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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:FM H-16-44Built As:PRR 8811 (H-16-44)
Serial Number:16L583Order No:
Frame Number: Built:5/1952
Notes:PRR Class FS-16M.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 8811(H-16-44)
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"Keep Hoppers Moving," Page 2, 1956
Title:  "Keep Hoppers Moving," Page 2, 1956
Description:  Here is page two of a three-page article entitled "Urgent Job For PRR Men: 'Keep Hoppers Moving.'" It was published originally in the May 1956 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 2. Bottom Photo Caption: "Local freight crew out of Cresson, Pa., keeps hoppers moving promptly to and from coal mines: J.H. Bender, R.A. Miller, I.S. Hartman, plus A.M. and R.J. Eckenrode." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8811, an FS-16M built by Fairbanks-Morse in April of 1952, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in September of 1967 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  5/1/1956  Upload Date: 4/20/2022 8:11:39 AM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 8811(H-16-44)
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