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PRR 8669 (#2 of 4), AS-18AM, 1961 |
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Everyday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania,?on 09 August 1961. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8669 and #8672. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower eoch. They are pulling a train of new hopper cars (produced by the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop) across the Jackson Street Crossing, and are on their up the New Portage Branch via the Muleshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. This photo taken from the fireman's side of PRR engine #9790, an EMD EF-15A on static display as part of Hollidaysburg's 125th Anniversary Celebration. A portion of Broad Street is also visible on the left, along with the automobile belonging to the PRR Policeman who was guarding the one-engine-and-four-cat display train. ("Red Shift" slide converted to Black & White.) |
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8/9/1961 Upload Date: 9/29/2016 3:54:51 AM |
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Hollidaysburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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InCab |
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PRR 8669(RSD12) PRR 8672(RSD12) PRR 9790(F7A) |
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701 Comments: 1 |
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PRR 9790, EF-15A, 1961 |
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Anniversary. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. Shown here is is PRR engine #9790, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in February of 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. Posing on the pilot is Thomas Harry Lantz of Duncansville, Pennsylvania. He was 14 years old at the time of Hollidaysburg's 125th Anniversary celebration. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1961 Upload Date: 8/16/2016 2:17:14 PM |
| Location: |
Hollidaysburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 9790(F7A) |
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249 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 9790, EF-15A, 1961 |
| Description: |
Anniversary. Here is an original photo that I tooj of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. Shown here is PRR engine #9790, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in February of 1951 and rated at 1,500 HP. This view reminds me of a line in a song by the Rolling Stones: "It's all over now!" |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1961 Upload Date: 8/16/2016 12:58:18 AM |
| Location: |
Hollidaysburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 9790(F7A) |
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167 Comments: 0 |
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