| Kern. Here is the first of two duplicate 35mm color slides of photos by Fred Kern that were taken near Perdix, Pennsylvania, on 20 October 1957. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9700 and two more "BF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9700 is a BF-15A constructed in April of 1950, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in February of 1965 after just 15 years of service. In this context, this A-B-B set is passing under four-track Signal Bridge #1142 with a long string of empty hoppers on their way back to the coal mines of Western Pennsylvania. Blue Mountain dominates the distance. |