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I was getting a load of scrap the other day and I got this shovel. I thought of it as junk until I saw the handle and engraved in it is #3 PRR. I took this down to a son of a retired PRR engineer(now passed on)who has some PRR things and he indeed did say it is a PRR shovel. It's not perfect and was used on sat by me to unload a truckload of stone before I realized what it was.    
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Posted - March 24 2013 : 8:01:04 PM
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Nice find, RB. It's a good thing you looked closely. I wonder what loco it fired.
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Posted - March 24 2013 : 8:38:13 PM
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quote:Nice find, RB. It's a good thing you looked closely. I wonder what loco it fired.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â March 24 2013Â :Â 8:01:04 PM
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Going to do more research,Im gonna take it over to the railroad museum of pa in strasburg and have the older fellas look at it. Most of there collection is PRR.
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Posted - March 24 2013 : 8:46:21 PM
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hi rb check this out ken
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you have a number 3 this is a number 2
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/prr-coal-shovel-steam-engine-75453339
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Posted - March 25 2013 : 07:40:01 AM
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quote:
thanks Ken
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Posted - March 25 2013 : 12:18:07 PM
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saw the topic and I got excited thinking I was going to maybe see a neat HO scale steam shovel like mine:
alas.. I was dooped! LOL!
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Posted - March 26 2013 : 12:53:01 PM
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| Thats ok,neat shovel. I used to work on old shovels and cable cranes,like Northwest,Bicyrus Erie,Insley,Unit,etc.
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Posted - March 27 2013 : 8:44:18 PM
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quote:Thats ok,neat shovel. I used to work on old shovels and cable cranes,like Northwest,Bicyrus Erie,Insley,Unit,etc.
Originally posted by royal blue - March 26 2013 : 12:53:01 PM
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How about Little Giant?
Silly name but a good one 
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Posted - March 28 2013 : 01:47:28 AM
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quote: quote:Thats ok,neat shovel. I used to work on old shovels and cable cranes,like Northwest,Bicyrus Erie,Insley,Unit,etc.
Originally posted by royal blue - March 26 2013 : 12:53:01 PM
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How about Little Giant?
Silly name but a good one
Originally posted by microbusss - March 27 2013 : 8:44:18 PM
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yup,my ghrandfathers junk yard has one. Neat little machine.
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Posted - March 28 2013 : 08:55:11 AM
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Here are some:
http://dsmdonaldson.tripod.com/id59.htm
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