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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:5/1/1949 - 5/1/1949
Album Info:Here is a four-page camera study entitled "Elizabeth." Photos by Mr. Charles F. Pearce. It was published originally in the May 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 46-49. "If you really want to see the trains of New York City, then backtrack 15-1/2 miles out to this unexcelled vantage point in New Jersey." (Page 46)
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"Elizabeth," Page 46, 1949
Title:  "Elizabeth," Page 46, 1949
Description:  Here is page one of a four-page camera study entitled "Elizabeth." Photos by Charles F. Pearce. It was published originally in the May 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 46. Bottom Photo Caption: "An owl-faced M.U. suburban train comes into the Pennsylvania's high-level Elizabeth station, while beyond the iron fence an eastbound hotshot slams through on its last lap to Newark."
Photo Date:  5/1/1949  Upload Date: 12/23/2020 6:44:48 AM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  63   Comments: 0
"Elizabeth," Page 47, 1949
Title:  "Elizabeth," Page 47, 1949
Description:  Here is page two of a four-page camera study entitled "Elizabeth." Photos by Charles F. Pearce. It was published originally in the May 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 47. Top Right-Hand Photo Caption: "You're looking north in Elizabeth toward the concentration point of big-time railroading. At right is the PRR station, at left the clock tower of the CNJ depot."
Photo Date:  5/1/1949  Upload Date: 12/23/2020 6:46:45 AM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CNJ 786(4-6-0)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
"Elizabeth," Page 48, 1949
Title:  "Elizabeth," Page 48, 1949
Description:  Here is page three of a four-page camera study entitled "Elizabeth." Photos by Charles F. Pearce. It was published originally in the May 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 48. Center Photo Caption: "A GG-1 hurries the eastbound all-coach 'Southerner' through Elizabeth on the last lap of the streamliner's long trek from New Orleans."
Photo Date:  5/1/1949  Upload Date: 12/23/2020 6:48:34 AM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  76   Comments: 0
"Elizabeth," Page 48, 1949
Title:  "Elizabeth," Page 48, 1949
Description:  Here is page four of a four-page camera study entitled "Elizabeth." Photos by Charles F. Pearce. It was published originally in the May 1949 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 49. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "Westbound freight on the Pennsylvania roars through Elizabeth behind No. 4773, a 4-6-4 P-5a box-cab electric." PRR engine #4773 is a P-5A (2-C-2) built by General Electric during December of 1932, rated at 3,750 horsepower, and retired in July of 1959 after 27 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  5/1/1949  Upload Date: 12/23/2020 6:50:26 AM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4773(P-5) CNJ 784(4-6-0)
Views:  214   Comments: 0


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