years ago

  Jobs. Service. Dignity. Sure, work was less than ideal and often hard but people could raise families with one breadwinner who took pride in work well done.

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• IR

  @IrishEddie317 · 6 years ago

  The freight yard you see is the Enola breaking yard in Enola PA. &nbsp;I lived across the tracks from this yard for 34 years. I used to take my now-grown son to sit in our old Chevy station wagon and watch the cars being humped and put together to deliver goods across the nation. At one time, the Enola yard was the largest breaking yard on the East Coast.<br><br><br>I remember one day someone came to our door and told us that there were free potatoes being given out. &nbsp;Sure enough, down where my son and I went to watch the cars, a reefer car full of Idaho potatoes had broken down, and rather than waste all those taters, the railroad was giving them to the townspeople. We went away with a couple of bags of spuds! &nbsp;First come, first served.<br><br><br>At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiLIS2Sl29s&amp;t=1004">16:44</a> you will see the engineer&apos;s lodgings. When I moved to Enola in 1973, it was no longer there, but instead had been transformed into an appliance repair shop called &quot;Barlup&apos;s.&quot; &nbsp;Mr. Barlup and his sons ran that shop and they are good people (Mr. Barlup has now passed on) and are, I believe, still there to this day operating as Barlup&apos;s Appliances.

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• IC

  @ichabodon · 6 years ago

  For 1946 the US had some great gear and that includes the T1, beautiful.

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• ST

  @Stonedmetalhead666 · 6 years ago

  So heart breaking seeing all of the railroads in their prime and now they&apos;re non existent relics of the past rusting away in peices across america..

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• GA

  @garryferrington811 · 3 years ago

  The Pennsylvania RR paid dividends on it&apos;s stock every quarter without a single break, even during the Great Depression, right up until 1949: the longest record in corporate history.

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• MA

  @MagicGuyStudios · 5 years ago

  The Pennsylvania railroad is awesome

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• WI

  @williamschlenger1518 · 6 years ago

  All gone now.As a young boy I sent letters to many railroads &nbsp;&amp; received many emblems, belt buckles, etc.

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