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PRR 9541, EF-15, 1965
Title:  PRR 9541, EF-15, 1965
Description:  Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9541, #9686, and #7072. All were built by EMD. #9541 is an EF-15 built in 1948, but #9686 is an EH-15 built in 1949; both are rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7072 is an EFS-17M built in 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. These three locomotives and a 77-car mixed-cargo freight train are stopped at 3rd Street in Duncansville, awaiting orders to proceed up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. Once upon a time, there were four sets of tracks at this point ~ as evidenced by the wide signal bridge. This is also where an eastbound freight train that had lost its brakes coming down the New Portage Branch Line crashed into several waiting locomotives on Sunday, 06 November 1916.
Photo Date:  7/3/1965  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 7:15:59 PM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9541(F3A) PRR 9686(F3A) PRR 7072(GP9)
Views:  745   Comments: 1
PRR 9541, EF-15, 1965
Title:  PRR 9541, EF-15, 1965
Description:  Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9541, #9686, and #7072. All were built by EMD. #9541 is an EF-15 built in 1948, but #9686 is an EH-15 built in 1949; both are rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7072 is an EFS-17M built in 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. These three locomotives are pulling a 77-car mixed cargo freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. The wooden shanty with coal-burning stove is a left-over from the good old days when the New Portage Branch Line was double-tracked, and switches needed to be thrown at all hours of the day or night.
Photo Date:  7/3/1965  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 7:17:33 PM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9541(F3A) PRR 9686(F3A) PRR 7072(GP9)
Views:  699   Comments: 1
PRR 7072, EFS-17M, 1965
Title:  PRR 7072, EFS-17M, 1965
Description:  Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9541, #9686, and #7072. All were built by EMD. #9541 is an EF-15 built in 1948, but #9686 is an EH-15 built in 1949; both are rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7072 is an EFS-17M built in 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. These three locomotives are pulling a 77-car mixed cargo freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. There are also two pushers on the end: PRR engines #8613 and #8606.
Photo Date:  7/3/1965  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 7:19:20 PM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  PRR 9541(F3A) PRR 9686(F3A) PRR 7072(GP9)
Views:  845   Comments: 0
PRR F3A #9542A - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR F3A #9542A - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  Gracefully taking one of the curves near the famed Horseshoe Curve is #9542A, a 1949 EMD 1500 hp unit. Date is approximate. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:  6/1/1955  Upload Date: 1/10/2014 6:00:04 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 9542A(F3A)
Views:  724   Comments: 2
PRR 9647, EF-15A, 1964
Title:  PRR 9647, EF-15A, 1964
Description:  Tipton. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tipton, Pennsylvania, on 10 May 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9647, #9852-B, and #9544. All were built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9647 is an EF-15A built in 1950. #9852-B is an EFP-15 built in 1952. #9544 is an EH-15 built in 1948. They are crossing Clearfield Avenue with a 160-car westbound mixed-cargo freight train along with N-8 caboose #478189.
Photo Date:  5/10/1964  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 3:22:54 AM
Location:  Tipton, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9647(F7A) PRR 9852-B(F7B) PRR 9544(F3A)
Views:  913   Comments: 1
PRR 9545, EF-15, c. 1963
Title:  PRR 9545, EF-15, c. 1963
Description:  Altoona Action. Here is the first of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides via Al Chione that were taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1963. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9545 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. #9545 is an EF-15 built by GM-EMD as an EH-15 in October of 1948, rated at 1,500 horsepower, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15, and retired in December of 1963 after just 15 years of revenue service. This A-B-A set it pulling a mixed-cargo freight train under the 7th Street Bridge on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  8/15/1963  Upload Date: 12/31/2023 6:55:18 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  PRR 9545(F3A)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
PRR 9547, EH-15, 1948
Title:  PRR 9547, EH-15, 1948
Description:  WB. Here is an image of a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1948. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9547, an "EF" Class B unit, plus a pair of Fairbanks-Morse ERIE-A units. #9547 is an EH-15 built by GM-EMD in November of 1948, rated at 1,500 horsepower, later rebuilt as an EF-15A, and retired in December of 1963 after just 15 years of service. They're passing SLOPE Tower with a long string of hopper cars on their way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where the first two units will be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for their next assignment. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:  11/14/1948  Upload Date: 7/28/2022 9:38:35 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9547(F3A)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
PRR 9547, EH-15, 1960
Title:  PRR 9547, EH-15, 1960
Description:  Road Power. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad road locomotives in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, in August of 1960. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9547 and #9693. Both are EH-15's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9547 was built in 1948, but #9693 was built in 1949. This crew is just about ready to back the engines up and couple onto the train they'll pull out of the Yard. This photo was taken near the Yard Master's Office at the eastern end of South Juniata Street. Visible in the distance is the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop.
