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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW RF-16ABuilt As:PRR 9710A (RF-16A)
Serial Number:74821Order No:
Frame Number: Built:1/1951
Notes:PRR Class BF-16.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9710(RF-16A)
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PRR 9710, BF-16, 1956
Title:  PRR 9710, BF-16, 1956
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 7 October 1956. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9710 and two more units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9710 is a BF-16 built in December of 1950, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966. Also visible at the far left is the front end of an unidentified PRR EP-20 passenger locomotive; at the far right are Wabash Railroad F-7 #1165 (built by GM-EMD in June of 1950) coupled to an unidentified PRR EF-15A. ("Stoneborobranch"; #10 of 20)
Photo Date:  10/7/1956  Upload Date: 7/27/2020 12:28:31 PM
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9710(RF-16A) WAB 1165(F7A)
Views:  498   Comments: 0
PRR 9710, BF-16, 1996
Title:  PRR 9710, BF-16, 1996
Description:  Altoona Action. Here is a photo that was published originally in Dan Cupper's 1996 monograph entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad: Its Place In History 1846-1996," page 14. Partial Caption: "With the buildings of the Altoona Machine Shop complex behind, a pair of Baldwin road freight 'sharknose' diesels leads a train of refrigerator cars west on the main line to Pittsburgh." Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9710 and another "BF" Class unit whose road number is not recorded. #9710 is a BF-16 built in December of 1950, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 16 years of service. The photographer's name and the date are not recorded.
Photo Date:  1/1/1996  Upload Date: 1/6/2018 2:03:15 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  PRR 9710(RF-16A)
Views:  663   Comments: 0


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