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"Trains" Magazine, August 1950
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, August 1950
Description:  Here are two photos that were published originally in the August 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 8. Partial Caption: "In these photos, Pennsylvania Railroad transfer diesel No. 5671 looks like a tuna fish before and after a shark found it." #5671 is an LS-25 built by Lima-Hamilton in May of 1950, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in May of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  8/1/1950  Upload Date: 9/7/2019 9:47:22 AM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5671(LT-2500)
Views:  539   Comments: 0
"Trains" Magazine, August 1950
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, August 1950
Description:  Here is an advertisement for Lima-Hamilton products which was published originally in the August 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 8. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5671, an LS-25 transfer locomotive built by Lima-Hamilton in May of 1950, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in May of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. Notable here is a list of six specifications for the LT-2500.
Photo Date:  8/1/1950  Upload Date: 9/7/2019 9:49:32 AM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5671(LT-2500)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
PRR 5671, LS-25, 1960
Title:  PRR 5671, LS-25, 1960
Description:  Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in September of 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5671, an LS-25 built by Lima-Hamilton in May of 1950, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in May of 1965. Note the wrecking train in the background. The photographer's name and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  9/22/1960  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 11:54:46 AM
Location:  Conemaugh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5671(LT-2500)
Views:  766   Comments: 0
See URL Below For Picture of This Loco
Title:  See URL Below For Picture of This Loco
Description:  http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=997957
Photo Date:  9/21/1951  Upload Date: 1/2/2008 8:24:50 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  PRR
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 5674(LT-2500)
Views:  1474   Comments: 2
Transfer Engine PRR 5674, Well She's Big If Not Beautiful!
Title:  Transfer Engine PRR 5674, Well She's Big If Not Beautiful!
Description:  Exact day of month unknown. My notes say this is a Lima-Hamilton T-2500. Alex Vaughn did some research and found this sweetie had 2 Hamilton 8cyl. in-lines - 1250 horsepower each. So model T-2500 must Transfer (Loco) @ 2500 hp. Alex also unearthed a diagram of her at: http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1003120 Thanks Alex.
Photo Date:  3/15/1961  Upload Date: 12/27/2007 7:25:05 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5674(LT-2500)
Views:  3371   Comments: 5
PRR 5675, #1 of 3, c. 1963
Title:  PRR 5675, #1 of 3, c. 1963
Description:  Here is the first of three successive 35mm Ektachrome slides taken by J.W. Vigrass. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5675, an LS-25 road switcher built by Lima-Hamilton in June of 1950, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in March of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. The exact date and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/21/1963  Upload Date: 4/10/2020 3:36:27 PM
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5675(LT-2500)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
PRR 5675, #2 of 3, c. 1963
Title:  PRR 5675, #2 of 3, c. 1963
Description:  Here is the second of three successive 35mm Ektachrome slides taken by J.W. Vigrass. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5675, an LS-25 road switcher built by Lima-Hamilton in June of 1950, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in March of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. The exact date and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/21/1963  Upload Date: 4/10/2020 3:38:05 PM
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  PRR 5675(LT-2500)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
PRR 5675, #3 of 3, c. 1963
Title:  PRR 5675, #3 of 3, c. 1963
Description:  Here is the third of three successive 35mm Ektachrome slides taken by J.W. Vigrass. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5675, an LS-25 road switcher built by Lima-Hamilton in June of 1950, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in March of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. The exact date and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/21/1963  Upload Date: 4/10/2020 3:39:50 PM
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5675(LT-2500)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
PRR LT2500 5676
Title:  PRR LT2500 5676
Description:  Interesting long locomotive similar to a Baldwin center cab caught sitting on an industrial spur in Indianapolis, IN. This "Hoosier" unit was built by Lima-Hamilton in September, 1951 for the Pennsylvania RR. According to Wikipeida "The LT-2500 was the final locomotive model produced by Lima-Hamilton before the company merged with the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1951. All examples of the LT-2500 locomotives were scrapped, and none are known to have been preserved." Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  3/20/1964  Upload Date: 11/3/2015 7:38:33 AM
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5676(LT-2500)
Views:  1918   Comments: 3
PRR 5679, LS-25, c. 1965
Title:  PRR 5679, LS-25, c. 1965