Photo Date:  8/15/1960  Upload Date: 6/11/2016 10:24:59 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9547(F3A) PRR 9693(F7A)
Views:  652   Comments: 0
PRR 9547, EH-15, 1960
Title:  PRR 9547, EH-15, 1960
Description:  Road Power. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad road locomotives in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, in August of 1960. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9547 and #9693. Both are EH-15's built by EMD rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9547 was built in 1948, but #9693 was built in 1949. This photo was taken at the Bedford Street Crossing, next to the Passenger Station. From here, this train will pass WYE Tower, climb the Allegheny Mountains using the New Portage Branch Line, and merge eventually with the mainline at Gallitzin.
Photo Date:  8/15/1960  Upload Date: 6/11/2016 10:26:58 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9547(F3A) PRR 9693(F7A)
Views:  642   Comments: 0
PRR 9551, EF-15A, 1958
Title:  PRR 9551, EF-15A, 1958
Description:  Portraits 1. Here is a diesel locomotive portrait via Bert Pennypacker that was taken in Enola, Pennsylvania, on 1 January 1958. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9551 and two more "EF" Class units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9551 is an EH-15 constructed in December of 1948, rebuilt later as an EF-15A, and retired in September of 1965 after just 17 years of revenue service. (#3 of 20)
Photo Date:  1/1/1958  Upload Date: 2/18/2021 8:56:43 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9551(F3A)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
PRR 9551, EF-15A, c. 1964
Title:  PRR 9551, EF-15A, c. 1964
Description:  AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1964. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9551 and a pair of B-units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9551 is an EH-15 built in December of 1948, rebuilt later as an EF-15A, and retired in September of 1965 after just 17 years of revenue service. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. Produced and distributed by the Hawk Mountain Chapter of the NRHS.
Photo Date:  8/15/1964  Upload Date: 7/24/2018 11:07:21 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9551(F3A)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
PRR 9553, EF-15A, 1962
Title:  PRR 9553, EF-15A, 1962
Description:  MDiv. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken near Duncannon, Pennsylvania, on 9 June 1962. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9553 and three more "EF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9553 was built as an EH-15 in December of 1948, regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in December of 1964 after just 16 years of revenue service. This A-B-B-A set is powering an eastbound mixed-cargo freight train. ("Stoneborobranch"; #55 of 56)
Photo Date:  6/9/1962  Upload Date: 9/17/2020 4:21:03 AM
Location:  Duncannon, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9553(F3A)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
PRR 9555, EH-15, c. 1950
Title:  PRR 9555, EH-15, c. 1950
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm B&W slide that was taken at Bennington Curve near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: "Three-unit Electro-Motive diesel brings up the rear end of freight, two miles above Horseshoe Curve." Prominent here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9555 and two more units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9555 is an EH-15 built in January of 1949, regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in May of 1965 after just 16 years of revenue service. The photographer's name, the number of the N-5C cabin car, and the exact date are not recorded. This photo comes from a B&W slide set entitled "The Pennsy In Pennsylvania" that's produced by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (11-15).
Photo Date:  11/14/1950  Upload Date: 10/4/2020 9:38:03 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9555(F3A)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
PRR 8446, AS-16A, 1965
Title:  PRR 8446, AS-16A, 1965
Description:  8th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 11 April 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8446, #9623, and #9556. #8446 is an AS-16AM built by the American Locomotive Company in October of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. #9623 is an AF-16 built by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. #9556 is an EF-15 built by GM-EMD in September of 1948 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. They're passing under the 8th Street Bridge into the Westbound Receiving Yard with an 85-car mixed-cargo freight train and N-8 caboose #478021. Partially visible at the far left is ROSE Tower.
