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PRR 9459, FF-20, 1948 |
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AHC. Here is a photo by Bruce D. Fales that was taken near the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 27 July 1948. It was published originally in Mike Schaffer & Brian Solomon's (1997) book entitled "Pennsylvania Railroad," page 119. Partial Caption: "Dieselization on the PRR had just commenced in a big way when this handsome A-B-A set of Fairbanks-Morse Eries grinding uphill between Horseshoe and Gallitzin with manifest 'QD' was captured on film." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engine #9459 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are FF-20's built by Fairbanks-Morse and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #9459 was constructed in December of 1947 and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
7/24/1948 Upload Date: 11/12/2021 6:11:21 PM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 9459(ERIE-A) |
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PRR 9530, EF-15, 1951 |
| Description: |
Dziobko. Here is is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 September 1951. Prominent in the center is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9530 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9530 was constructed in September of 1948. Visible in the background is a portion of Juniata's 8th Street Bridge, with ROSE Tower situated just beyond it. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1951 Upload Date: 4/22/2024 9:39:24 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9530(F3A) PRR 5777(DR6-4-2000) PRR 9459(ERIE-A) |
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19 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 5777, BP-20, 1951 |
| Description: |
Dziobko. Here is is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 September 1951. Visible at the left is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5777, a BP-20 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in September of 1948, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and retired in May of 1965 after just 17 years of revenue service. The smoke in the left background is from a steam locomotive working in the Altoona Yards. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1951 Upload Date: 4/23/2024 6:51:15 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5777(DR6-4-2000) PRR 9459(ERIE-A) |
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16 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 9459, FF-20, 1951 |
| Description: |
Dziobko. Here is is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 September 1951. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9459, an FF-20 built by Fairbanks-Morse in December of 1947, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service. Visible in the background is a portion of Juniata's 8th Street Bridge, with ROSE Tower situated just beyond it. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1951 Upload Date: 4/23/2024 6:52:06 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Yard,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9459(ERIE-A) |
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21 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 9459, FF-20, 1951 |
| Description: |
Dziobko. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 September 1951. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9459, an FF-20 built by Fairbanks-Morse in December of 1947, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service. The road numbers of the other units pictured here are not recorded. Photo taken from under the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata; the stairway linking the Bridge and ROSE Tower is partially visible at the right. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1951 Upload Date: 9/4/2019 4:15:08 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5777(DR6-4-2000) PRR 9459(ERIE-A) |
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395 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 9608, AF-16, 1951 |
| Description: |
Dziobko. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 September 1951. Prominent among the dozen or so locomotives pictured here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9608, an AF-16 built by the American Locomotive Company in May of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. All of these diesel-electric locomotives are parked at the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata, awaiting their next helper/pusher assignments up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and back. Photo taken from the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata. ("PrrFan18n") |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1951 Upload Date: 11/6/2021 11:53:34 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9608(FA2) PRR 5777(DR6-4-2000) PRR 9459(ERIE-A) |
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202 Comments: 0 |
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