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PRR "Next Stop, Merger City," EP-20, 1966 |
| Description: |
Here is a postal card entitled "Next Stop, Merger City." No Postmark. The photographer is not identified. Caption On Reverse: "Pennsylvania RR EMD E7 #4244 and E8 #4295 whisk a passenger train near Chicago in August, 1966. Recently re-painted tuscan red, both units wear Penn-Central style numbers on sides, anticipating the approaching PC merger." Both locomotives were built by GM-EMD. #4244 is an EP-20 constructed in August of 1947 as number "5844" and rated at 2,000 horsepower, while #4295 is an EP-22 built in March of 1951 as number "5895" and rated at 2,250 horsepower. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1966 Upload Date: 7/16/2020 6:47:01 PM |
| Location: |
Englewood, IL |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4244(E7A) PRR 4295(E8A) |
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| Title: |
PRR 4295, EP-22, c. 1967 |
| Description: |
D-Prints. Here is a print by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Cove, Pennsylvania, c. 1967. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4295 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #4295 was built as number "5895" in March of 1951 and renumbered "4295" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. In this context, this A-A-A set is pulling a mail & express train from Harrisburg to Altoona and points West. Note the new sealed-beam headlights. Brad Mann Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1967 Upload Date: 12/7/2025 11:13:58 AM |
| Location: |
Cove, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4295(E8A) |
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