Photo Date:  4/11/1965  Upload Date: 9/13/2016 10:57:16 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 8446(RSD5) PRR 9623(FA2) PRR 9556(F3A)
Views:  1598   Comments: 0
PRR 9557 leads two "chicken wire" F-3s on a WB freight
Title:  PRR 9557 leads two "chicken wire" F-3s on a WB freight
Description:  4500 HP was the policy of the PRR for WB freights on this section of the Pittsburgh Division. The 9557 entered service in 1948 and was retired in 1966
Photo Date:  4/6/1955  Upload Date: 9/1/2010 5:33:23 PM
Location:  Greensburg, PA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9557(F3A)
Views:  1578   Comments: 2
PRR 9557, EF-15, 1963
Title:  PRR 9557, EF-15, 1963
Description:  24th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 11 October 1963. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9557, ##9550-B, and #9788. All were built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9557 is an EF-15 built in 1948. #9550-B is an EH-15 built in 1948. #9778 is an EF-15A built in 1951. They are about to pass under the 24th Street Bridge with 154 empty hopper cars on their way up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  10/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2016 12:37:23 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 9557(F3A) PRR 9550-B(F3B) PRR 9788(F7A)
Views:  793   Comments: 0
PRR 9558, EF-15, 1949
Title:  PRR 9558, EF-15, 1949
Description:  FM. Here is a duplicate 35mm B&W slide of a photo by Fred McLeod that was taken near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania. Revised Caption: "Twin-unit Electro-Motive diesel emerging from [New Portage] Tunnel on downgrade to Altoona. Summer, 1949." Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9558 and another "EF" Class unit whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9558 is an EF-15 built in September of 1948 and retired in December of 1963 after just 15 years of revenue service. In the right foreground is the turnout to the eastbound New Portage Secondary Track. This photo comes from a B&W slide set entitled "Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (22-63).
Photo Date:  8/15/1949  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 1:38:23 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives:  PRR 9558(F3A)
Views:  587   Comments: 0
PRR 1292, I-1SA, c. 1954
Title:  PRR 1292, I-1SA, c. 1954
Description:  Coal Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #1292, an unidentified "EF" Class B-unit, and #9560. #1292 is an I-1SA (2-10-0) "Decapod" built in Juniata as an I-1S during January of 1919, rebuilt as an I-1SA by 1950, and retired in October of 1959. #9560 is an EF-15 built by GM-EMD in September of 1948 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. The photographer's name and the date are not recorded. This photo comes from a slide set that's produced and distributed by FJC Products of Newport, Delaware.
Photo Date:  8/15/1954  Upload Date: 5/30/2018 2:10:16 PM
Location:  Renovo, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1292(2-10-0) PRR 9560(F3A)
Views:  771   Comments: 1
PRR 9565, EF-15, #1 of 3, 1959
Title:  PRR 9565, EF-15, #1 of 3, 1959
Description:  Sweetland. Here is the first of three successive 35mm color slides of photos by David R. Sweetland that were taken in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, in July of 1959. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9565 and another "EF" Class unit whose number is not recorded. Both were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9565 is an EF-15 constructed in September of 1948 and retired in September of 1965 after just 17 years of revenue service. They are about to enter the New Portage Tunnel with a mixed-cargo freight train on its way down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Altoona and points East. ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:  7/9/1959  Upload Date: 3/18/2021 11:35:45 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9565(F3A)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
"Altoona Interlude," Page 66, 1949
Title:  "Altoona Interlude," Page 66, 1949
Description:  Here is page ten of a 14-page camera study by W.A. Feibelman entitled "Altoona Interlude." It was published originally in his (1979) monograph entitled "Rails To Pittsburgh: 1945-1970," page 66. Top Photo: Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9680 and two more "EH" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All are EH-15's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9680 was built in January of 1949, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15, and retired in December of 1963. Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "One of these K-4's will give us an assist up the Curve in a few minutes, just as the one in the background is helping a pair of diesels." The latter is parked adjacent to the Altoona Passenger Station. At the far right, note the prefabricated boxcar underframes marshalled for use in the PRR's 12th Street Car Shops. Photo taken from the 17th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  2/2/1949  Upload Date: 10/26/2019 7:54:56 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 9680(F3A)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
PRR 9682, EH-15, c. 1952
Title:  PRR 9682, EH-15, c. 1952
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of (R to L) Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9682 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9682 was constructed as an EH-15 in February of 1949, rebuilt as an EF-15A, and retired in November of 1965 after just 16 years of revenue service. Note the "Helper Service" stripe on the cab door. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/15/1952  Upload Date: 2/10/2022 10:41:20 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9682(F3A)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
PRR 9682, EF-15A, c. 1962
Title:  PRR 9682, EF-15A, c. 1962
Description:  AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1962. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9682 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9682 was constructed as an EH-15 in February of 1949, rebuilt as an EF-15A, and retired in November of 1965 after just 16 years of revenue service. This A-A set is rounding the Curve with a fully-loaded mineral train on its way down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona. Produced and distributed by FJC Products of Newport, Delaware.
