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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:PRR 5708 (E8A)
Serial Number:16777Order No:2054
Frame Number:2054-A9Built:9/1952
Notes:PRR Class EP-22.
Other locos with this serial:  PC 4278(E8A) PRR 4278(E8A) AMTK 286(E8A) PRR 5708(E8A)
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PRR 5708, EP-22, 1961
Title:  PRR 5708, EP-22, 1961
Description:  Horseshoe Curve-1961. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 17 August 1961. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #5708, #5707, and #5709. All three locomotives are EP-22's built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling an eastbound mail/express train around the Horseshoe Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East.
Photo Date:  8/17/1961  Upload Date: 7/8/2016 1:35:45 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5708(E8A)
Views:  677   Comments: 0
PRR 5708, EP-22, 1962
Title:  PRR 5708, EP-22, 1962
Description:  MDiv. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, in May of 1962. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5708, two unidentified "EP" Class units, and #5878. All were built by GM-EMD. #5708 is an EP-22 built in October of 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower, while #5878 is an EP-20 constructed in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. This A-A-B-A set is passing through the Duncannon Station with a passenger train bound for Harrisburg and points East. ("Stoneborobranch"; #50 of 56)
Photo Date:  5/5/1962  Upload Date: 9/14/2020 10:42:06 AM
Location:  Duncannon, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5708(E8A) PRR 5878(E7A)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
PRR E*
Title:  PRR E*
Description:  21st Street
Photo Date:  4/27/1965  Upload Date: 7/5/2018 9:21:12 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Albert Reinshmidt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5708(E8A)
Views:  438   Comments: 1
PRR 5708, EP-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 5708, EP-22, 1965
Description:  Slope to Works. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train between SLOPE and WORKS Towers in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 06 June 1965. Shown here (R to L) is PRR engine #5708 and two other units whose numbers are not visible. All were built by EMD. #5708 is an EP-22 built in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are pulling a westbound mail/express train under the 7th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  6/6/1965  Upload Date: 6/25/2016 5:02:15 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  PRR 5708(E8A)
Views:  441   Comments: 1
PRR "Gallitzin Tunnels," #1 of 3, 1965
Title:  PRR "Gallitzin Tunnels," #1 of 3, 1965
Description:  New Portage. Here is the first of three photos by John M. Prophet III that were taken near the tunnels under Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on 11 June 1965. It was published originally in his (2009) book entitled "Prophet's Pennsy," page 57. Photo Caption: "EP22 #5708 and two others on a westbound [mail and express] train at 'SF,' approaches the summit of the grade, just east of Gallitzin, Pa., June 11, 1965." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #5708 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5708 was constructed in September of 1952. Visible in the foreground is the westbound connecting track from the New Portage Branch; it passes under the two eastbound tracks ~ often called "The Slide" ~ which pass through the New Portage Tunnel.
Photo Date:  6/11/1965  Upload Date: 11/14/2021 7:27:28 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 5708(E8A)
Views:  320   Comments: 1


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