PRR 5796  Contributor's Pick!       
An unknown photographer caught PRR 5796 pulling a very long string of varnish through the Chicago Union Station yard. Note the spiked radio antenna extending down the A and B units. Eventually this unit would be renumbered 4256. Unknown photographer.
Date: 4/1/1964 Location: Chicago Union Statio, IL Views: 614 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: PRR 5796(E8A)    Author:  Gary Everhart
PRR 5796
Picture Categories: Roster,Passenger,Action This picture is part of album:  PRR E7 & E8 units
Share
User Comments
Name Type Comments Date
David Krebs General Your unknown photographer had a good eye. 11/5/2015 8:49:32 PM
Alan Fricker General The antenna you're refering to is the PRR's trainphone system. They used it until adopting radios in the early 1960s. I wonder if this isn't the one of the unnamed mail trains-there's what appears to be a mix of head end cars in the middle of the train. 11/5/2015 11:11:54 PM

Add a Comment:  
Please Log in to leave a Comment.  
Link to this page: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4337132