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Title: |
PRR 6507, GF-25A, 1966 |
Description: |
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that?I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during early May of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #6507, #6036, and #6307. All three were built in 1965. #6507 is a GF-25A built by General Electric and rated at 2,500 horsepower. Ý"6036 is an EF-25A built by EMD and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #6307 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 2,700 horsepower. They are pushing a westbound merchandise freight. |
Photo Date: |
5/7/1966 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 12:58:50 AM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6507(U25C) PRR 6036(SD35) PRR 6307(C628) |
Views: |
937 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PRR 6307, AF-27, 1966 |
Description: |
Mid-Mountain. Here is an original telephoto view that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train West of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-June of 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engine #6307 and two other units whose numbers were not recorded. #6307 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. They are pushing a westbound train of empty hopper cars up the Allegheny Mountains, but will uncouple at Gallitzin and return to East Altoona for yet another run up the Mountains. |
Photo Date: |
6/21/1966 Upload Date: 8/26/2016 12:56:00 AM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PRR 6307(C628) |
Views: |
650 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6307 |
Description: |
Northbound leaving Bayard Branch and crossing the Fort Wayne Line (Date approximate) |
Photo Date: |
6/21/1972 Upload Date: 5/11/2011 8:52:30 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6307(C628) |
Views: |
1604 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
PRR 6308, AF-27, 1965 |
Description: |
Slope to Works. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive between SLOPE and WORKS Towers in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 06 June 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #6308, an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. It is heading toward the Passenger Station for yet another run up the Allegheny Mountains. Wave to the engineer! |
Photo Date: |
6/6/1965 Upload Date: 6/25/2016 5:33:29 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PRR 6308(C628) |
Views: |
499 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PRR 6308, AF-27, 1966 |
Description: |
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-May of 1966. Shown here is PRR engine #6308 and two other units whose numbers are not visible. #6308 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. They are returning to East Altoona for another run up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and back. |
Photo Date: |
5/21/1966 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 11:14:34 AM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6308(C628) |
Views: |
487 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC EB |
Description: |
6308(C-628)-6197(SD-45) |
Photo Date: |
12/29/1971 Upload Date: 9/12/2011 9:45:02 AM |
Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
Author: |
Gil Ford |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
605 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6304 |
Description: |
Northbound |
Photo Date: |
7/9/1972 Upload Date: 5/9/2012 9:51:54 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
696 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
PC 6304 |
Description: |
About to cross the PC Fort Wayne line - Check out the signals! |
Photo Date: |
7/9/1972 Upload Date: 10/27/2015 9:41:23 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
342 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6304 |
Description: |
How things have changed! (Date approximate) |
Photo Date: |
9/23/1972 Upload Date: 12/20/2014 10:57:20 AM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Bridge |
Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
487 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Penn-Central ALCo Century 628 6308 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
2/27/1974 Upload Date: 5/27/2008 2:02:18 PM |
Location: |
Cove, PA |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
2722 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6308 |
Description: |
Having turned on the connection track at Gallitzin, a pair of helpers returns light to Altoona for another "shove." Date of photo approximate. |
Photo Date: |
10/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/20/2009 1:03:06 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
1128 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
PRR 6309, AF-27, 1965 |
Description: |
Sunday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 02 May 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #6309, #5861, #5860-B, and #5838. #6309 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,750 horsepower; it is the "helper" engine in this context. #5861 and #5860-B are EP-20's built by EMD in 1948 and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5838 is an EP-22 built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are pulling a 13-car passenger train up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Pittsburgh and points West. This photo taken from the steps of SLOPE Tower. |
Photo Date: |
5/2/1965 Upload Date: 9/1/2016 12:43:18 AM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Signal,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6309(C628) PRR 5861(E7A) PRR 5860-B(E7B) PRR 5838(E8A) |
Views: |
856 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PRR 5838, EP-22, 1965 |
Description: |
Sunday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 02 May 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #6309, #5861, #5860-B, and #5838. #6309 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower; it is the "helper" engine in this context. #5861 and #5860-B are EP-20's built by EMD in 1948 and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5838 is an EP-22 built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are passing under the 24th Street Bridge with a 13-car westbound passenger train, and are heading up the Allegheny Mountains to Pittsburgh and points West. This photo taken from the steps of SLOPE Tower. |
