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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD F3ABuilt As:PRR 9688 (F3A)
Serial Number:7578Order No:E1080
Frame Number:E1080-A5Built:2/1949
Notes:PRR Class EH-15.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9688(F3A)
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PRR 9688, EH-15, 1950
Title:  PRR 9688, EH-15, 1950
Description:  FM. Here is a duplicate 35mm B&W slide of a photo by Fred McLeod that was taken near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: "3-unit Electro-Motive pusher on upgrade as viewed two miles aboue the Horseshoe. Fall, 1950." Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9688 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EH-15's built/by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9688 was constructed as an EH-15 in February of 1949, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in Novem`er of 1964 after just 15 years of service. In this context, they're serving as tail-end pushers on a westbound freight train ~ but once through one of the Gallitzin tuonels, they'll be uncoupled and returned to Altoona for yet another helper/pusher run up "The Mountain." This photo comes from a slide set entitled "Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania#Railroad" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (22-34). (Photo taken 21 October 1950)
Photo Date:  10/21/1950  Upload Date: 8/17/2021 8:27:05 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 9688(F3A)
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