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Title:
PRR 7208, EFS-17M, 1960
Description:
FSF. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in May of 1960. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7208 and two more "Geeps" whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EFS-17M road switchers built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7208 was constructed in November of 1957. Brush Mountain dominates the distance. Photo taken from the 4th Street Footbridge. ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:
5/5/1960
Upload Date:
9/20/2021 9:29:49 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 7208(GP9)
Views:
125
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8575, ES-15M, 1966
Description:
4th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during April of 1966. Shown here are eight freight trains parked in the Altoona Yards, all awaiting crews so that they can begin climbing the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Visible on the left are several passenger cars awaiting reconditioning in the PRR's Passenger Car Shops behind them. Visible near the center (L to R) are PRR engines #7210 and #7196-B. Both are EFS-17M's built by EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. Visible at the far right is PRR engine #8575, an ES-15M built by EMD in 1953 rated at 1,500 horsepower. It is leading four other locomotives and a caboose out of the Yard, heading West. Photo taken from the 4th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
10/1/2016 6:54:50 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard,Signal,Track
Locomotives:
PRR 7210(GP9)
PRR 7196-B(GP9B)
PRR 8575(GP7)
Views:
800
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 7210, EFS-17M, 1966
Description:
4th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during April of 1966. Shown here are four freight trains parked in the Altoona Yards, all awaiting crews so that they can begin climbing the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Visible on the right (R to L) are PRR engines #7210 and #7196-B. Both are EFS-17M's built by EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. Visible in the foreground is one of the lead tracks into the PRR's Passenger Car Shops (not shown). Photo taken under the 4th Street Bridge, looking southeast.
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
10/1/2016 6:56:32 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard,Signal,Track
Locomotives:
PRR 7210(GP9)
PRR 7196-B(GP9B)
Views:
433
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7210, EFS-17M, 1966
Description:
TRB. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Summerdale, Pennsylvania, on 11 September 1966. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7210 and three other units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #7210 is an EFS-17M constructed in November of 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. These locomotives and their crew are approaching Enola Yard with an eastbound mixed-cargo freight train. Visible in the background are portions of the PRR's Rockville Bridge, spanning the left-to-right flowing Susquehanna River. Produced and distributed by Charly's Slides.
Photo Date:
9/11/1966
Upload Date:
6/9/2018 2:19:40 PM
Location:
Summerdale, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 7210(GP9)
Views:
441
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7213, EFS-17M, 1966
Description:
Winter Night. Here is an original time-exposure telephoto view that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during February of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #7213 and #6515. #7213 is an EFS-17M built by EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. It is uncoupling from a caboose, and will move away in a moment or two. #6515 is a GF-25A built by General Electric in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. It is parked in the Altoona Yards, awaiting a crew and orders to pull its mixed-cargo freight train up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Photo taken from the 4th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:
2/2/1966
Upload Date:
10/16/2016 3:21:24 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Winter,Night,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 7213(GP9)
PRR 6515(U25C)
Views:
240
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7214
Description:
Simplicity (Date and location unknown)
Photo Date:
12/28/1967
Upload Date:
9/10/2016 8:22:06 PM
Location:
Unknown, OH
Author:
Robert Farkas
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 7214(GP9)
Views:
356
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 7220, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:
8th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 January 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #7220, #9646, #9770-B, and #9492. #7220 is an EFS-17M built by EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #9646 and #9770-B are EF-15A's built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each; #9646 was built in 1950, but #9770-B was built in 1951. #9492 is an FF-16 built by Fairbanks-Morse in 1950 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. They are about to pass under the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata with a 100-car mixed-cargo freight train destined for Enola and points East.
Photo Date:
1/12/1964
Upload Date:
9/13/2016 11:17:56 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Winter
Locomotives:
PRR 7220(GP9)
PRR 9646(F7A)
PRR 9770-B(F7B)
PRR 9492(CFA16-4)
Views:
1005
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7223, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:
Tipton. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tipton, Pennsylvania, on 12 July 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engine #7223 and two others whose numbers were not recorded. #7223 is a EFS-17M built by EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pulling a 68-car eastbound merchandise freight train.