Photo Date: |
5/2/1965 Upload Date: 9/1/2016 12:45:12 AM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Bridge,Signal,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6309(C628) PRR 5861(E7A) PRR 5860-B(E7B) PRR 5838(E8A) |
Views: |
698 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PRR "Gallitzin Tunnels," #2 of 3, 1965 |
Description: |
New Portage. Here is the second of three photos by John M. Prophet III that were taken near the tunnels under Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on 11 June 1965. It was published originally in his (2009) book entitled "Prophet's Pennsy," page 47. Partial Caption: "AF27 #6309 'helper' on the rear of Train #9, mail and express, at 'SF,' just east of the tunnels at Gallitzin, Pa., June 11, 1965." #6309 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in April of 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. Immediately in front of it (R to L) are two of the PRR's "Railway Express" cabin cars: N-5 #5025 and N-5C #5033. In the foreground is PRR 70-ton hopper car #275226 carrying iron ore. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1965 Upload Date: 11/13/2021 8:14:47 PM |
Location: |
Gallitzin, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Tunnel,Signal |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6309(C628) |
Views: |
531 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PRR 6309, AF-27, 1967 |
Description: |
Byerly. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Harry L. Juday that was taken in Toledo, Ohio, on 30 March 1967. Photo Caption: "Alco C-628 #6309, 2750-hp, at Toledo, Ohio." Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6309 and a GM-EMD unit whose road number is not recorded. #6309 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1965 and rated at 2,750 horsepower. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Diesels On The Pennsylvania" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (819-42). |
Photo Date: |
3/30/1967 Upload Date: 10/30/2018 7:44:32 PM |
Location: |
Toledo, OH |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6309(C628) |
Views: |
483 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6309 |
Description: |
PC Alcos cross the EL and pass the tower at Mansfield. PC 6309 would later become Conrail 6747. Date of photo approximate. |
Photo Date: |
9/1/1975 Upload Date: 5/24/2009 8:55:52 PM |
Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6309(C628) |
Views: |
1420 Comments: 8 |
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Title: |
PC 6310 |
Description: |
Ralph L. Phillips photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. |
Photo Date: |
9/14/1968 Upload Date: 11/6/2021 11:14:32 PM |
Location: |
Allston (subdivision, MA |
Author: |
Ralph L. Phillips |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 6310(C628) PC 6146(SD45) |
Views: |
300 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 23072 |
Description: |
A C628 shoves against a classic portholed ex-Pennsy cabin on a westbound manifest ascending Horse Shoe Curve. Date approximate. |
Photo Date: |
11/1/1974 Upload Date: 7/22/2006 12:23:04 AM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6310(C628) |
Views: |
1431 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6310 |
Description: |
Single unit light helper descends into Altoona at "Slope." Date of photo approximate. |
Photo Date: |
11/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/28/2009 5:55:05 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6310(C628) |
Views: |
901 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6310 |
Description: |
PC 6310 is running as a point helper on this westbound Flexi-Van train at "Slope." Date of photo approximate. |
Photo Date: |
11/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/28/2009 6:48:46 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6310(C628) |
Views: |
1176 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6310 |
Description: |
Big Alcos congregate at Rockport Yard, having brought a transfer over from Collinwood. |
Photo Date: |
6/5/1975 Upload Date: 1/18/2006 7:12:10 PM |
Location: |
Brook Park, OH |
Author: |
Bob Lockwood |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6310(C628) |
Views: |
1116 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PRR 6311, AF-27, 1966 |
Description: |
12th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here is PRR engine #6311, an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. It is pulling a special cargo freight train past the Altoona Station on its way up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Visible in the background are three of the original PRR 12th Street Car Shop buildings. |
Photo Date: |
3/21/1966 Upload Date: 10/18/2016 2:48:32 AM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Bridge,Station |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6311(C628) |
Views: |
706 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
PRR 6311, AF-27, 1966 |
Description: |
Mid-Mountain. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train West of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-June of 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #6311, #6056, and another unit whose number is not visible. #6311 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. #6056 is an EF-30A built by EMD in 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. They are pushing a westbound mixed-cargo freight train up the Allegheny Mountains, but will uncouple at Gallitzin and return to East Altoona for yet another run up the Mountains. |
Photo Date: |
6/21/1966 Upload Date: 8/25/2016 11:49:19 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PRR 6311(C628) PRR 6056(SD40) |
Views: |
1035 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6311 |
Description: |
Light helpers head west to assist an eastbound. Date of photo approximate. |
Photo Date: |
11/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/27/2009 9:33:58 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6311(C628) |
