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PRR 2230, EF-22, 1964 |
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17th Street. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 25 April 1964. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2230, #7044, #2208, and #2219. All were built by GM-EMD. #2230, #2208, and #2219 are EF-22's and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #2230 was built in April of 1963, while #2219 and #2208 were built in March of 1963. #7044 is an EFS-17M built in December of 1955 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They're passing under the 17th Street Bridge with a 48-car merchandise freight on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. The cabin car is number #477714. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/1964 Upload Date: 9/17/2016 4:53:40 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2230(GP30) PRR 7044(GP9) PRR 2219(GP30) PRR 2208(GP30) |
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1784 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 2225, EF-22, 1964 |
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24th Street. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1964. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2225, #2230, and #2309. All were built by GM-EMD. #2225 and #2230 are EF-22's built in April of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #2309 is an EF-25 built in November of 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They will soon pass under the 24th Street Bridge with a 98-car iron-ore train on their way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and the steel mills of Western Pennsylvania. Bringing-up the rear are five ALCo "pushers" (namely, #8673, #8664, #8676, #8661, and #8669), as well as N-8 cabin car #478124. |
| Photo Date: |
11/29/1964 Upload Date: 10/10/2016 4:13:41 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2225(GP30) PRR 2230(GP30) PRR 2309(GP35) |
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1388 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 2230, EF-22, 1965 |
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WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Harrisburg to Altoona in July of 1965. |
| Photo Date: |
7/25/1965 Upload Date: 11/5/2016 4:34:54 AM |
| Location: |
Huntingdon, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2230(GP30) PRR 2422(C425) |
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1183 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 2230, EF-22, 1965 |
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17th Street. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in August of 1965. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2230, #2228, and #7074. All were built by GM-EMD. #2230 and #2228 are EF-22's built in April of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #7074 is an EFS-17M built in November of 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. In this context, they've just come down the eastern slope of the Allegheny Mountains with a fully-loaded mineral train, and are now passing ALTO Tower on their way to the Eastbound Receiving Yards in Altoona. Don't you just luv the smell of brakeshoe smoke! |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1965 Upload Date: 9/17/2016 2:04:38 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2230(GP30) PRR 2228(GP30) PRR 7074(GP9) |
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1514 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 9770, EF-15A, c. 1967 |
| Description: |
Mann. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Cove, Pennsylvania, c. 1967. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9770, #2230, and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #9770 is an EF-15A constructed in January of 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #2230 is an EF-22 built in April of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. In this context, they're rockin' 'n' rollin' to the Enola Yards with a mixed-cargo freight train. Brad Mann Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1967 Upload Date: 8/11/2021 12:04:29 AM |
| Location: |
Cove, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 9770(F7A) PRR 2230(GP30) |
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912 Comments: 0 |
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