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PRR 7052, EFS-17M, 1963 |
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Tipton. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tipton, Pennsylvania, on 04 August 1963. Shown here are PRR engines #7052, #7182-B, and #7144. All are EFS-17M's built by EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7052 was built in 1956, but #7182-B and #7144 were built in 1957. They are about to pass over the grade crossing in Tipton with a mixed-cargo freight train on their way to Altoona for a climb up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. |
| Photo Date: |
8/4/1963 Upload Date: 10/19/2016 4:12:54 AM |
| Location: |
Tipton, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 7052(GP9) PRR 7182-B(GP9B) PRR 7144(GP9) |
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656 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 7144, EFS-17M, 1965 |
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WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Harrisburg to Altoona during August of 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engine #7144 and another unit whose number is not recorded. Both were built by EMD. #7144 is an EFS-17M built in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pulling a westbound mixed-cargo freight train near Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Note the eastbound TrucTrain on the far track. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1965 Upload Date: 11/5/2016 3:39:07 AM |
| Location: |
Lewistown, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 7144(GP9) |
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254 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 7144, EFS-17M, 1966 |
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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 one PRR engine whose number is not visible and another numbered "7144." Both locomotives were built by EMD. #7144 is an EFS-17M built in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pulling an eastbound mixed-cargo freight. Note the Santa Fe Railroad highway trailer. |
| Photo Date: |
5/21/1966 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 11:35:06 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 7144(GP9) |
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922 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Good Old Days, 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 are two PRR eastbound freight trains. The one on the inner track is a merchandiser, while the one on the outer track is mixed cargo. Included among the "mixed cargo" are two EMD engines: one switcher and one road unit. |
| Photo Date: |
5/21/1966 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 11:36:48 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 7144(GP9) |
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718 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
PRR 7144, EFS-17M, 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 #7144 and another unit whose number is not visible. Both locomotives were built by EMD. #7144 is an EFS-17M built in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pulling a westbound mixed-cargo freight as the Sun has begun to sink toward the horizon. |
| Photo Date: |
5/21/1966 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 11:51:25 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 7144(GP9) |
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281 Comments: 1 |
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