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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW DR4-4-15Built As:PRR 9700A (DR4-4-15)
Serial Number:74441Order No:
Frame Number:Built:4/1950
Notes:PRR Class BF-15A.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9700(DR4-4-15)
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PRR 9700, BF-15A, 1950
Title:  PRR 9700, BF-15A, 1950
Description:  Here is a builder's photo of (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9700 and three more "BF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9700 was built in April of 1950 and retired in February of 1965 after just 15 years of service.
Photo Date:  4/16/1950  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:06:52 PM
Location:  Eddystone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 9700(DR4-4-15)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
PRR 9700, BF-15A, 1950
Title:  PRR 9700, BF-15A, 1950
Description:  Here is a builder's photo of (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9700 and three more "BF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9700 was built in April of 1950 and retired in February of 1965 after just 15 years of service.
Photo Date:  4/16/1950  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:05:31 PM
Location:  Eddystone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 9700(DR4-4-15)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
PRR 9700, BF-15A, c. 1950
Title:  PRR 9700, BF-15A, c. 1950
Description:  Here is a photo by H.W. Pontin. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9700 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9700 is a BF-15A constructed in April of 1950 and retired in February of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. The name of the railroad enthusiast pictured at the left, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #10 of 15.
Photo Date:  8/15/1950  Upload Date: 5/25/2022 11:28:51 PM
Location:  Alton, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 9700(DR4-4-15)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
PRR 9700, BF-15A, 1957
Title:  PRR 9700, BF-15A, 1957
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken in Enola, Pennsylvania, on 20 October 1957. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9700 and two "Shark" B-units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9700 is a BF-15A built in April of 1950, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in February of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. ("Stoneborobranch"; #9 of 20)
Photo Date:  10/20/1957  Upload Date: 7/27/2020 7:14:20 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9700(DR4-4-15)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
PRR 9700, BF-15A, 1957
Title:  PRR 9700, BF-15A, 1957
Description:  MDiv. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken near Marysville, Pennsylvania, on 20 October 1957. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #97=0 and two "Shark" B-units whose road numbers are not recorded. #9700 is a BF-15A built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in April of 1950 and retired in February of 195 after just 15 years of revenue service. This A-B-B set has just crossed the Susquehanna River via the Rockville Bridge with a mixed-cargo freight train on its way to Altoona and points West. ("Stoneborobranch"; #45 of 56)
Photo Date:  10/20/1957  Upload Date: 9/15/2020 8:02:54 PM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  PRR 9700(DR4-4-15)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
PRR 9700, BF-15A, 1964
Title:  PRR 9700, BF-15A, 1964
Description:  8th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 January 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9700, #2014-B, #9700-B, and #2012. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9700 is a BF-15A built in 1950 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #2014-B is BF-16 built in 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. #9700-B is a BF-15A built in 1950 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #2012 is BF-16 built in 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. They are about to pass under the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata with a 100-car coal train destined for Enola and points East. Visible in the immediate background are at least eight cabin cars and PRR engine #7923, an ES-12 built by EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. Several ALCo road switchers are on the move and will soon pass the Juniata E&M Shop on the far right.
Photo Date:  1/12/1964  Upload Date: 9/13/2016 11:55:02 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9700(DR4-4-15) PRR 2014-B(RF-16A) PRR 9700-B(DR4-4-15) PRR 2012(RF-16A) PRR 7923(SW1200)
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PRR 9700
Title:  PRR 9700
Description:  Phqto by Al Chione
Photo Date:  6/5/1964  Upload Date: 6/5/2009 2:06:37 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9700(DR4-4-15)
Views:  2294   Comments: 0
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 6, 2006
Title:  "Horseshoe Curve," Page 6, 2006
Description:  Here is a photo by Gary R. Zuters. It was included in a 24-page booklet entitled "World Famous Horseshoe Curve" that was published in 2006 by The Railroad Press, page 6. Partial Caption: "The Baldwin Locomotive Works of Eddystone, Pennsylvania, called them RF-15's, but the rest of the world called them 'Sharknoses' for obvious reasons. Here, a perfectly matched set of A-B-A sharks led by class unit #9700 is thundering uphill with a freight in April 1959." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9700 and two more "BF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by Baldwin. #9700 is a BF-15A built in April of 1950, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in February of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  1/1/2006  Upload Date: 12/15/2017 4:13:55 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 9700(DR4-4-15)
Views:  590   Comments: 1


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