Photo Date:
7/12/1964
Upload Date:
8/24/2016 4:33:46 AM
Location:
Tipton, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 7223(GP9)
Views:
163
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7225, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:
Extra Board. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken near Massillon, Ohio, on 23 March 1964. Partially visible here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7225, an EFS-17M built by GM-EMD in December of 1957 and retired in September of 1964 following its virtual destruction in this railway accident. The names of the photographer and of the Track Workers pictured here, as well as the road number of the self-propelled crane at the right, are not recorded.
Photo Date:
3/23/1964
Upload Date:
6/29/2023 6:41:08 PM
Location:
Massillon, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Wreck
Locomotives:
PRR 7225(GP9)
Views:
109
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7226, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:
Blairsville. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, on 25 October 1964. Shown here are PRR engines #7226, #2266, #2232, and #2237. All were built by EMD. #7226 is an EFS-17M built in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #2266 is an EF-25 built in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2232 and #2237 are EF-22's built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling a 94-car westbound iron-ore train with two cabooses (namely, #477449 and 477936) on the Blairsville Secondary Track.
Photo Date:
10/25/1964
Upload Date:
8/13/2016 3:53:59 PM
Location:
Blairsville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 7226(GP9)
PRR 2266(GP35)
PRR 2232(GP30)
PRR 2237(GP30)
Views:
738
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 2274, EF-25, 1966
Description:
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during early May of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2274 and #7228. Both were built by EMD. #2274 is an EF-25 built in 1964 and rated at 2,500 HP. #7228 is an EFS-17M built in 1957 and rated at 1,750 HP. They are pulling a smokin' eastbound coal train, whose caboose is visible in the distance.
Photo Date:
5/7/1966
Upload Date:
7/9/2016 1:29:21 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 2274(GP35)
PRR 7228(GP9)
Views:
450
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9862, EFP-15, 1963
Description:
Tipton. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tipton, Pennsylvania, on 21 July 1963. Shown here are PRR engines #9862, #7231, and #7262. All were built by EMD. #9862 is an EFP-15 built in 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7231 and #7262 are EFS-17M's built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. They are passing over the grade crossing in Tipton on their way to the Enola Yards with a mixed-cargo freight train.
Photo Date:
7/21/1963
Upload Date:
10/19/2016 3:38:38 AM
Location:
Tipton, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9862(FP7A)
PRR 7231(GP9)
PRR 7262(GP9)
Views:
442
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7238, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:
Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 19 September 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7238, #7189-B, and #7233. All are EFS-17M's built by EMD. #7238 and #7233 were built in 1959, but #7189-B was built in 1957. They are pulling an 86-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477822. This photo was taken just West of the Tyrone Station.
Photo Date:
9/19/1964
Upload Date:
8/17/2016 1:01:22 PM
Location:
Tyrone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station
Locomotives:
PRR 7238(GP9)
PRR 7189-B(GP9B)
PRR 7233(GP9)
Views:
463
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7234, EFS-17M, 1963
Description:
PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #7234, an EFS-17M built by EMD in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. It is the lead unit in an on-coming/westbound mixed-cargo freight train near Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (My train is heading from left to right.)
Photo Date:
9/8/1963
Upload Date:
9/9/2016 4:27:07 PM
Location:
Latrobe, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 7234(GP9)
Views:
165
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7235, EFS-17M, c. 1961
Description:
Oil Power. Here is an original 35mm color slide of (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7235 and #9764. Both were built by GM-EMD. #7235 is an EFS-17M constructed in October of 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #9764 is an EF-15A built in January of 1951, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in August of 1966. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
8/15/1961
Upload Date:
3/13/2021 8:09:45 AM
Location:
Canton, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 7235(GP9)
PRR 9764(F7A)
Views:
226
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7237, EFS-17M, 1959
Description:
Muleshoe. Here is a photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken at the Muleshoe Curve on the New Portage Branch Line west of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 29 October 1959. It was published originally in his (2019) book entitled "Pennsylvania Railroad-Best Of Bill Volkmer: Volume 3-Altoona," page 80. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7237, #7240, #7238, and #7239. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD in October of 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. They are pulling an iron-ore train up the Allegheny Mountains and around the Curve to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:
10/29/1959
Upload Date:
1/12/2020 2:05:31 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 7237(GP9)
PRR 7240(GP9)
PRR 7238(GP9)
PRR 7239(GP9)
Views:
377
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 7237, EFS-17M, c. 1960
Description:
TRB. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Rockville Bridge near Marysville, Pennsylvania. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7237 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7237 was constructed in October of 1959. In this context, they're just beginning the journey from Enola to Altoona with a mixed-cargo freight train. The Bridge is to the left. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
8/15/1960
Upload Date:
12/6/2023 6:22:05 AM
Location:
Marysville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
PRR 7237(GP9)
Views:
62
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7239, EFS-17M, 1960
Description:
Sweetland. Here is duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, in October of 1960. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7239 and two more "Geeps" whose numbers are not recorded. All are EFS-17M road switchers built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7239 was built in October of 1959. They are pulling a mixed-cargo freight train, and are about to enter the Allegheny Tunnel on their way to Conway Yard and points West. In the right foreground is the link to the westbound New Portage Secondary Track.
