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Probably the Second of Two Inbound Commuter Trains From Valparaiso, Indiana
Title:  Probably the Second of Two Inbound Commuter Trains From Valparaiso, Indiana
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Photo Date:  3/31/1964  Upload Date: 12/27/2007 7:35:49 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
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Locomotives:  PRR 8586(GP7)
Views:  1456   Comments: 1
PRR 5648, AS-10, c. 1962
Title:  PRR 5648, AS-10, c. 1962
Description:  Showalter. Here is an original photo by H.N. Proctor. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5648 and #8797. #5648 is an AS-10 built by the American Locomotive Company in April of 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. #8797 is an ES-15M built by GM-EMD in January of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. The exact date and the location are not recorded. (2; #1 of 4)
Photo Date:  7/25/1962  Upload Date: 9/3/2020 7:15:53 AM
Location:  Pitcairn, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5648(S2) PRR 8797(GP7)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
PRR 8797, ES-15M, c. 1963
Title:  PRR 8797, ES-15M, c. 1963
Description:  Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8797, an ES-15M built by GM-EMD in January of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  3/21/1963  Upload Date: 9/29/2023 8:38:33 AM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 8797(GP7)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
PRR 8797, ES-15M, 1965
Title:  PRR 8797, ES-15M, 1965
Description:  Oil Power. Here is an original photo that I took while riding a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Downingtown, Pennsylvania, during August of 1965, Shown here is PRR engine #8797, an ES-15M built by EMD in January of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. It's pulling a westbound "wide-load" special in electrified territory.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 9/15/2016 3:18:56 AM
Location:  Downingtown, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 8797(GP7)
Views:  1053   Comments: 2
"Altoona Shops," Back Cover #2, 1996
Title:  "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)
Views:  596   Comments: 0
"Trains" Magazine, August 1953
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, August 1953
Description:  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)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
PRR GP7 8799
Title:  PRR GP7 8799
Description:  PRR GP7 8799, 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, October 10, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in January 1952 (c/n 12397) on EMD Order 5060, was renumbered PRR 5899, became PC 5899, then CR 5899, and was traded to EMD.
Photo Date:  10/10/1965  Upload Date: 6/27/2009 9:08:57 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 8799(GP7)
Views:  2054   Comments: 2
PRR GP7 8799
Title:  PRR GP7 8799
Description:  PRR GP7 8799, 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, October 10, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 8799 was built in January 1952 (c/n 12397) on EMD Order 5060, was renumbered PRR 5899, became PC 5899, then CR 5899, and was traded to EMD. Also seen is Wabash SW8 130, built in February 1953 (c/n 17591) on EMD Order 6415. It became NW 3130, then NS 3730, then Pfizer 2, then to the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum
Photo Date:  10/10/1965  Upload Date: 4/29/2010 4:32:59 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 8799(GP7) WAB 130(SW8)
Views:  2568   Comments: 0


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