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| Title: |
PRR 9730, BF-16, 1957 |
| Description: |
ARB. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 17 July 1957. Prominent here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9730 and a Shark "B" unit whose number is not recorded. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9730 is a BF-16 built in February of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. They're about to pass under Juniata's 8th Street Bridge with a mixed-cargo freight train on their way to 4th Street, where they'll stop for a crew change before proceeding up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Partially visible at the left is PRR engine #7602, an ES-17M built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1957 Upload Date: 8/28/2018 2:01:45 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9730(RF-16A) PRR 7602(SD9) |
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2648 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
"Altoona Shops," Page 55, 1996 |
| Description: |
Here is page 38 of a 43-page article by James J.D. Lynch, Jr., entitled "Overview Of The History And Development Of The Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Shops." It was published originally in the Autumn 1996 issue of "Keystone" magazine, page 55. Top Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #5891, an EP-22 built by GM-EMD in 1950 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. It is awaiting repairs at the Juniata Erecting and Machine Shop. Middle Photo: Shown here is PRR engine #7602, an ES-17M built by GM-EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1996 Upload Date: 11/19/2017 1:23:48 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Yard,Passenger,Track |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5891(E8A) PRR 7602(SD9) |
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792 Comments: 0 |
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