Photo Date:
10/1/1960
Upload Date:
1/7/2021 6:15:14 AM
Location:
Gallitzin, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 7239(GP9)
Views:
187
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7241, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:
Brickyard. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Brickyard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7241 and #2251. Both were built by EMD. #7241 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #2251 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are travelling down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve and through Altoona to the Enola Yards with a train of 98 "Ore Jennies." The caboose is #477448.
Photo Date:
11/29/1964
Upload Date:
10/8/2016 8:09:48 PM
Location:
Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Night,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 7241(GP9)
PRR 2251(GP30)
Views:
263
Comments:
0
Title:
"Pennsy At Northumberland," Page 68, 2004
Description:
Here is page three of a six-page article by William D. Volkmer entitled "The Pennsy At Northumberland: 1964-1968." It was published originally in the January 2004 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 68. Top Photo Caption: "Maid-of-all-work train S-97 trundles over the Wilkes-Barre Branch through Mocanaqua, Pa., on a fall day in 1964 behind GP9 7241. Engine #7241 is an EFS-17M built by GM-EMD in October of 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. Bottom Photo Caption: "RS3 8836, still wearing its handrail-like trainphone antenna, visits South Williamsport with a tidy mainline local on March 22, 1965." Engine #8836 is an AS-16M built by the American Locomotive Company in November of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in January of 1967.
Photo Date:
1/1/2004
Upload Date:
12/8/2021 10:03:28 PM
Location:
Mocanaqua, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 7241(GP9)
PRR 8836(RS3)
Views:
226
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 2286, EF-25, 1966
Description:
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Passenger Station in Olean, New York, on 27 August 1966. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2286, #7243, and three more units whose numbers are not recorded. #2286 was built by GM-EMD in June of 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower, while #7243 is an EFS-17M built by GM-EMD is October of 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. ("Stoneborobranch"; #16 of 20)
Photo Date:
8/27/1966
Upload Date:
7/22/2020 2:08:04 AM
Location:
Olean, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station
Locomotives:
PRR 2286(GP35)
PRR 7243(GP9)
Views:
381
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7244, EFS-17M, 1965
Description:
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 #7244 and another unit whose number is not recorded. Both were built by EMD. #7244 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pulling a westbound mixed-cargo freight train near Newport, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
11/5/2016 3:30:03 AM
Location:
Newport, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 7244(GP9)
Views:
281
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7249, EFS-17M, 1960
Description:
Sweetland. Here is duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, in October of 1960. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7249 and two more "Geeps" whose numbers are not recorded. All are EFS-17M road switchers built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7249 was built in October of 1959. They are pulling a mixed-cargo freight train, and are about to enter the Allegheny Tunnel on their way to Conway Yard and points West. In the right foreground is the link to the westbound New Portage Secondary Track.
Photo Date:
10/1/1960
Upload Date:
4/6/2018 2:56:44 AM
Location:
Gallitzin, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel,Signal,Track
Locomotives:
PRR 7249(GP9)
Views:
834
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 9768, EF-15A, 1965
Description:
Brickyard. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Brickyard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 18 July 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9768, #7249, and #9392. All were built by EMD. #9768 is an EF-15A built in 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7249 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #9392 is an ES-12 built in 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower; it is just being towed, however. They are pulling a 93-car westbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477807. There are also two pushers on the end: PRR engines #8608 and #8613.
