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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD GP9Built As:PRR 7170 (GP9)
Serial Number:23968Order No:5569
Frame Number:5569-11Built:11/1957
Notes:PRR Class EFS-17M.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 7170(GP9)
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PRR 7128, EFS-17M, 1961
Title:  PRR 7128, EFS-17M, 1961
Description:  Horseshoe Curve-1961. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 17 August 1961. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7128, #7170, and three others that are not visible. All five are EFS-17M's built by EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. They are pulling a 50-car eastbound TrucTrain around the Horseshoe Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. Wave to the head-end brakeman in the second unit! As of 04 July 2016, or 55 years later, #7128 ~ now numbered "7580" ~ is in active excursion service with Steam Into History at New Freedom, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  8/17/1961  Upload Date: 7/8/2016 1:48:16 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 7128(GP9) PRR 7170(GP9)
Views:  379   Comments: 1
PRR 7128, EFS-17M, 1961
Title:  PRR 7128, EFS-17M, 1961
Description:  Museum Bound. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 17 August 1961. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7128, #7170, and three others that are not visible. All five are EFS-17M's built by EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. They are pulling a 50-car eastbound TrucTrain around the Horseshoe Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. Wave to the head-end brakeman in the second unit! As of 04 July 2016, or 55 years later, #7128 ~ now numbered "7580" ~ is in active excursion service with Steam Into History at New Freedom, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  8/17/1961  Upload Date: 7/8/2016 5:47:44 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 7128(GP9) PRR 7170(GP9)
Views:  231   Comments: 0


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