Photo Date:  8/15/1962  Upload Date: 7/3/2024 10:33:43 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9682(F3A)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
PRR 9682, EH-15, 1965
Title:  PRR 9682, EH-15, 1965
Description:  8th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 14 February 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9682 and #9847. Both were built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9862 is an EH-15 built in 1949. #9847 is an EFP-15 built in 1952. They are about to pass under the 8th Street Bridge into the Westbound Receiving Yard with 100 empty coal cars and N-8 caboose #478213.
Photo Date:  2/14/1965  Upload Date: 9/13/2016 5:52:23 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9682(F3A) PRR 9847(FP7A)
Views:  612   Comments: 1
PRR 9847, EFP-15, 1965
Title:  PRR 9847, EFP-15, 1965
Description:  8th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 14 February 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9682 and #9847. Both were built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9862 is an EH-15 built in 1949. #9847 is an EFP-15 built in 1952. They are passing under the 8th Street Bridge into the Westbound Receiving Yard with 100 empty coal cars and N-8 caboose #478213. Immediately to the right of these tracks is ROSE Tower.
Photo Date:  2/14/1965  Upload Date: 9/13/2016 5:53:37 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9682(F3A) PRR 9847(FP7A)
Views:  608   Comments: 0
Pennsy lineup.
Title:  Pennsy lineup.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1958  Upload Date: 6/25/2012 2:51:10 PM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  William Volkmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2025(RF-16A) PRR 9738(RF-16A) PRR 9683(F3A)
Views:  2522   Comments: 8
PRR 2025, BF-16, 1958
Title:  PRR 2025, BF-16, 1958
Description:  Volkmer. Here is a postal card entitled "Pennsylvania RR." No postmark. Caption On Reverse: "A line of Pennsy units ready for service at Erie, Pennsylvania, October 1958. EMD and Baldwin built freight power are in this unposed view. Photo by William D. Volkmer." Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2025, #9738, and #9683. #2025 and #9738 were both built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and rated at 1,600 horsepower each. #2025 was built in April of 1952 and retired in January of 1967, while #9738 was built in May of 1951 and retired July of 1966. #9683 is an EH-15 built by GM-EMD in February of 1949, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A.
Photo Date:  10/27/1958  Upload Date: 3/8/2019 10:30:12 AM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 2025(RF-16A) PRR 9738(RF-16A) PRR 9683(F3A)
Views:  810   Comments: 0
PRR 9683, EH-15, 1966
Title:  PRR 9683, EH-15, 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 (L to R) are PRR engines #9683 and #9777. Both locomotives were built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9683 is an EH-15 built in 1949, while #9777 is an EF-15A built in 1951. They are pulling an eastbound mixed-cargo freight around the Horseshoe Curve and down to Altoona and points East.
Photo Date:  5/21/1966  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 11:49:48 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9683(F3A) PRR 9777(F7A)
Views:  637   Comments: 2
"Altoona Interlude," Page 65, 1949
Title:  "Altoona Interlude," Page 65, 1949
Description:  Here is page nine of a 14-page camera study by W.A. Feibelman entitled "Altoona Interlude." It was published originally in his (1979) monograph entitled "Rails To Pittsburgh: 1945-1970," page 65. Top Photo: Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9687 and two more "EH" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All are EH-15's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9687 was built in February of 1949, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in October of 1967. The twin smokestacks belong to the power plant for the PRR's Passenger Car Shops. Bottom Photo: Prominent here is PRR engine #9684, an EH-15 built by GM-EMD in February of 1949, rated at 1,500 horsepower, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in December of 1963.