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Szwajkart. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5679, an LS-25 transfer unit built by Lima-Hamilton in June of 1950 and retired in February of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. The exact date and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  2/2/1965  Upload Date: 1/3/2024 12:14:29 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5679(LT-2500)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
PRR 5680, LS-25, c. 1955
Title:  PRR 5680, LS-25, c. 1955
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5680, an LS-25 built by Lima-Hamiton in July of 1950, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in April of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  5/5/1955  Upload Date: 4/26/2023 11:43:57 AM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5680(LT-2500)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
"Horseshoe Curve," Front Cover, 2004
Title:  "Horseshoe Curve," Front Cover, 2004
Description:  Here is the front cover of a 24-page cover article entitled "Horseshoe Curve: 150 Years." It was published originally on the August 2004 issue of "Trains" magazine. Photo Caption: "A Lima T-2500 transfer unit helps a westbound on Horseshoe Curve, 1951. Photo by Thomas J. McNamara." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5681, an LS-25 built by Lima-Hamilton in 1950 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. Also visible is PRR N-8 caboose #478202.
Photo Date:  8/1/2004  Upload Date: 10/28/2017 2:07:40 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  PRR 5681(LT-2500)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
"The Lima Story," Page 20, 1952
Title:  "The Lima Story," Page 20, 1952
Description:  Here is page nine of a ten-page article by David P. Morgan entitled "The Lima Story:1 ~ Super Power." It was published originally in the January 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 20. Partial Caption: "Lima's last locomotive ~ Pennsylvania Railroad 2500-horsepower transfer diesel No. 5683 ~ was taken outside the plant by the works' Plymoouth yard engine on Wednesday, September 12, 1951." Prominent here is PRR engine #5683, an LS-25 built in September 1951 and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  1/1/1952  Upload Date: 2/17/2020 8:05:35 AM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5683(LT-2500)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
PRR 5683, LS-25, c. 1953
Title:  PRR 5683, LS-25, c. 1953
Description:  Here is an original photo by John S. Fisher. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5683, an LS-25 transfer diesel built by the Lima Locomotive Works in September of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. It was the last locomotive built by Lima. The road number of the N-6B cabin car, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  11/14/1953  Upload Date: 5/7/2022 9:58:03 PM
Location:  Yellow Springs, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5683(LT-2500)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
PRR 8943, LS-25M, c. 1965
Title:  PRR 8943, LS-25M, c. 1965
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8943 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are LS-25M transfer units built by Lima-Hamilton and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #8943 was constructed in May of 1951 and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  1/23/1965  Upload Date: 3/9/2022 12:25:59 AM
Location:  Conemaugh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 8943(LT-2500)
Views:  143   Comments: 1
PRR 8943, LS-25M, 1966
Title:  PRR 8943, LS-25M, 1966
Description:  Waters. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property in East Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-February of 1966. Shown here is PRR engine #8943, a LS-25M built by Lima-Hamilton in 1951 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. It is parked under the East Altoona Coaling Tipple next to engine #9626-B, an ALCo AF-16 unit.
Photo Date:  2/19/1966  Upload Date: 8/22/2016 5:06:16 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 8943(LT-2500)
Views:  720   Comments: 1
PRR 8944, LS-25M, 1964
Title:  PRR 8944, LS-25M, 1964
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in East Altoona, Pennsylvania on 7 June 1964. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8944 and #7059. #8944 is an LS-25M transfer unit built by Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966. #7059 is an EFS-17M built by GM-EMD in October of 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. ("Stoneborobranch"; #20 of 20)
Photo Date:  6/7/1964  Upload Date: 7/20/2020 2:57:31 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8944(LT-2500) PRR 7059(GP9)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
PRR 8947, LS-25M, 1963
Title:  PRR 8947, LS-25M, 1963
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Mingo Junction, Ohio, on 12 March 1963. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8947, an LS-25M transfer unit built by Lima-Hamilton in July of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. ("Tchowee"; #39 of 39)
Photo Date:  3/12/1963  Upload Date: 5/20/2020 7:01:08 AM
Location:  Mingo Junction, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8947(LT-2500)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
PRR 8947, LS-25M, 1965
Title:  PRR 8947, LS-25M, 1965
Description:  Altoona Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide that was taken in East Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 5 July 1965. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8947, an LS-25M built by Lima-Hamilton in July of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after 15 years' service.
