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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:PRR 5894 (E8A)
Serial Number:13109Order No:6181
Frame Number:6181-A9Built:3/1951
Notes:PRR Class EP-22.
Other locos with this serial:  PC 4294(E8A) PRR 5894(E8A)
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PRR 5764, EP-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 5764, EP-22, 1965
Description:  Sunday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 02 May 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #5764, #5704, and #5894. All are EP-22's built by EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5764 and #5704 were built in 1952, but #5894 was built in 1951. They are passing ALTO Tower with an 18-car eastbound passenger train and will soon stop at the Altoona Passenger Station.
Photo Date:  5/2/1965  Upload Date: 9/1/2016 1:24:15 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5764(E8A) PRR 5894(E8A)
Views:  845   Comments: 1
PRR 5894 Leaving St Louis, MO
Title:  PRR 5894 Leaving St Louis, MO
Description:  Beautiful color slide of the Spirit of St Louis headed up by PRR 5894 leaving Union Station in St Louis, MO. Built by EMD in March of 1951, it survived into the Penn Central era as 4294 and then Amurak as #301. Trailing immediately behind is PRR E7B #5860. Definiitely a variety of passenger cars in the background around the station. Photographer's initials may be MH(RW), maybe not.
Photo Date:  10/3/1965  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 9:45:38 AM
Location:  St Louis, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5894(E8A) PRR 5860B(E7B) PRR 5894(E8A) PRR 5860-B(E7B)
Views:  784   Comments: 1
PRR "Spirit of St. Louis," 1965
Title:  PRR "Spirit of St. Louis," 1965
Description:  Here is a postal card entitled "Spirit of St. Louis." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "Pennsylvania Railroad train No. 31, 'Spirit of St. Louis,' backs into Union Station of its namesake city after the run from New York City. Locomotives on this day, October 9, 1965, are an E-8, an E-7B, and an E-7." Photo by David Shay. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #5894, #5858-B, and another unit whose number is not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #5894 is an EP-22 built in March of 1951 and rated at 2,250 horsepower, while #5858-B is an EP-20 built in february of 1948 and rated at 2,000 horsepower.
Photo Date:  10/9/1965  Upload Date: 9/11/2018 2:58:25 AM
Location:  St Louis, MO
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5894(E8A) PRR 5858-B(E7B)
Views:  917   Comments: 1


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