Photo Date:  2/2/1949  Upload Date: 10/26/2019 7:49:33 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9687(F3A) PRR 9684(F3A)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
PRR 9684, EH-15, 1949
Title:  PRR 9684, EH-15, 1949
Description:  AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 5 June 1949. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9684 and two more "EH" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All are EH-15's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9684 was constructed as an EH-15 in February of 1949, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in December of 1966 after just 17 years of revenue service. In this context, this A-B-A trio is rounding the Curve on its way down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona where it'll await yet another helper/pusher run up "The Mountain." Visible at the far left is Milepost 242. ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:  6/5/1949  Upload Date: 2/17/2021 10:15:02 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9684(F3A)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
PRR 9684, EH-15, c. 1949
Title:  PRR 9684, EH-15, c. 1949
Description:  Baera 1. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1949. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9684 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9684 was constructed as an EH-15 in February of 1949, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in December of 1966 after just 17 years of revenue service. They're pushing a mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they will be uncoupled and returned to Altoona for yet another helper/pusher run up "The Mountain." (Track 1)
Photo Date:  8/15/1949  Upload Date: 6/9/2023 7:52:52 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9684(F3A)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
PRR 9685, EH-15, 1949
Title:  PRR 9685, EH-15, 1949
Description:  Altoona Action. Here is a photo by Thomas Lynam that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during February of 1949. It was published originally in Robert L. Emerson's 1984 book entitled "Allegheny Passage: An Illustrated History Of Blair County," page 75. Photo Caption: "The sight of clouds billowing out of a passing steam engine vanished shortly after these two photos were made, as the newer diesel engine edged its older sister out of commission. Both the J-1a steam engine (not shown) and the EMD diesels (bottom) ~ nicknamed 'covered wagons' ~ were photographed in Altoona's Pennsy yard in 1949." Shown here (L to R) are the 7th Street Bridge, a sanding tower, a vest-pocket coaling tipple, and a watering point ~ the latter two now obsolete with the passing of the "Age of Steam." Also visible on the right is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9685, an EH-15 built by EMD in February of 1949 and rated at 1,500 horsepower.
Photo Date:  2/2/1949  Upload Date: 9/30/2017 2:53:40 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9685(F3A)
Views:  790   Comments: 0
PRR 9685, EH-15, 1949
Title:  PRR 9685, EH-15, 1949
Description:  AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 5 June 1949. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9685 and two more "F" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9685 is an EH-15 built in February of 1949 and later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A. This A-B-A trio is pushing a mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they will uncouple and return to East Altoona for yet another helper run up "The Mountain." The number of the N-5C cabin car is not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/5/1949  Upload Date: 2/10/2019 6:17:01 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9685(F3A)
Views:  645   Comments: 1
PRR 9685, EH-15, 1954
Title:  PRR 9685, EH-15, 1954
Description:  ARB. Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 June 1954. Prominent here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9685 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9685 was constructed as an EH-15 in February of 1949, but later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15. Photo taken from the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata, facing toward the East Altoona Roundhouse.
Photo Date:  6/10/1954  Upload Date: 6/4/2023 3:08:15 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9685(F3A)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
PRR 9685
Title:  PRR 9685
Description:  Ray Richards author.
Photo Date:  5/12/1965  Upload Date: 6/14/2014 5:21:25 PM
Location:  Blasdell, NY
Author:  Dave Eagen
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 9685(F3A)
Views:  738   Comments: 0
PRR 9686, EH-15, #1 of 2, 1949
Title:  PRR 9686, EH-15, #1 of 2, 1949
Description:  AHC. Here is the first of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides via Al Chione that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 5 June 1949. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9686, an unidentified "B" unit, and #9687. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9686 and #9687 were constructed as EH-15's in February of 1949, but later regeared and reclassified as EF-15A's. In this context, this A-B-A trio is rounding the Curve on its way down the Allegheny Mountains to East Altoona to await yet another helper/pusher run up "The Mountain."
