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"Trains" Magazine, August 1953 |
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Here is a photo that was published originally in the August 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, pages 46-47. Photo Caption: "What, another Geep? Pennsy No. 8798 passes through the Morrisville (Pa.) yard with 12 big storage tanks for a new brewery at Newark, N.J." #8798 is an ES-15M road switcher built by GM-EMD in January of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1953 Upload Date: 10/22/2022 8:24:42 PM |
| Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 8798(GP7) |
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"Altoona Shops," Back Cover #2, 1996 |
| Description: |
Here is the second of two photographs on the back cover of the Autumn 1996 issue of "Keystone" magazine. Photo Caption: "Both the freight diesels and the reefers in the background command attention in this view from the old Altoona 8th St. footbridge, looking northwest, on July 25, 1952. The freight station was demolished about a year after this photo was taken." Photo by John Dziobko, Jr. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8797 and #8798. Both are ES-15M's built by GM-EMD in 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1996 Upload Date: 11/23/2017 3:01:09 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8797(GP7) PRR 8798(GP7) |
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