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PRR 8969, BS-16M, c. 1963 |
| Description: |
FSF. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1963. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8969, a BS-16M road switcher built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966. Partially visible at the right is Pittsburgh & West Virginia locomotive #40, an AS-616 road switcher constructed by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in May of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and leased to the PRR. Photo taken near to the southern end of the 4th Street Footbridge and SOUTH Tower. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1963 Upload Date: 8/28/2024 10:25:41 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8969(AS616) PWV 40(AS616) |
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556 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8969, BS-16M, c. 1963 |
| Description: |
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8969, a BS-16M built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, 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. (Tchowee"; #14 of 40) |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1963 Upload Date: 3/30/2025 4:29:39 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8969(AS616) |
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397 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8969, BS-16M, 1964 |
| Description: |
8th Street. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 January 1964. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8969, a BS-16M built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. In this context, it's shifting some cars just short of the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata. Note the "tell-tales" dancin' in the breeze! |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/1964 Upload Date: 9/13/2016 11:15:00 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8969(AS616) |
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1166 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8114, BS-16M, 1964 |
| Description: |
4th Street. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 5 April 1964. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8114 and #8969. Both are BS-16M's built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton and rated at 1,600 horsepower each. #8114 was built as Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad number "40" in May of 1951, leased by the PRR from 1960 through 1962, then purchased by the PRR and renumbered "8114" in 1963, and retired in September of 1967. #8969 was built in June of 1951 and retired in July of 1966. In this context, they're parked near the 4th Street Footbridge and SOUTH Tower at the end of a busy day. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/1964 Upload Date: 8/18/2016 3:08:00 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8114(AS616) PRR 8969(AS616) |
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1700 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 9625, AF-16, 1964 |
| Description: |
4th Street. Here is an original photo that I took from the 4th Street Footbridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 5 April 1964. Shown here (L to R) are: the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Car Shops; the west-and eastbound mainline tracks; five westbound freight trains ~ one headed by GM-EMD's, the other by ALCo's; four Baldwin "Centipedes" awaiting transit to the scrapper; two ALCo units, headed by PRR engine #9625; as well as engines #8114 and #8969 at the far right. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/1964 Upload Date: 8/18/2016 3:09:57 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Yard,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9625(FA2) PRR 8114(AS616) PRR 8969(AS616) |
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1856 Comments: 1 |
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