This view shows the Atglen & Susquehanna branch tracks in the process of relocation prior to electrification through Columbia in 1938. Scene is looking north fromLocust Street. "LG-42" tower is in the distance.
Provenance
From box labeled Pennsylvania RR Main Line, Columbia Br., A & S Br.
Discovered at a local "Flea Market," was this signed photo by Robert Dudley Moore, a commercial railroad photographer. It shows P. R. R., K-5, No. 5698 heading an eastbound passenger train on the four track main line thru Gap before the era of electrification. The historical Gap clock tower is on the upper right. Photo, Robert Dudley Moore, Philadelphia.
Provenance
From box labeled Pennsylvania RR Main Line, Columbia Br., A & S Br.
The almost forgotten era of steam returned momentarily when a fan trip out of Baltimore powered by two former Canadian Pacific steam locomotives puased at the Locust Street crossing in Columbia in May of 1969
Provenance
From box labeled Pennsylvania RR Main Line, Columbia Br., A & S Br.
The Pennsylvania's four tracked main line was platformed on both sides in this early view card showing the way station at Kinzer decked out in the usual striped awnings for the summer season. the Kinzer hotel with its columned portico welcomed traveling salsemen. A nearby livery stable a kind of "Hertz" of its day offered horse and carriages for salesmen to call on their country prospects.
Pictures aren't always what they seem to be. Looking for all the world like the old "York-Philadelphia Express" of years gone by, it is in truth the Strasburg's former P. R. R. classic #7002 at Columbi's Front Street crossing on November 11, 1988 being towed westward to Gettysburg to participate in a reinactment of Lincoln's trip to Gettysburg. A diesel at the other end of the train is providing the power.
As long as the baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia outshopped locomotives for western roads, Columbia usually had a grand stand seat to see the new locomotives en route. An early Southern Pacific "Cab-in-Front" mallet #4017 lays over on Manor Siding in Columbia in 1911. The man by the cabin si the "escort" who accompanied the engine to California.