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PRR 9777, EF-15A, 1965 |
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Everyday. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 07 April 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9777 and three others whose numbers are not visible. #9777 is an EF-15A built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. Its crew is climbing aboard, and will soon head out of the Hollidaysburg Yards with a 38-car freight train and caboose #477806. They will pass WYE Tower, climb the Allegheny Mountains by way of the New Portage Branch and the Muleshoe Curve, and then merge with the mainline at Gallitzin. Most of the cars in this train are new 70-ton hopper cars, just produced at the Samuel Rea Shop in Hollidaysburg. The PRR Shop Car in the foreground is used to transport newly-finished wheels-and-axles from the Altoona Shops to the Samuel Rea Shop. The Trailer Train autocarrier on the left is on its way for repairs at the Berwind-White Car Shops. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1965 Upload Date: 9/26/2016 2:37:46 PM |
| Location: |
Hollidaysburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9777(F7A) |
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384 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 9777, EF-15A, 1965 |
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Holly. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at HOLLY Block in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 07 April 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9777, #9774-B, #9840-B, and #9788. All were built by GM-EMD and are rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9777, #9774-B, and #9788 are EF-15A's and were built in 1951, but #9840-B is an EFP-15 and was built in 1952. They are pulling a 38-car westbound freight train out of the Hollidaysburg Yards. The train will pass WYE Tower, climb the Allegheny Mountains by way of the New Portage Branch and the Muleshoe Curve, and then merge with the mainline at Gallitzin. Most of the cars in this train are new 70-ton hopper cars, just produced at the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop. The cabin car is #477806. In years past, two-story HOLLY Tower was located in the grassy area between the sidewalk and the bridge over the Juniata River. Also located here was an elevated tower to operate the Bedford Street Crossing gates. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1965 Upload Date: 6/27/2016 10:12:53 AM |
| Location: |
Hollidaysburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9777(F7A) PRR 9774-B(F7B) PRR 9840-B(F7B) PRR 9788(F7A) |
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913 Comments: 1 |
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PRR 9777, EF-15A, c. 1965 |
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Burkey. Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. May of 1965. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9777, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in January of 1951 and rated at !,500 horsepower. In this context, it's rounding the Curve with a freight train that's on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. (#23 of 25) |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1965 Upload Date: 11/11/2021 6:34:41 PM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 9777(F7A) |
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123 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 9683, EH-15, 1966 |
| Description: |
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-May of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9683 and #9777. Both locomotives were built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9683 is an EH-15 built in 1949, while #9777 is an EF-15A built in 1951. They are pulling an eastbound mixed-cargo freight around the Horseshoe Curve and down to Altoona and points East. |
| Photo Date: |
5/21/1966 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 11:49:48 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 9683(F3A) PRR 9777(F7A) |
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540 Comments: 2 |
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