Photo Date:  7/5/1965  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 12:57:10 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8947(LT-2500)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
"Trains" Magazine, January 1952
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, January 1952
Description:  Here is a photo that was published originally in the January 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 8. Partial Caption: "Take another look ~ it's not a transfer diesel but a fully equipped road freight locomotive, No. 8948 of the Pennsylvania. The 2500 h.p. unit was one of the last engines built by the Lima Division of Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton." PRR engine #8948 is an LS-25M built in August of 1951 and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  1/1/1952  Upload Date: 2/19/2020 12:52:44 AM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8948(LT-2500)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
"Trains" Magazine, April 1952
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, April 1952
Description:  Here is a photo taken by Mr. George J. Sennhauser. It was published originally in the April 1952 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 47. Revised Caption: "Large diesel transfer locomotives sometimes offer their crews no more visibility ahead than did the steam engines they replaced. The fireman on this big Lima-Hamilton diesel will see around the left-hand curves of the Pennsylvania's Panhandle Division between Dennison and Mingo Junction, O., before the engineer will. The 2500-horsepower engine is Pennsy's No. 8948." Shown here is a view from the fireman's seat in PRR engine #8948, an LS-25M built in August of 1951 and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  4/1/1952  Upload Date: 8/30/2019 7:44:36 AM
Location:  Dennison, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  InCab
Locomotives:  PRR 8948(LT-2500)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
PRR 8949, LS-25M, 1957
Title:  PRR 8949, LS-25M, 1957
Description:  Buckley. Here is a photo via Harold Buckley, Jr., that was taken near Kiskiminetas Junction, Pennsylvania, in November of 1957. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8949, an LS-25M transfer locomotive built by Lima-Hamilton in August of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of service. (#12 of 12)
Photo Date:  11/14/1957  Upload Date: 4/17/2019 1:33:48 AM
Location:  Kiskiminetas Junction, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8949(LT-2500)
Views:  477   Comments: 0
"Rush From Labrador," Page 7, 1959
Title:  "Rush From Labrador," Page 7, 1959
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "Rush From Labrador." It was published originally in the July-August 1959 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 7. Top Right Photo Caption: "Extra locomotives in the middle and rear help ore train over mountain west of Altoona." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8675 and two more units whose road are not recorded. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8675 was constructed in March of 1958. Also visible are two open hopper cars: PRR #702470, as well as Cambria & Indiana Railroad #4459. Bottom Right Photo Caption: "Giant furnaces, ore pile, and dumper form background as trains reach Weirton Steel." Prominent here is PRR engine #8949, an LS-25M built by Lima-Hamilton in August of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966.
Photo Date:  7/1/1959  Upload Date: 9/1/2022 7:55:20 AM
Location:  Weirton, WV
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8675(RSD12) PRR 8949(LT-2500)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
"Pennsy" Magazine, July-August 1959
Title:  "Pennsy" Magazine, July-August 1959
Description:  Here is a photo from an article entitled "Rush From Labrador." It was published originally in the July-August 1959 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 15. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Giant furnaces, ore pile, and dumper form background as trains reach Weirton Steel." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8949, an LS-25M built by Lima-Hamilton in August of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  7/2/1959  Upload Date: 9/1/2022 9:36:32 PM
Location:  Weirton, WV
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8949(LT-2500)
Views:  108   Comments: 0


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