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PC "Penn Central Freight Train," c. 1970 |
| Description: |
Here is a postal card entitled "Penn Central Freight Train." No Postmark. Shown here (L to R) are PC engines #6076, #6125, #2432, and another unit whose road number is not recorded. #6076 is an SD-40 built by GM-EMD in February of 1966 for the PRR and rated at 3,000 horsepower. #6125 is an SD-45 constructed by GM-EMD in November of 1966 for the PRR and rated at 3,600 horsepower. And #2432 is a C425 built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1965 for the PRR and rated at 2,500 horsepower. In this context, they're pulling a maifest freight train around the Horseshoe Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. (#10,700) |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/1970 Upload Date: 7/10/2023 11:43:33 PM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 6076(SD40) PC 6125(SD45) PC 2432(C425) |
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129 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coal on the Curve |
| Description: |
Taken in the mid-1970s |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1972 Upload Date: 3/10/2022 7:46:57 PM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
John C. Durant |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 2432(C425) PC 2254(GP35) |
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94 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coal on the Curve |
| Description: |
Taken in the early 1970s |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1972 Upload Date: 3/10/2022 9:26:36 PM |
| Location: |
Horseshoe Curve, PA |
| Author: |
John C. Durant |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 2432(C425) PC 2254(GP35) |
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123 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PC 2432 |
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| Photo Date: |
2/10/1973 Upload Date: 5/9/2010 10:02:19 AM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
Jim Gavin |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PC 2432(C425) |
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473 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Penn-Central ALCo C425 2432 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
3/1/1973 Upload Date: 2/20/2010 10:58:51 AM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 2432(C425) |
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1924 Comments: 1 |
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