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PRR 2230, EF-22, 1964 |
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17th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 25 April 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2230, #7044, #2208, and #2219. All were built by EMD. #2230, #2208, and #2219 are EF-22's built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #7044 is an EFS-17M built in 1955 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are passing under the 17th Street Bridge with a 48-car merchandise freight on their way up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. The caboose is number #477714. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/1964 Upload Date: 9/17/2016 4:53:40 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2230(GP30) PRR 7044(GP9) PRR 2219(GP30) PRR 2208(GP30) |
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PRR 2225, EF-22, 1964 |
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24th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2225, #2230, and #2309. All were built by EMD. #2225 and #2230 are EF-22's built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #2309 is an EF-25 built in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They will soon pass under the 24th Street Bridge with a 98-car iron-ore train on their way up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Bringing-up the rear are five ALCo "pushers" (namely, #8673, #8664, #8676, #8661, and #8669) plus N-8 caboose #478124. |
| Photo Date: |
11/29/1964 Upload Date: 10/10/2016 4:13:41 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2225(GP30) PRR 2309(GP35) PRR 2230(GP30) |
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711 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 2230, EF-22, 1965 |
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17th 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 engines #2230, #2228 , and #7074. All were built by EMD. #2230 and #2228 are EF-22's built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #7074 is an EFS-17M built in 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pullin' a smokin' coal train past ALTO Tower on their way to the Altoona Yards. This photo taken from the pedestrian stairway connecting 10th Avenue with the 17th Street Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1965 Upload Date: 9/17/2016 2:04:38 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Signal,Track |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2230(GP30) PRR 2228(GP30) PRR 7074(GP9) |
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825 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 9770, EF-15A, c. 1967 |
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Mann. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Cove, Pennsylvania, c. 1967. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9770, #2230, and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #9770 is an EF-15A constructed in January of 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #2230 is an EF-22 built in April of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. In this context, they're rockin' 'n' rollin' toward the Enola Yards with a mixed-cargo freight train. (Gift from Brad Mann.) |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1967 Upload Date: 8/11/2021 12:04:29 AM |
| Location: |
Cove, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 9770(F7A) PRR 2230(GP30) |
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