Photo Date:
7/18/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2016 6:51:48 PM
Location:
Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9768(F7A)
PRR 7249(GP9)
PRR 9392(SW7)
Views:
748
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 2413, AF-24, c. 1965
Description:
Showalter. Here is an original photo by H.N. Proctor. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2413 and #7250. #2413 is an AF-24 built by the American Locomotive Company in October of 1962 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. #7250 is an EFS-17M built by GM-EMS in October of 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. The exact date and the location are not recorded. (4; #3 of 5)
Photo Date:
12/23/1965
Upload Date:
9/26/2020 6:39:31 AM
Location:
Enola, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 2413(RS27)
PRR 7250(GP9)
Views:
266
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7250, EFS-17M, 1966
Description:
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original telephoto view that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during May of 1966. Shown here (R to L) is PRR engine #7250 and a GP-9 B-unit whose number is not visible. Both were built by EMD. #7250 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pulling an eastbound mixed-cargo freight.
Photo Date:
5/7/1966
Upload Date:
7/9/2016 1:53:45 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 7250(GP9)
Views:
212
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7253
Description:
Heading up a 4 GP unit freight, #7253 was caught with a string of freight cars heading toward Dolton, IL, junction on this March day in 1963. Built in 1959 by EMD for the Pennsy, this 1750 hp unit survived the PC marger. Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:
6/1/1963
Upload Date:
11/5/2015 5:23:37 AM
Location:
Dolton, IL
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:
PRR 7253(GP9)
Views:
546
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 2413, AF-24, 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 #2413 and #7255. #2413 is an AF-24 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1962 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. #7255 is an EFS-17M built by EMD in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are about to pass under the 24th Street Bridge with a 108-car mixed-cargo freight train on their way through Altoona to the Enola Yards. The caboose is #477777.
Photo Date:
10/11/1963
Upload Date:
10/9/2016 12:27:58 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
PRR 2413(RS27)
PRR 7255(GP9)
Views:
619
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9683, EH-15, 1964
Description:
New Portage. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Foot-of-Ten on the New Portage Branch Line west of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 14 June 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9683, #7255, and another "F" unit whose number is not recorded. All were built by EMD. #9683 is an EH-15 built in 1949 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7255 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. Total head-end horsepower: 4,750. They are pulling a 77-car freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin, where it will merge with the mainline and head West. Most of the cars in this train have just been produced at the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop in Hollidaysburg.
Photo Date:
6/14/1964
Upload Date:
6/18/2016 11:53:59 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 9683(F3A)
PRR 7255(GP9)
Views:
570
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9683, EH-15, 1964
Description:
New Portage. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Foot-of-Ten on the New Portage Branch Line west of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 14 June 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9683, #7255, and another "F" unit whose number is not recorded. All were built by EMD. #9683 is an EH-15 built in 1949 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7255 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. Total head-end horsepower: 4,750. They are pulling a 77-car freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin, where it will merge with the mainline and head West. Most of the cars in this train have just been produced at the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop in Hollidaysburg. Note the two newly-built gondola cars. Very shiny!
Photo Date:
6/14/1964
Upload Date:
6/18/2016 11:55:47 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 9683(F3A)
PRR 7255(GP9)
Views:
666
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9683, EH-15, 1964
Description:
New Portage. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Foot-of-Ten on the New Portage Branch Line west of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 14 June 1964. Shown here are two of the three PRR locomotives pulling this westbound freight train. Both were built by EMD. #9683 is an EH-15 built in 1949 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7255 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pulling a 77-car freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin, where it will merge with the mainline and head West. Most of the cars in this train have just been produced at the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop in Hollidaysburg. Note that the Head-end Brakeman is leaning out the GP-9's cab window!
Photo Date:
6/14/1964
Upload Date:
6/18/2016 11:59:59 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 9683(F3A)
PRR 7255(GP9)
Views:
443
Comments:
0
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PRR 7255, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:
Brickyard. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Brickyard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engine #7255 and three other units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by EMD. #7255 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are travelling down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve and through Altoona to the Enola Yards with a 117-car mixed-cargo freight train. The caboose is #477484.
Photo Date:
11/29/1964
Upload Date:
10/8/2016 8:05:57 PM
Location:
Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Night,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 7255(GP9)
Views:
242
Comments:
0
Title:
PR 7255
Description:
Photo Date:
6/11/1969
Upload Date:
12/10/2013 8:26:58 AM
Location:
Unknown, OH
Author:
Jack Smith
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 7255(GP9)
Views:
283
Comments:
1
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PRR 7256, EFS-17M, 1967
Description:
Mid-Mountain. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train West of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-December of 1967. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #7256, #2656, and an unidentified EMD "F" unit. #7256 is an EFS-17M built by EMD in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #2656 is a GF-25 built by General Electric in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They are pulling a westbound mixed-cargo freight train up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. Note Milepost 240 on the far left.
