Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) 2245 - EMD GP30

Mann. Here is a photo of (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6069 and #2245. Both were built by GM-EMD. #6069 is an EF-30A constructed in February of 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower, while #2245 is EF-22 built in May of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Brad Mann Collection.

4th Street. Here is the fourth of four successive original photos that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1964. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2217, #2211, #2219, #2206, and #2245. All are EF-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #2217, #2211, #2219, and #2206 were built in March of 1963, while #2245 was built in May of 1963. In this context, they're about to pass under the 4th Street Footbridge with an 80-car TrucTrain bound for Enola and points East. The cabin car is #477866. At the right are two westbound freight trains awaiting orders to proceed, along with two passenger cars marshalled for reconditioning in the PRR's Passenger Car Shops behind them. Standing tall is the steel Water Tower, last vestige of the Age of Steam. Visible in the center distance, beyond the 7th Street Bridge, are some of the PRR's 12th Street Shop buildings. Photo taken from the 4th Street Footbridge.

WIL-ALT-64. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Harrisburg to Altoona on 3 July 1964. Partially visible here (R to L) are PRR engines #2239 and #2245. Both are EF-22's built by GM-EMD in May of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They're pulling an eastbound merchandise freight train near Perdix, Pennsylvania. Blue Mountain's in the distance. (That train is moving left to right; my train is moving right to left.)

Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2245, #2242, and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. #2245 and #2242 are EF-22's built by GM-EMD in May of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They're pulling an eastbound mixed-cargo freight train through what was once the whistlestop at Birmingham ~ site of the Grier School for Girls, the Birmingham School for Girls before that, and the Mountain Female Seminary before that!

Pinecroft. Here is an original photo that I took near Pinecroft, Pennsylvania, on 26 June 1965. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2245, #2350, and #2282. All were built by GM-EMD. #2245 is an EF-22 built in May of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #2350 and #2282 are EF-25's rated at 2,500 horsepower each; #2350 was built in February of 1965, but #2282 was built in June of 1964. They're pulling a 95-car ore train (with N-8 cabin car #478170) to Altoona and points West. The roadway paralleling the tracks was once the right-of-way for the Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway's double-tracked line linking Tyrone and Altoona. The line was partially washed-out in the great St. Patrick's Day Floods of 1936 and never rebuilt. Photo taken from the Riggle's Gap Bridge.