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Owner: Penn Central
Model:BLW DS44-1000Built As:PRR 5556 (DS44-1000)
Serial Number:74644Order No:
Frame Number:Built:2/1950
Notes:PC Class DS 4-4-1000.
Other locos with this serial:  PC 8264(DS44-1000) PC 7956(DS44-1000)
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PC 7956, DS 4-4-1000, 1970
Title:  PC 7956, DS 4-4-1000, 1970
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in February of 1970. Photo Caption: "DS 4-4-1000, Penn Central No. 7956. Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. 1970." Penn Central #7956 is a DS 4-4-1000 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as Pennsylvania Railroad number "5556" in February of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and renumbered "7956" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Baldwins in Action ~ On North-Eastern Railroads" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (892-14).
Photo Date:  2/2/1970  Upload Date: 9/8/2023 9:57:18 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 7956(DS44-1000)
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