The real Allegheny Valley in vintage photos
One thing that has always hindered me
with researching the Allegheny Valley has been the lack of photographs
- especially pre-Pennsy. They are out there, just scattered and hard to
find. Many are in private collections or historical society archives
and not often published. For the purpose of study for the scholar,
history buff or model builder I've brought a few together here. I make
no claims of ownership.I've tried to give credit to where they were
found,
If these are yours, you do not feel this is fair use, and you would
like them removed, please contact me. If you have photos you'd like to
share, please conntact me as well.
For the longest time this was the only photo I could find. It is of the roundhouse at Oil City, Pa in the1870s or 1880s
Locomotive #818 at Kiskikimenetas Junction was the second photo that I was able to turn up
Then a friend from California found these Jackson and Sharp builder photos in the Delaware State Archives
1872 coach #28
1872 coach #28
1900 combine #61
The Southwestern Pennsyvania Bituminous Coal Mining database yielded a couple more from Butler Junction which was in Allegheny County, just across the river from Freeport, Pa
.
And the Railroad Station Historical Society database had postcard of the station at Kittanning, Pa
The library of Congress archives yielded a couple photos of the Oil City roundhouse in 1971
These photos of Sarah Furnace were on a geneology site
That was pretty much what I could find until I saw this wreck photo on an Oil City history page
While trying to find a date for the above photo, I stumbled across a Yahoo group dedicated to the Allegheny Valley RR! I'd never found it before because it was buried so deep in the search listings. They have a collection of pictures, but are only viewable by members. I'm only presenting a sampling here.
Kelly Station and the fatal 1907 wreck
The main offices of the Allegheny Valley.in Pittsburgh, Pa. which were torn down in 1902
Locomotive #788 somewhere along the line
Pennsy #242 at Phillipston, Pa in 1955
The Inn at Foxburg, Pa with the AV tracks in the foreground
Foxburg Station
Oakmont, Pa station
The tin mill at New Kensington along the AVRR
Kiskikimenetas Junction in 1966
A train at Redbank, Pa in the 50s
Redbank Station in 1910
The station and shops at Verona, Pa
Pennsy geep #7101 at Verona in 1966
.Dinkies and cars in Sligo, Pa
The stations at Arnold and Ford City
The station at Edgewater and a wreck there
A train at Emlenton
Kennerdell and Unity Stations
A postcard of Vandergrift station
Rimersburg and Hulton
I hope you enjoyed the tour. There are more vintage and modern photos found on the other xploring pages below.
Part 1- Ford City to Kittanning
Part 2 - Garvers Ferry/Butler Junction to Ford City
Part 3 - Franklin and Oil City
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