| Elmira. Here is second of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides of photos by David Connor that were taken near Snedekerville, Pennsylvania, c. 1955. At the left is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4523, an I-1SA (2-10-0) "Decapod" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an I-1S during August of 1923, rebuilt in Juniata as an I-1SA in January of 1944, and retired in October of 1959. At the right is Erie Railroad engine #1204, a GP7 built by GM-EMD in October of 1950 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. In this context, the diesel's waiting for the steam-powered freight train to pass. ("Stoneborobranch"; #10 of 34) |