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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona 4-6-2Built As:PRR 3733 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:3685Order No:
Frame Number: Built:2/1920
Notes:PRR Class K-4S; retired 04/56
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 3733(4-6-2)
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"Horseshoe Curve," Page 33, 1941
Title:  "Horseshoe Curve," Page 33, 1941
Description:  Here is page six of an eight-page article by Harry T. Sohlberg entitled "Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in the March 1941 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 33. Top Photo: Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #3733 and #1339. Both are K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacifics" built in Juniata. #3733 was built during February of 1920 and retired in April of 1956. #1339 was built during April of 1918 and retired in February of 1956. They are pulling an eastbound passenger train around the Horseshoe Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia. Note the illustration of an inclined plane and a two-sectioned boat on the Allegheny Portage Railroad (1834-1854).
Photo Date:  3/1/1941  Upload Date: 7/16/2016 12:51:01 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3733(4-6-2)
Views:  620   Comments: 0
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 26, 1941
Title:  "Horseshoe Curve," Page 26, 1941
Description:  Here is page seven of a seven-page article by Harry T. Sohlberg entitled "Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in the November 1941 issue of "Mutual Magazine," page 26. (This is actually a reprint of an article published in the March 1941 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 28-35.) Partial Caption: "No. 24 slips downgrade on one of the inside tracks. No. 24 is an afternoon maid-of-all-work passenger train from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #3733 and #1339. Both are K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacifics" built in Juniata. #3733 was built during February of 1920 and retired in April of 1956, while #1339 was built during April of 1918 and retired in February of 1956.
Photo Date:  11/3/1941  Upload Date: 1/26/2019 11:01:37 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3733(4-6-2)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
PRR 4-6-2 #3733
Title:  PRR 4-6-2 #3733
Description:  Here is a 1920 Altoona Shops built Pacific doing what it did best - heading up a long string of cars - this time freight. F. R. Kern Jr photo. With help from Dave Korhammer (comment below), the location is Frankford Jct. coming off the Delair Bridge route from South Jersey. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 1/28/2014 9:26:41 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 3733(4-6-2)
Views:  709   Comments: 6
"Railroads Of Wilmington," Page 19, 1949
Title:  "Railroads Of Wilmington," Page 19, 1949
Description:  Here is page two of a four-page camera study by R.H. Braun & W.P. Fisher entitled "Railroads Of Wilmington." It was published originally in the September 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 19. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "A proud PRR K-4 Pacific accelerates the Norfolk-bound 'Del-Mar-Va Express' out of Wilmington for the Old Dominion State." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3733, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during February of 1920 and retired in April of 1956. Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "A wide-firebox Consolidation [#1673] brings the Reading's local freight to the Sixth Avenue Yard limit."
Photo Date:  9/1/1949  Upload Date: 4/25/2022 7:48:32 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3733(4-6-2) RDG 1673(2-8-0)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
PRR 5466, K-4S, c. 1954
Title:  PRR 5466, K-4S, c. 1954
Description:  Mann. Here is a photo by Wm. J. Pontin. Prominent here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5466 and #3733. Both are K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" steam locomotives. #5466 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during March of 1927 and retired in August of 1956, while #3733 was constructed in Juniata in February of 1920 and retired in April of 1956. Note the three unidentified Mechanics, hard at work on #3733! The exact date and the location are not recorded. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  11/14/1954  Upload Date: 4/13/2021 8:01:45 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5466(4-6-2) PRR 3733(4-6-2)
Views:  518   Comments: 0
PRR 1361, K-4S, 1955
Title:  PRR 1361, K-4S, 1955
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Manasquan, New Jersey, in July of 1955. In the first of two successive photos, here are (R to L) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #1361 and #3733. Both are K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacifics" built in Juniata. #1361 was built in May of 1915, and was enshrined for 30 years at the Horseshoe Curve before being refurbished for railfan excursions in 1987. #3733 was built in February of 1920 and retired in April of 1956. In this context, they're rockin' 'n' rollin' with a ten-car passenger train. ("VDF"; #1 of 7)
Photo Date:  7/7/1955  Upload Date: 5/10/2019 11:32:09 AM
Location:  Manasquan, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 1361(4-6-2) PRR 3733(4-6-2)
Views:  1038   Comments: 0
PRR 3733, K-4S, 1955
Title:  PRR 3733, K-4S, 1955
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Manasquan, New Jersey, in July of 1955. In the second of two successive photos, here are (R to L) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #1361 and #3733. Both are K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacifics" built in Juniata. #1361 was built in May of 1915 and was enshrined for 30 years at the Horseshoe Curve before being refurbished for railfan excursions in 1987. #3733 was built in February of 1920 and retired in April of 1956. In this context, they're passing through a grade crossing with a ten-car passenger train. ("VDF"; #2 of 7)
Photo Date:  7/7/1955  Upload Date: 5/10/2019 11:30:54 AM
Location:  Manasquan, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 1361(4-6-2) PRR 3733(4-6-2)
Views:  970   Comments: 0
PRR 3733, K-4S, 1955
Title:  PRR 3733, K-4S, 1955
Description:  SPM. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide (converted to B&W) of a photo by Charles L. Ballard that was taken in Allenhurst, New Jersey, on 6 August 1955. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #3733, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during February of 1920 and retired in April of 1956 after 36 years of faithful service. Published and distributed by Audio-Visual Designs; OGS-23.
Photo Date:  8/6/1955  Upload Date: 12/19/2018 12:25:14 PM
Location:  Allenhurst, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3733(4-6-2)
Views:  435   Comments: 1


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