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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD GP30Built As:PRR 2243 (GP30)
Serial Number:28151Order No:7643
Frame Number:7643-44Built:5/1963
Notes:PRR Class EF-22.
Other locos with this serial:  PC 2243(GP30) CR 2243(GP30) PRR 2243(GP30)
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PRR 2243, EF-22, 1967
Title:  PRR 2243, EF-22, 1967
Description:  Oil Power. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Rutherford Heights, Pennsylvania, on 18 November 1967. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2243, #2537, and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. #2243 is an EF-22 built by GM-EMD in May of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #2537 is a GF-25 built by General Electric in February of 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. Note the presence of "Radio Equipped" labels and the corresponding lack of Train Phone antennae.
Photo Date:  11/18/1967  Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:22:17 AM
Location:  Rutherford Heights, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2243(GP30) PRR 2537(U25B)
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