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Pitcairn Railroad Yards

ca. 1935-1955

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Pitcairn Railroad Yards
  • Title
  • Pitcairn Railroad Yards
  • Date
  • ca. 1935-1955
  • Identifier
  • 20110217-hpicpitcairn-0150
  • Source Identifier
  • 149
  • Description
  • In addition to the classification and receiving yards, the vast complex contained four outdoor repair yards and two roundhouses. One roundhouse was for passenger and freight car repair and the other, Panhandle Engine Roundhouse, was for locomotive repair. They were built on the Wall Avenue side of the yards by the federal government when it took over the railroads in World War I.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Railroad yards--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.
    Railroad repair shops--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.
    Pennsylvania Railroad.
    Pitcairn (Pa.)--History.
  • Source
  • hpicpitcairn
  • Contributor
  • Pitcairn Historical Society
  • Collection
  • Pitcairn Historical Society Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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