Photo Date:
12/21/1967
Upload Date:
8/26/2016 3:23:21 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter
Locomotives:
PRR 7256(GP9)
PRR 2656(U25B)
Views:
507
Comments:
2
Title:
PRR E&M Yard, #1 of 3, 1966
Description:
E&M. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Juniata E&M Shop Yard in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during April of 1966. Shown here is the trusty turntable on the left. Beyond it are dozens of locomotives in various states of repair: from work almost finished to being cannibalized. Many makes and models are represented. Visible in the foreground is PRR engine #2329, an EF-25 built by EMD in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. Further back is PRR engine #7259, an EFS-17M built by EMD in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower.
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
9/12/2016 2:06:29 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 2329(GP35)
PRR 7259(GP9)
Views:
405
Comments:
0
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 9771(F7A)
PRR 9687(F3A)
PRR 7262(GP9)
Views:
3182
Comments:
2
Title:
PRR 7262, EFS-17M, 1966
Description:
Winter Day. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during February of 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7262 and three other units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by EMD. #7262 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are about to pass under the 4th Street Bridge and into the Eastbound Receiving Yard with a fully-loaded coal train. The westbound train of empty hopper cars pulled by engine #6046 is on the next track over. Visible in the distance is the 7th Street Bridge; beyond the Bridge are some of the PRR 12th Street Car Shop buildings. The venerable black water tower ~ last vestige of the Age of Steam in this part of town ~ stands guard on the right. Photo taken from the 4th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:
2/3/1966
Upload Date:
10/28/2016 4:23:08 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Winter,Track
Locomotives:
PRR 7262(GP9)
Views:
388
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 2295, EF-25, 1966
Description:
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during early May of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2295, #2212, and #7263. All three were built by EMD. #2295 is an EF-25 built in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2212 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #7263 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. These engines and one N-5C caboose are rockin' and rollin' around the Horseshoe Curve on their way to Gallitzin!
Photo Date:
5/7/1966
Upload Date:
7/9/2016 12:13:20 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 2295(GP35)
PRR 2212(GP30)
PRR 7263(GP9)
Views:
374
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 2295, EF-25, 1966
Description:
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during early May of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2295, #2212, and #7263. All three were built by EMD. #2295 is an EF-25 built in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2212 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #7263 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pulling an eastbound coal train around the Horseshoe Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East.
Photo Date:
5/7/1966
Upload Date:
7/9/2016 5:01:31 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 2295(GP35)
PRR 2212(GP30)
PRR 7263(GP9)
Views:
508
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 7265, EFS-17M, 1960
Description:
Oil Power. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at Carlisle Junction near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in the Summer of 1960. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7265 and two more "Geeps" whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #7265 was constructed in November of 1959. In this context, they're pulling a fully-loaded mineral train.
Photo Date:
8/15/1960
Upload Date:
6/5/2021 9:29:46 AM
Location:
Carlisle, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 7265(GP9)
Views:
216
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR #987 in yard and CB-21 on main
Description:
It's Friday night and the equipment from train #987 is put away at Pemberton. Minutes later, the operator at Cooper will gives C&E Extra 7268 North (the CB-21 with GP-9 7268) a K card for a Clear-block to State Street in Pavonia. The Pemberton Branch represented the last manual block passenger operations on the PRR proper (the LIRR and PRSL excepted).
Photo Date:
9/10/1965
Upload Date:
1/6/2007 7:41:49 PM
Location:
Pemberton, NJ
Author:
Richard Makse
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 7268(GP9)
Views:
2247
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 3808-B, EFS-17M, c. 1967
Description:
Byerly. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in East Peoria, Illinois, c. 1967. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "EMD GP-9B #3808, 1750-hp, at East Peoria, Ill." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #3808-B and #7269. Both are EFS-17M road switchers built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #3808-B was built as number "7183-B" in November of 1957 and renumbered "3808-B" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. #7269 was built in December of 1959 and was the very last GP-9 purchased by the PRR. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Diesels On The Pennsylvania" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (819-53).
Photo Date:
9/9/1967
Upload Date:
10/28/2018 11:47:58 AM
Location:
East Peoria, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 3808-B(GP9B)
PRR 7269(GP9)
Views:
651
Comments:
0
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