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Viewing Album:  SRC: Strasburg Rail Road ~ 11 August 1963 (R)
 
By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:8/11/1963 - 8/11/1963
Album Info:Here are eleven original photos that I took of Strasburg Rail Road locomotives and equipment in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Also included is an original photo of SRC #1 which was taken by an unidentified photographer at a much later date. * Repaired Album *
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SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Title:  SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took near Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is the head end of Strasburg Rail Road engine #31, an 0-6-0 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1908 ~ some 55 years earlier! It's pulling our excursion train to Paradise, where the SRC connects with the Pennsylvania Railroad ~ whereupon it will be uncoupled, pass around to the other end of our train, recoupled, and then pull our train back to the Strasburg Station.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:19:26 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SRC 31(0-6-0)
Views:  602   Comments: 0
SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Title:  SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took near Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is the head end of Strasburg Rail Road engine #31, an 0-6-0 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1908 ~ some 55 years earlier! It's pulling our excursion train to Paradise, where the SRC connects with the Pennsylvania Railroad ~ whereupon it will be uncoupled, pass around to the other end of our train, be recoupled, and then pull our train back to the Strasburg Station.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:20:45 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SRC 31(0-6-0)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Title:  SRC 31, 0-6-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took near Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is Strasburg Rail Road engine #31, an 0-6-0 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1908 ~ some 55 years earlier! It's been uncoupled from our excursion train in Paradise (where the SRC connects with the Pennsylvania Railroad) and is passing around to the other end of our train, where it will be recoupled and then pull the train back to the Strasburg Station. The wires in the background are PRR electrified catenary.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:22:08 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SRC 31(0-6-0)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
SRC Shelter at "Cherry Hill," 1963
Title:  SRC Shelter at "Cherry Hill," 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took near Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. As our excursion train ~ pulled by Strasburg Rail Road engine #31 ~ returns to the Strasburg Station from Paradise, the little whistle-stop shelter at "Cherry Hill" recedes from view. The corn looks as high as an elephant's eye!
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:23:43 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  379   Comments: 0
SRC 31, Switcher, 1963
Title:  SRC 31, Switcher, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is Strasburg Rail Road engine #31, an 0-6-0 switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during August of 1908 ~ some 55 years earlier!
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:42:58 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SRC 31(0-6-0)
Views:  807   Comments: 0
PRR 1223, D-16SB, 1963
Title:  PRR 1223, D-16SB, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is ex-Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1223, a D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata as a D-16B in January of 1905, later rebuilt as a D-16SB, sold to the Strasburg Rail Road in October of 1960, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. In this context, it's on static display near the Strasburg Station. Builder's Badge Data: Juniata Shops, D-16sb, 11-1905, 1399.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:44:50 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1223(4-4-0)
Views:  1119   Comments: 0
PRR 1223, D-16SB, 1963
Title:  PRR 1223, D-16SB, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is ex-Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1223, a D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata as a D-16B in January of 1905, later rebuilt as a D-16SB, sold to the Strasburg Rail Road in October of 1960, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. In this context, it's on static display near the Strasburg Station. Builder's Badge Data: Juniata Shops, D-16sb, 11-1905, 1399.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 1:46:46 PM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1223(4-4-0)
Views:  1441   Comments: 0
SRC 98, 4-4-0, 1963
Title:  SRC 98, 4-4-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is Strasburg Rail Road engine #98, a 4-4-0 "American" class steam locomotive. Its pedigree is not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 5/5/2025 12:08:50 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SRC 98(4-4-0)
Views:  15   Comments: 0
SRC 4, 0-4-0, 1963
Title:  SRC 4, 0-4-0, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here is Strasburg Rail Road engine #4, an 0-4-0 "Camelback" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in March of 1903. It's pulling another trainload of happy railfans and tourists into the Station after a fleeting visit to Paradise!
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 12:55:31 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  SRC 4(0-4-0)
Views:  1529   Comments: 1
PRR 4639, Wooden Combine, 1963
Title:  PRR 4639, Wooden Combine, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Prominent here are ex-Pennsylvania Railroad passenger cars #4639, #3556, and #8177; their pedigrees are not recorded. They're packed with railfans and tourists returning to the Strasburg Station following their visit to Paradise!
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 12:57:37 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  703   Comments: 1
SRC 11 & 10, Crummies, 1963
Title:  SRC 11 & 10, Crummies, 1963
Description:  SRC-1963. Here is an original photo that I took in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 August 1963. Shown here (L to R) are Strasburg Rail Road "crummies" #11 and #10; their pedigrees are not recorded. They're on static display near the SRC's Passenger Station.
Photo Date:  8/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 12:59:30 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  418   Comments: 0
SRC #1, 1926 Plymouth, c. 1981
Title:  SRC #1, 1926 Plymouth, c. 1981
Description:  Here is an original 35mm color slide of Strasburg Rail Road's #1, an 0-4-0 HL-20 locomotive built by Plymouth in October of 1926. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:  5/5/1981  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 1:57:29 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRC 1(20-ton)
Views:  761   Comments: 0

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