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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD GP7Built As:PRR 8585 (GP7)
Serial Number:18630Order No:5291
Frame Number:5291-3Built:9/1953
Notes:PRR Class ES-15MS; blt 9/1953; PC 5957
Other locos with this serial:  PC 5957(GP7) PRR 8585(GP7) CR 5957(GP7)
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Engineman Morgan's New Switcher, Page 18, 1953
Title:  Engineman Morgan's New Switcher, Page 18, 1953
Description:  Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "Engineman Morgan and His New Switcher." It was published originally in the November 1953 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 18.
Photo Date:  11/1/1953  Upload Date: 4/12/2022 8:40:27 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8585(GP7)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
Engineman Morgan's New Switcher, Page 19, 1953
Title:  Engineman Morgan's New Switcher, Page 19, 1953
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "Engineman Morgan and His New Switcher." It was published originally in the November 1953 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 19. Top Left & Lower Right Photos: Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8585, an ES-15MS built by GM-EMD in September of 1953 and rated at 1,500 HP.
Photo Date:  11/1/1953  Upload Date: 4/12/2022 8:43:22 AM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  InCab,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8585(GP7)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
PRR 8585
Title:  PRR 8585
Description:  EMD GP7 #8585 is dragging in a string of Pennsy varnish at the Chicago Union Station yards on a day in 1963. No exact day was noted nor was a photographer listed for this photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1963  Upload Date: 11/5/2015 5:23:26 AM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 8585(GP7)
Views:  822   Comments: 0
PRR 8585, ES-15MS, 1964
Title:  PRR 8585, ES-15MS, 1964
Description:  Byerly. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Chicago, Illinois, in August of 1964. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "EMD GP-7 #8585, 1500-hp, at Chicago, Ill." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8585, an ES-15MS boiler-equipped road switcher built by GM-EMD in September of 1953 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. The numbers of the two PRR passenger coaches are not recorded. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Diesels On The Pennsylvania" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (819-51).
Photo Date:  8/15/1964  Upload Date: 10/28/2018 6:08:35 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 8585(GP7)
Views:  304   Comments: 1
PRR GP7 8585
Title:  PRR GP7 8585
Description:  PRR GP7 8585 at about 55th Street in Chicago, Illinois on October 10, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in September 1953 (c/n 18630) on EMD Order 5291, it became PRR 5957 and later PC 5957. It appears to be equipped with a steam generator. From the PRR's viewpoint, this is the front of the locomotive.
Photo Date:  10/10/1965  Upload Date: 5/26/2009 9:09:16 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 8585(GP7)
Views:  2552   Comments: 1


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