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PRR 5991, ES-6, 1963 |
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PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #5991, an ES-6 built by EMD in 1948 and rated at 600 horsepower. It is shifting two "Railway Express" cabooses (viz., #5001 and #5024), just East of the PRR's Pittsburgh Passenger Station. (My train is heading from left to right.) |
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9/8/1963 Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:24:25 PM |
| Location: |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5991(SW1) |
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1339 Comments: 0 |
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PRR Coaling Tipple, 1963 |
| Description: |
PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here is the PRR's coaling tipple, at 14th Street, just East of the Pittsburgh Passenger Station. (My train is heading from left to right.) |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1963 Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:25:47 PM |
| Location: |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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195 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 7234, EFS-17M, 1963 |
| Description: |
PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #7234, an EFS-17M built by EMD in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. It is the lead unit in an on-coming/westbound mixed-cargo freight train near Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (My train is heading from left to right.) |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1963 Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:27:07 PM |
| Location: |
Latrobe, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 7234(GP9) |
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201 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 5765, EP-22, 1963 |
| Description: |
PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took after riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #5765, an EP-22 built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. It is the lead unit of my train; the second unit was engine #5760. We've just arrived in Altoona, and the engine and train crews are in the process of changing. Visible in the background are the rooftops of two of the PRR's 12th Street Car Shop buildings. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1963 Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:28:31 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5765(E8A) |
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413 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 8669, AS-18AM, 1963 |
| Description: |
PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took after riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here (F to R) are PRR engines #8669 and #8671. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pulling a 94-car mixed-cargo freight train past the Altoona Passenger Station on their way to Enola and points East. Visible at the right are the last three cars of my passenger train as they depart for Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and New York City. Also visible is the 17th Street Bridge in the distance. This colorless photo taken from the 12th Street Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1963 Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:30:02 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8669(RSD12) PRR 8671(RSD12) |
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618 Comments: 0 |
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