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| Photo: Railroad Station - Canton PA |
| Township: Canton Borough, Bradford County
PA |
Two Photo Views of the Northern Central
Railroad Station at Canton - 1893 |
| Photos from the collection of Paul Newell |
My father, Lester M. Newell, Jr., worked as a freight agent at the railroad
station in Canton, Bradford Co., PA in 1954.
One day, he found two old train photographs behind a picture frame at
the Canton Station. Both photos are dated 10 Feb 1893 and the photos show
a Northern Central Railroad snowplow being pushed by at least five steam
locomotives.
One of the photos was taken looking south; you can see the large snowplow
on the lead locomotive and to the right of the locomotive is the passenger
station, at Canton. The person taking the photo was probably standing just
north of the old passenger station which is now gone.
The other photo was taken looking north; you can see the steam clouds
from five or six locomotives as they push the snowplow in the direction
of Troy.
The locomotives pictured are American D-class, probably D-14, and they
have a 4-4-0 wheel configuration. These locomotives were manufactured in
the late 19th century and early 20th century. The locomotives in the photo
were owned by the Northern Central Railroad (NCRR) which was taken over
by the Pennsylvania Railroad about 1913.
Paul E. Newell
05 Jun 2002
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