PRR 8729, BS-24M, 1962         
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during August of 1962. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8729, a BS-24M transfer switcher built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in November of 1952, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and retired in December of 1967. Partially visible at the left is PRR engine #4938, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during June of 1943 and rated at 4,620 horsepower; it's the very last GG-1 ever built. ("LouisFols"; #14 of 26)
Date: 8/15/1962 Location: Philadelphia, PA   Map Show Philadelphia on a rail map Views: 319 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 8729(RT-624) PRR 4938(GG1)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 8729, BS-24M, 1962
Picture Categories: Yard This picture is part of album:  PRR: Fols ~> PRR Diesel Locomotives 3
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