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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD GP9Built As:PRR 7140 (GP9)
Serial Number:23340Order No:5541
Frame Number:5541-36Built:6/1957
Notes:PRR Class EFS-17M.
Other locos with this serial:  CR 7140(GP9) PRR 7140(GP9)
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PRR 7140, EFS-17M, 1975
Title:  PRR 7140, EFS-17M, 1975
Description:  7th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during August of 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engile #7140 and two other units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by EMD. #7140 is an EFS-17M built in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They have pulled'a mixed-cargo freight train to a point midway between the 7th Street Bridge (not shown) and the 4th Street Bridge (visible in the distance). They have stopped, and await orders to proceed up#the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 9/30/2016 3:58:03 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 7140(GP9)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
PRR 5706, EP-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 5706, EP-22, 1965
Description:  7th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, dtring August of 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engine #5706 and two other units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by EMD. #5706 is an EP-22 built in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are about to pass under the 7th Street Bridge with a long passenger train, and will soon stop at the Altoona Station on their way to Pittsburgh and points West. In the background, a mixed-cargo freight train headed by PRR engine #7140 waits patiently for orders to proceed.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 9/30/2016 4:05:47 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Signal,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 7140(GP9)
Views:  989   Comments: 3
PRR 7140, EFS-17M, 1965
Title:  PRR 7140, EFS-17M, 1965
Description:  7th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during August of 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engine #7140 and two other units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by EMD. #7140 is an EFS-17M built in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They have pulled a westbound mixed-cargo freight train to a point midway between the 7th Street Bridge (not shown) and the 4th Street Bridge (visible in the distance). They have stopped, and await orders to proceed up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Also visible (L to R) are some of what used to be the PRR's Passenger Car Shop buildings (now owned by Lithcote, a tank car company), the steel water tower (the last vestige of the Age of Steam in this photo), as well as the new 4th Street Bridge and the PRR's Altoona Yards beyond it.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 9/30/2016 4:09:52 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 7140(GP9)
Views:  223   Comments: 1
PRR 7140, EFS-17M, 1966
Title:  PRR 7140, EFS-17M, 1966
Description:  Mid-Mountain. Here is an original telephoto view that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train West of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-June of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engine #7140 and another unit whose number was not recorded. Both were built by EMD. #7140 is an EFS-17M built in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pulling a westbound train of empty hopper cars up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  6/21/1966  Upload Date: 8/26/2016 12:52:53 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 7140(GP9)
Views:  410   Comments: 1


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