PRR 9859, EFP-15, #2 of 2, 1964

Name	Type	Comments	Date

John Schumann	General	I really hope the crew jumped. That was their only hope in this wreck. They always told me if you were going to hit another train, jump, and when you hit the ground, run like your life depends on it-because it does......	1/12/2017 12:10:48 PM

warren evans	General	PRR. 9859A. EFP-15. Was rebuilt in 1965. using the cab and nose from a retired F3A. Which resulted in 9859 having small numbersboards long version. Then 9859A. was renumbered to 4359. EFP-15, in 1967. During the renumbering and reclassification period between 1-1966. to 1-1968. for the upcoming merger of PC. in 2-2-1968.	8/12/2018 9:43:38 PM

Brad Knapp	General	The collsion actually occurred on July 2, 1964 so the photo date may have been 7/3/64. Three crewmen were killed: Engineer C.M. Blunde - Columus, OH; Fireman Raymond J. Cook - Carnegie, PA; Head Brakeman E. A. Smith - Newark, OH. The conductor of the train that was rear-ended, Theodore Nally of Steubenville, OH, was injured.	10/17/2022 4:30:21 PM

PRR 9859, EFP-15, #2 of 2, 1964
Extra Board. Here is the second of two photos by the Brady Stewart Studios that were taken near Corliss, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1964. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9859, an EFP-15 built by GM-EMD in July of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower; it was rebuilt in 1965 and survived into the Penn Central era as number "4359." (See below for helpful comments by Messrs. John Schumann, Warren Evans, and Brad Knapp.)
Date: 7/3/1964	Location: Corliss, PA	Views: 1304	Collection Of: Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 9859(FP7A)			Author: Thomas C. Ayers

Picture Categories: Wreck		This picture is part of album: USA: ~ Extra Board ~

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