Photo Date:  6/5/1949  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 7:43:38 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9687(F3A) PRR 9686(F3A)
Views:  18   Comments: 0
PRR 9687, EH-15, #2 of 2, 1949
Title:  PRR 9687, EH-15, #2 of 2, 1949
Description:  AHC. Here is the second of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides via Al Chione that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 5 June 1949. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9687, an unidentified "B" unit, and #9686. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9687 and #9686 were constructed as EH-15's in February of 1949, but later regeared and reclassified as EF-15A's. This A-B-A trio is rounding the Curve on its way down the Allegheny Mountains to East Altoona for another helper/pusher run up "The Mountain." Wave to the Fireman! ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:  6/5/1949  Upload Date: 1/17/2021 7:09:08 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9687(F3A) PRR 9686(F3A)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
PRR 9686, EH-15, 1955
Title:  PRR 9686, EH-15, 1955
Description:  BYC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken just East of the Brick Yard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 23 July 1955. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9686 and two more "EF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9686 is an EH-15 built in February of 1949 and later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A. They are pulling a mixed-cargo freight train up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  7/23/1955  Upload Date: 10/18/2018 2:47:53 AM
Location:  Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 9686(F3A)
Views:  472   Comments: 1
PRR 2511, GF-25, 1964
Title:  PRR 2511, GF-25, 1964
Description:  Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 5 October 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2511, #9546-B, and #9686. #2511 is a GF-25 built by GE in 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #9546-B and #9686 are EH-15's built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each; the B-unit was built in 1948, but the A-unit was built in 1949. These three Diesels, two freight cars, PRR caboose #477781, and three ALCO helper engines have just arrived from Altoona and have stopped in the middle of US Route 22 so that the fireman can call-in to request clearance to proceed up the New Portage Branch for a short distance and then stop. After that, they will back into the Hollidaysburg Yards, pick-up a freight train, and then pull it up the New Portage Branch to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  10/5/1964  Upload Date: 6/29/2016 1:36:11 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9546-B(F3B) PRR 9686(F3A) PRR 2511(U25B)
Views:  700   Comments: 0
PRR 2511, GF-25, 1964
Title:  PRR 2511, GF-25, 1964
Description:  Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 5 October 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2511, #9546-B, and #9686. #2511 is a GF-25 built by GE in 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #9546-B and #9686 are EH-15's built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each; the B-unit was built in 1948, but the A-unit was built in 1949. These three Diesels, two freight cars, PRR caboose #477781, and three ALCO helper engines have just arrived from Altoona and have stopped in the middle of US Route 22 so that the fireman can call-in to request clearance to proceed up the New Portage Branch for a short distance and then stop. After that, they will back into the Hollidaysburg Yards, pick-up a freight train, and then pull it up the New Portage Branch to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  10/5/1964  Upload Date: 6/29/2016 1:37:20 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 2511(U25B) PRR 9546-B(F3B) PRR 9686(F3A)
Views:  698   Comments: 1
PRR 2511, GF-25, 1964
Title:  PRR 2511, GF-25, 1964
Description:  Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 5 October 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2511, #9546-B, and #9686. #2511 is a GF-25 built by GE in 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #9546-B and #9686 are EH-15's built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each; the B-unit was built in 1948, but the A-unit was built in 1949. These three Diesels, two freight cars, PRR caboose #477781, and three ALCO helper engines have just arrived from Altoona and are now backing into the Hollidaysburg Yards as they pass WYE Tower.
Photo Date:  10/5/1964  Upload Date: 6/29/2016 1:58:02 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2511(U25B) PRR 9546-B(F3B) PRR 9686(F3A)
Views:  2330   Comments: 3
PRR 2511, GF-25, 1964
Title:  PRR 2511, GF-25, 1964
Description:  Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 5 October 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2511, #9546-B, and #9686. #2511 is a GF-25 built by GE in 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #9546-B and #9686 are EH-15's built by EMD in 1949 and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. They are pulling a 109-car freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. Wave to the engineer!
Photo Date:  10/5/1964  Upload Date: 6/29/2016 1:59:12 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2511(U25B) PRR 9546-B(F3B) PRR 9686(F3A)
Views:  950   Comments: 2
PRR 9771, EF-15A, 1963
Title:  PRR 9771, EF-15A, 1963
Description:  24th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 11 October 1963. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9771, #9687, and #7262. All were built by EMD. #9771 is an EF-15A built in 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #9687 is an EH-15 built in 1949 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7262 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are about to pass under the 24th Street Bridge with a 103-car mixed-cargo freight train on their way up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Partially visible on the left is SLOPE Tower.
