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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:PRR 5895 (E8A)
Serial Number:13110Order No:6181
Frame Number:6181-A10Built:3/1951
Notes:PRR Class EP-22.
Other locos with this serial:  AMTK 449(E8A) PC 4295(E8A) PRR 4295(E8A)
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PRR "Next Stop, Merger City," EP-20, 1966
Title:  PRR "Next Stop, Merger City," EP-20, 1966
Description:  Here is a postal card entitled "Next Stop, Merger City." No Postmark. The photographer is not identified. Caption On Reverse: "Pennsylvania RR EMD E7 #4244 and E8 #4295 whisk a passenger train near Chicago in August, 1966. Recently re-painted tuscan red, both units wear Penn-Central style numbers on sides, anticipating the approaching PC merger." Both locomotives were built by GM-EMD. #4244 is an EP-20 constructed in August of 1947 as number "5844" and rated at 2,000 horsepower, while #4295 is an EP-22 built in March of 1951 as number "5895" and rated at 2,250 horsepower.
Photo Date:  8/15/1966  Upload Date: 7/16/2020 6:47:01 PM
Location:  Englewood, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4244(E7A) PRR 4295(E8A)
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