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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD F7ABuilt As:PRR 9673 (F7A)
Serial Number:8233Order No:E1144
Frame Number:E1144-A7Built:6/1949
Notes:PRR Class EF-15A.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9673(F7A)
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"Railroading Without Precedent," Page 39, 1951
Title:  "Railroading Without Precedent," Page 39, 1951
Description:  Here is page four of a five-page article by David P. Morgan entitled "Railroading Without Precedent." It was published originally in the February 1951 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 39. Left Photo Caption: "The K-4s is pulling the 'Golden Arrow' out of Detroit in the days before the Pennsy was a major diesel user." Shown here is PRR engine #3877, a K-4S (4-6-2) built in Juniata during June of 1923 and retired in April of 1956. Right Photo Caption: "PRR Class EF-3 diesel, a three-unit EMD F-7 freighter, is over the pit at the Nelson Road (Columbus) quonset hut engine house on a rainy summer night." Shown here is PRR engine #9673, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in June of 1949 and rated at 1,500 horsepower.
Photo Date:  2/1/1951  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 7:52:06 AM
Location:  Detroit, MI
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3877(4-6-2) PRR 9673(F7A)
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