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PRR 9690, EH-15, Front, 1948 |
| Description: |
Here is the front side of a "Vanishing Vistas" portrait that was published by Lyman E. Cox in 1974. Photo courtesy of GM-EMD. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9690 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EH-15's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9690 was constructed as an EH-15 in April of 1949, later regeared and classified as an EF-15A, and retired in October of 1967 after just 18 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/1948 Upload Date: 1/26/2019 3:40:18 AM |
| Location: |
LaGrange, IL |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9690(F7A) |
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408 Comments: 2 |
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PRR 9690, EH-15, Back, 1948 |
| Description: |
Here is the back side of a "Vanishing Vistas" portrait that was published by Lyman E. Cox in 1974. The text by Robert A. Le Massena sketches the history and development of the Pennsylvania Railroad's freight diesels built by GM-EMD. |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/1948 Upload Date: 1/26/2019 3:41:44 AM |
| Location: |
LaGrange, IL |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9690(F7A) |
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205 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 8661, AS-18AM, 1964 |
| Description: |
12th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 28 July 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8661, #8657, #8667, #9690, and #9776. #8661, #8657, and # 8667 are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8661 and #8667 were built in 1958, but # 8657 was built in 1957. #9690 is an EH-15 built by EMD in 1949 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #9776 is an EF-15A built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. They are pulling a 59-car westbound freight train with caboose #477806. They have just passed under the 12th Street Bridge and are right in front of the Altoona Passenger Station. |
| Photo Date: |
7/28/1964 Upload Date: 8/11/2016 5:06:48 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8661(RSD12) PRR 8667(RSD12) PRR 9690(F7A) PRR 9776(F7A) |
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1102 Comments: 0 |
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