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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco RS3Built As:PRR 8470 (RS3)
Serial Number:79936Order No:20783
Frame Number:prime mover # 12799Built:6/1952
Notes:PRR Class AS-16M.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 8470(RS3) PC 9956(RS3M)
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PRR 8470, AS-16M, 1953
Title:  PRR 8470, AS-16M, 1953
Description:  Showalter. Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, during 1953. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8470, an AS-16M road switcher built by the American Locomotive Company in June of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. (4; #4 of 5)
Photo Date:  12/23/1953  Upload Date: 9/26/2020 6:40:23 AM
Location:  Ridgway, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8470(RS3)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
PRR 2024, BF-16, c. 1957
Title:  PRR 2024, BF-16, c. 1957
Description:  Mann. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by William F. Herrmann that was taken in Erie, Pennsylvania, c. 1957. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2024, #8470, #9643, and another unit whose road number is not recorded. #2024 is a BF-16 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in April of 1952, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in January of 1967. #8470 is an AS-16M constructed by the American Locomotive Company in June of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. #9643 is an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in March of 1950 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:  7/4/1957  Upload Date: 10/5/2021 5:35:24 AM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 2024(RF-16A) PRR 8470(RS3) PRR 9643(F7A)
Views:  325   Comments: 0


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