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"Rush From Labrador," Page 7, 1959
Title:  "Rush From Labrador," Page 7, 1959
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "Rush From Labrador." It was published originally in the July-August 1959 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 7. Top Right Photo Caption: "Extra locomotives in the middle and rear help ore train over mountain west of Altoona." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8675 and two more units whose road are not recorded. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8675 was constructed in March of 1958. Also visible are two open hopper cars: PRR #702470, as well as Cambria & Indiana Railroad #4459. Bottom Right Photo Caption: "Giant furnaces, ore pile, and dumper form background as trains reach Weirton Steel." Prominent here is PRR engine #8949, an LS-25M built by Lima-Hamilton in August of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966.
Photo Date:  7/1/1959  Upload Date: 9/1/2022 7:55:20 AM
Location:  Weirton, WV
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 8675(RSD12) PRR 8949(LT-2500)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
"Pennsy" Magazine, July-August 1959
Title:  "Pennsy" Magazine, July-August 1959
Description:  Here is a photo from an article entitled "Rush From Labrador." It was published originally in the July-August 1959 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 15. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Extra locomotives in the middle and rear help ore train over mountain west of Altoona." Visible in the foreground is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8675, an AS-18AM built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. Also visible near the apex of the Curve is Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive #1361, a K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata during May of 1918 and retired in May of 1956.
Photo Date:  7/1/1959  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 3:07:08 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 8675(RSD12) PRR 1361(4-6-2)
Views:  1630   Comments: 0
PRR 8590, AS-16M, c. 1962
Title:  PRR 8590, AS-16M, c. 1962
Description:  Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8590 and #8676. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company. #8590 is an AS-16M constructed in December of 1955 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. #8676 is an AS-18AM built in March of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  4/15/1962  Upload Date: 12/17/2024 11:11:15 PM
Location:  Jeffersonville, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 8590(RS3) PRR 8676(RSD12)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
PRR 8676, AS-18AM, 1965
Title:  PRR 8676, AS-18AM, 1965
Description:  Derailment. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 21 May 1965. Shown here at the far left (L to R) are PRR engines #8676 and #8665. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They have just arrived to serve as "helpers" for an westbound passenger train due to arrive shortly. Visible in the center is PRR engine #8677, an AS-18AM built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. It is coupled to the "eastern" work train and steam-powered crane that are rerailing the derailed cars and locomotives of the eastbound freight train on the next track over. Visible on the right (L to R) are the two derailed locomotives, PRR engines #5631 and #8890. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company in 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower each. #5631 is an AS-10AM while #8890 is an AS-10. Visible in the background are four of the original PRR 12th Street Car Shop buildings. A small portion of 10th Avenue is visible in the immediate foreground. (#14 of 14)
Photo Date:  5/21/1965  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 6:12:26 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  PRR 8676(RSD12) PRR 8677(RSD12) PRR 8890(S4) PRR 5631(RS1)
Views:  1118   Comments: 0
PRR RSD12 #8676
Title:  PRR RSD12 #8676
Description:  PRR 8676 sits by the engine house at the Camden yard along with PRR 8603. No photograpaher listed for this photo.
Photo Date:  3/1/1966  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 8:23:40 AM
Location:  Camden, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 8676(RSD12) PRR 8603(RS3)
Views:  708   Comments: 1
PRR 8677, AS-18AM, 1965
Title:  PRR 8677, AS-18AM, 1965
Description:  Derailment. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 21 May 1965. Shown here on the left is PRR engine #8677, an AS-18AM built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. It is coupled to the "eastern" work train and steam-powered crane that are rerailing the derailed cars and locomotives of the eastbound freight train on the next track over. Visible in the center (L to R) are the two derailed locomotives, PRR engines #5631 and #8890. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company in 1950 and rated at 1,000 horsepower each. #5631 is an AS-10AM while #8890 is an AS-10. At this point in the clean-up process, they remain coupled to a single box car: CGW 9166. Visible in the background are two of the original PRR 12th Street Car Shop buildings. A portion of 10th Avenue is visible in the immediate foreground. (#10 of 14)
Photo Date:  5/21/1965  Upload Date: 10/20/2016 5:19:12 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Wreck
Locomotives:  PRR 8677(RSD12) PRR 5631(RS1) PRR 8890(S4)
Views:  1690   Comments: 0
PRR Westbound Pushers, #3 of 3, 1959
Title:  PRR Westbound Pushers, #3 of 3, 1959
Description:  AHC. Here is the third of three successive photos that I took at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in the Summer of 1959. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8678 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8678 was constructed in April of 1958. They are pushing a merchandise freight train ~ headed by five EMD EFS-17M's ~ up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they will uncouple and return down the Alleghenies to East Altoona for yet another run up the Mountains and back.
Photo Date:  8/15/1959  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 2:00:20 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 8678(RSD12)
Views:  805   Comments: 0
PRR 8679, AS-18AM, 1965
Title:  PRR 8679, AS-18AM, 1965
Description:  Malinowski. Here is duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Robert R. Malinoski that was taken just West of the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 5 June 1965. Shown here are eight diesel-electric locomotives climbing the East Slope of the Allegheny Mountains with a Pennsylvania Railroad mail and express train bound for Pittsburgh and points West. In the lead are helper engines #8679, #8665, and three more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8679 was constructed in April of 1958, while #8665 was built in February of the same year. Behind them are three unidentified units of the "EP" Class built by GM-EMD. It must have been an exceedingly-heavy train! ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:  6/5/1965  Upload Date: 5/27/2021 8:29:40 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 8679(RSD12)
Views:  273   Comments: 0


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