Views: |
851 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6311 |
Description: |
Helpers acting as "brakers" on an eastbound train meet another set of light helpers headed west. Date approximate. |
Photo Date: |
11/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/27/2009 9:29:44 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6311(C628) |
Views: |
588 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6311 |
Description: |
A C628/SD45 combo moves out of the servicing area at Collinwood Yard. |
Photo Date: |
4/30/1975 Upload Date: 1/18/2006 11:44:19 AM |
Location: |
Cleveland, OH |
Author: |
Bob Lockwood |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6311(C628) |
Views: |
1008 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6311 |
Description: |
Gotta love this C628/RS27/GP9/SD45 combination on a westbound at Collinwood |
Photo Date: |
11/16/1975 Upload Date: 1/18/2006 8:25:25 PM |
Location: |
Cleveland, OH |
Author: |
Bob Lockwood |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6311(C628) |
Views: |
1047 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6312 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
4/1/1976 Upload Date: 5/10/2014 3:29:16 PM |
Location: |
Olean, NY |
Author: |
Stephie Kolata |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6312(C628) |
Views: |
623 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
ex-PRR 6313 |
Description: |
Ralph L. Phillips photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. |
Photo Date: |
4/13/1968 Upload Date: 11/9/2021 6:46:38 PM |
Location: |
Allston (subdivision, MA |
Author: |
Ralph L. Phillips |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 6313(C628) PC 6086(SD40) |
Views: |
282 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6327 |
Description: |
PC 6327, 6313 westbound on to the ex-NYC Cleveland Line |
Photo Date: |
7/12/1972 Upload Date: 5/4/2013 8:50:56 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
PC 6313(C628) |
Views: |
553 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
PC 6313 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
3/7/1975 Upload Date: 7/19/2009 7:33:12 AM |
Location: |
Avon, IN |
Author: |
Jim Gavin |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
PC 6313(C628) |
Views: |
823 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 59, 2004 |
Description: |
Here is page 22 of a 24-page cover article entitled "Horseshoe Curve: 153 Years." It was published originally in the August 2004 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 59. |
Photo Date: |
8/1/2004 Upload Date: 10/28/2017 3:46:46 AM |
Location: |
Gallitzin, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Tunnel |
Locomotives: |
CR 8086(GP38-2) PC 6313(C628) CR 6382(SD40-2) |
Views: |
797 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6338 |
Description: |
Ralph L. Phillips photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. |
Photo Date: |
5/4/1968 Upload Date: 11/6/2021 11:22:51 PM |
Location: |
Allston (subdivision, MA |
Author: |
Ralph L. Phillips |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 6338(C636) PC 6314(C628) |
Views: |
306 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6315 |
Description: |
Eastbound on the Mahoning Secondary (ex-NYC line) (date approximate) |
Photo Date: |
7/12/1972 Upload Date: 1/26/2015 10:10:50 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Track |
Locomotives: |
PC 6314(C628) |
Views: |
653 Comments: 5 |
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Title: |
PC 6314 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/30/1976 Upload Date: 9/23/2007 8:56:58 AM |
Location: |
Avon, IN |
Author: |
Jim Gavin |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
PC 6314(C628) |
Views: |
630 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
Paul Hunnell Photo |
Photo Date: |
8/31/1973 Upload Date: 3/1/2017 5:06:21 PM |
Location: |
Proviso, IL |
Author: |
Richard Kundert |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
752 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
Actual day unknown |
Photo Date: |
8/1/1984 Upload Date: 1/23/2024 10:08:35 AM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
Alan Gaines |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
110 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Somewhere North of Escanaba |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:05:42 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
817 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:06:13 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
948 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:06:30 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) CNW 6718(C628) |
Views: |
1331 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CNW 6730 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:06:44 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6730(C628) CNW 6717(C628) CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
1373 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:12:14 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
590 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:12:52 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
625 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:42:56 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
774 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/17/1986 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:40:50 PM |
Location: |
partridge, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
725 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/17/1986 Upload Date: 10/11/2006 1:32:41 PM |
Location: |
partridge, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
586 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/19/1986 Upload Date: 3/12/2008 6:45:39 PM |
Location: |
partridge, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
542 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
C&NW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/6/1986 Upload Date: 8/4/2013 2:53:52 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
George Kantola |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
469 Comments: 0 |
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