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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD GP9Built As:PRR 7163 (GP9)
Serial Number:23961Order No:5569
Frame Number:5569-4Built:11/1957
Notes:PRR Class EFS-17M; 1958, became PC 7163
Other locos with this serial:  CR 7163(GP9) PC 7163(GP9) PRR 7163(GP9)
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PRR 7163, EFS-17M, 1963
Title:  PRR 7163, EFS-17M, 1963
Description:  Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania during the Summer of 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #7163, an EFS-17M built by GM-EMD in October of 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. It is pulling a mixed-cargo freight train from the Altoona Yards and is about to cross US Route 22, after which it will proceed to the Hollidaysburg Yards on tracks that occupied the original right-of-way of the Allegheny Portage Railroad (1834-1854).
Photo Date:  8/15/1963  Upload Date: 4/17/2020 12:34:36 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 7163(GP9)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
PRR 2536, GF-25, 1965
Title:  PRR 2536, GF-25, 1965
Description:  Brickyard. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains at the Brickyard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 18 July 1965. On the left (L to R) are PRR engines #6306 and #6303. Both are AF-27's built by the American Locomotive Company during 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower each. They are returning to East Altoona after helping or pushing a train up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, Pennsylvania. On the right (L to R) are PRR engines #2534, #2247, and #7163. #2534 is a GF-25 built by GE in February of 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2247 is an EF-22 built by GM-EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #7163 is an EFS-17M built by GM-EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pulling a 43-car eastbound merchandise train with N-8 caboose #478032.
Photo Date:  7/18/1965  Upload Date: 8/17/2016 6:49:19 PM
Location:  Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 6306(C628) PRR 6303(C628) PRR 2534(U25B) PRR 2247(GP30) PRR 7163(GP9)
Views:  812   Comments: 2
PRR 7163 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR 7163 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  This was a 1958 EMD GP9 and labeled a class EFS17m with a 1750 hp prime mover. Later it would become PC 7163. The date is approximate but with Warren Evans help, the date must be after 1966 when PRR used large numbers on the cabs. With the help of Daniel Andres, Jr, who identified the location, this was taken at upper Bel-Del yard in Phillipsburg, NJ. Forrest Trittenbach photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1967  Upload Date: 1/10/2014 9:34:02 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 7163(GP9)
Views:  616   Comments: 2


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