Photo Date:  10/11/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2016 12:30:34 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9687(F3A) PRR 9771(F7A) PRR 7262(GP9)
Views:  3330   Comments: 2
PRR 9687, EH-15, 1966
Title:  PRR 9687, EH-15, 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 engine #9687 and four other "F" units whose numbers were not recorded. All were built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9687 is an EH-15 built in 1949. They are pulling an eastbound coal train down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. Wave to the engineer!
Photo Date:  6/21/1966  Upload Date: 8/26/2016 12:57:58 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9687(F3A)
Views:  478   Comments: 2
PRR 9688, EH-15, 1950
Title:  PRR 9688, EH-15, 1950
Description:  FM. Here is a duplicate 35mm B&W slide of a photo by Fred McLeod that was taken near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: "3-unit Electro-Motive pusher on upgrade as viewed two miles aboue the Horseshoe. Fall, 1950." Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9688 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EH-15's built/by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9688 was constructed as an EH-15 in February of 1949, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in Novem`er of 1964 after just 15 years of service. In this context, they're serving as tail-end pushers on a westbound freight train ~ but once through one of the Gallitzin tuonels, they'll be uncoupled and returned to Altoona for yet another helper/pusher run up "The Mountain." This photo comes from a slide set entitled "Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania#Railroad" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (22-34). (Photo taken 21 October 1950)
Photo Date:  10/21/1950  Upload Date: 8/17/2021 8:27:05 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9688(F3A)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
PRR Westbound Pushers, c. 1951
Title:  PRR Westbound Pushers, c. 1951
Description:  Baera 2. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1951. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9689 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9689 was constructed as an EH-15 in February of 1949, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in August of 1967 after just 18 years of revenue service. In this context, this A-B-A set is pushing a westbound mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for their next helper/pusher run up "The Mountain." The road number of the N-5C cabin car pictured here is not recorded. (Track 2)
Photo Date:  8/15/1951  Upload Date: 6/12/2023 12:14:48 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9689(F3A)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
PRR Westbound Pushers, #1 of 2, c. 1951
Title:  PRR Westbound Pushers, #1 of 2, c. 1951
Description:  AHC. Here is the first of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides via Al Chione that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1951. Shown here (L to R) are two unidentified Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives and engine #9689. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9689 is an EH-15 built in February of 1949, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in August of 1967 after just 18 years of revenue service. In this context, this A-B-A set is pushing a westbound mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for their next helper/pusher run up "The Mountain." The photographer's name, the exact date, and the road number of the N-5 cabin car are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/16/1951  Upload Date: 11/28/2018 2:23:48 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9689(F3A)
Views:  494   Comments: 0
BN E8A 9942
Title:  BN E8A 9942
Description:  Taken in the early 1970s
Photo Date:  1/1/1972  Upload Date: 5/24/2020 9:38:02 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Bob Jordan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9700(F3A)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Changing power on the westbound Empire Builder
Title:  Changing power on the westbound Empire Builder
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1972  Upload Date: 1/2/2007 10:20:17 PM
Location:  Havre, MT
Author:  Greg Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9700(F3A) BN 9778(F7A)
Views:  2719   Comments: 3
Ex-GN F3A!
Title:  Ex-GN F3A!
Description:  Unknown Date
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 10/26/2003 6:33:17 PM
Location:  La Crosse, WI
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9700(F3A)
Views:  1768   Comments: 1
BN #9710
Title:  BN #9710
Description:  BN F3A #9710 (ex-GN #359C, nee-#226 [1st]) and 2 additional ex-GN F Units are the power for an unknown eastbound passenger train departing St. Paul Union Depot. This could be the EMPIRE BUILDER, as besides the ex-GN power, the first car is an ex-GN baggage-RPO, the second car is an ex-GN baggage-express, the third car might be an ex-GN baggage-dormitory, and the fourth car is ex-GN as well. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Photographer is unknown.
Photo Date:  5/14/1970  Upload Date: 2/17/2017 9:59:04 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 9710(F3A)
Views:  650   Comments: 0


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