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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:PRR 5797 (E8A)
Serial Number:15662Order No:6354
Frame Number:6354-A15Built:6/1952
Notes:PRR Class EP-22.
Other locos with this serial:  WCLR 4257(E8A) NJT 4257(E8A) PC 4257(E8A) NJDOT 4257(E8A) PRR 5797(E8A)
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PRR 5797, EP-22, c. 1952
Title:  PRR 5797, EP-22, c. 1952
Description:  D-Prints. Here is a print by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Duncannon, Pennsylvania, c. 1952. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5797 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5797 was built in June of 1952. In this context, this A-A set is rockin' 'n' rollin' with a passenger train out of Altoona bound for Harrisburg. Brad Mann Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1952  Upload Date: 12/18/2025 11:08:36 AM
Location:  Duncannon, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5797(E8A)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
PRR 5798, EP-22, 1952
Title:  PRR 5798, EP-22, 1952
Description:  Mann. Here is a photo by Jay Black that was taken near the Passenger Station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1952. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5798 and #5797. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD in June of 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. In this context, this A-A set has just departed the Station with a passenger train bound for Altoona and points West. Brad Mann Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1952  Upload Date: 3/19/2021 11:11:53 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5798(E8A) PRR 5797(E8A)
Views:  1393   Comments: 0
PRR 5713, EP-22, 1959
Title:  PRR 5713, EP-22, 1959
Description:  Volkmer. Here is an image of a photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 4 May 1959. Shown here just West of the 24th Street Bridge (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5713 and #5797. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5713 was constructed in October of 1952, while #5797 was built in June of the same year. In this context, they're pulling a passenger train down the Allegheny Mountains, and will soon pause at the Altoona Station both to change crews and to discharge/board passengers. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:  5/4/1959  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 8:29:20 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5713(E8A) PRR 5797(E8A)
Views:  921   Comments: 0


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