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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD GP9Built As:PRR 7040 (GP9)
Serial Number:20744Order No:5408
Frame Number:5408-41Built:11/1955
Notes:PRR Class EFS-17M.
Other locos with this serial:  CR 7040(GP9) PRR 7040(GP9)
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PRR 6969, M-1, #2 of 2, 1957
Title:  PRR 6969, M-1, #2 of 2, 1957
Description:  Kern. Here is the second of two successive 35mm color slides of photos by Fred Kern that were taken near Cove, Pennsylvania, on 10 March 1957. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6969, #7040, and another "Geep" whose road number is not recorded. #6969 is an M-1 (4-8-2) "Mountain" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during December of 1926 and retired in June of 1959. #7040 is an EFS-17M built by GM-EMD in November of 1955 and rated at 1,750 horsepower.
Photo Date:  3/10/1957  Upload Date: 4/29/2019 6:44:20 PM
Location:  Cove, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6969(4-8-2) PRR 7040(GP9)
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