A in Chambersburg

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Although you can't read the number, there does appear to be a small "Norfolk 
and Western" under the number on the cab and no roadname on the tender. If 
so, the date of 1943 is wrong, and this must be the 1206 on the way to the 
NY World's Fair.  Jim Nichols



> Here are photos of the Class A in tow in Chambersburg, PA.

>

> Because of the snapshot quality it was difficult to read the engine 

> number. To confound things, the date 1943 was penciled on the back.  The 

> NY Worlds Fair was 1939-40, and 1206 was displayed there.

> PRR borrowed an A in 1941 for testing, and according to Ed King's book 

> that was 1208.  So it's only a guess that this is 1206.

>

> The PRR engine is 2-8-2 611 (what a coincidence), and I think it was 

> doubleheaded with a PRR K2sa 4-6-2.

>

> Does anyone know how 1208 was routed to the PRR? It began its testing at 

> Altoona and worked its way west from there.

>

> --Rick Morrison

>

> [moderator]image put on website at following location: 

> http://nwhs.org/qna/photos/20080710-NW-Chambersburg.jpg

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