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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:PRR 5789 (E8A)
Serial Number:15654Order No:6354
Frame Number:6354-A7Built:5/1952
Notes:PRR Class EP-22.
Other locos with this serial:  NJT 4249(E8A) PC 4249(E8A) PRR 5789(E8A) NJDOT 4249(E8A)
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PRR E8 5789
Title:  PRR E8 5789
Description:  Pennsylvania Railroad E8 5789 at Englewood, on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, on April 11, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in May 1952 (c/n 15654) on EMD Order 6354A, was later renumbered PRR 4249, retaining that number through PC and CR ownership.
Photo Date:  4/11/1965  Upload Date: 1/1/2010 1:26:57 PM
Location:  Englewood, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5789(E8A)
Views:  1255   Comments: 3
PRR 5789, EP-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 5789, EP-22, 1965
Description:  Bellwood. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Pinecroft ~ just west of Bellwood, Pennsylvania ~ on 26 June 1965. Shown here are PRR engines #5789, #5801, #5844-B, and #5889. All were built by EMD. #5789, #5801, and #5889 are EP-22's rated at 2,250 horsepower each; #5789 and #5801 were built in 1952, but #5889 was built in 1950. #5844-B is an EP-20 built in 1947 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. They are pulling a 38-car westbound mail/express train with "Railway Express" N-5 caboose #5031. Photo taken from the Riggle's Gap Bridge.
Photo Date:  6/26/1965  Upload Date: 7/27/2016 1:14:08 AM
Location:  Pinecroft, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5789(E8A) PRR 5801(E8A) PRR 5844-B(E7B) PRR 5889(E8A)
Views:  836   Comments: 2
PRR 5789, EP-22, 1966
Title:  PRR 5789, EP-22, 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 (R to L) are PRR engines #5789, #5769, and #5765. All are EP-22's built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling an eastbound mail/express train. Note the engineer inspecting his train!
Photo Date:  5/7/1966  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 1:59:27 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5789(E8A) PRR 5769(E8A) PRR 5765(E8A)
Views:  655   Comments: 0
PRR 5789, EP-22, 1966
Title:  PRR 5789, EP-22, 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 (R to L) are PRR engines #5789, #5769, and #5765. All are EP-22's built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling an eastbound mail/express train under four-track Signal Bridge #2416. Note that it is running on one of the usually-westbound tracks!
Photo Date:  5/7/1966  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 2:00:47 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 5765(E8A) PRR 5769(E8A) PRR 5789(E8A)
Views:  397   Comments: 0


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