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No. 6747, shown here in an unattributed photo, belonged to the M-1a group, being a 1930 product of Baldwin Locomotive Works, the PRR's favored builder outside of its own Juniata Shops. These locomotives had 72-inch drivers and 27x30-inch cylinders, and carried 250 p.s.i. of boiler pressure. They developed 64,550 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 390,000 pounds;
Coal Power. Picture taken near Union Furnace, Pennsylvania, in June of 1951. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6753, an M-1B built in Juniata as an M-1A during May of 1930, rebuilt as an M-1B in November of 1948, and retired in February of 1958 after 28 years of service. It's passing under Signal Bridge #2174 with a mixed-cargo freight train on its way to Altoona and points West.