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PRR 5708, EP-22, 1961 |
| Description: |
Horseshoe Curve-1961. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 17 August 1961. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #5708, #5707, and #5709. All three locomotives are EP-22's built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling an eastbound mail/express train around the Horseshoe Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/1961 Upload Date: 7/8/2016 1:35:45 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) PRR 5707(E8A) PRR 5709(E8A) |
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653 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 5707, EP-22, 1966 |
| Description: |
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Jeffersonville, Indiana, on 7 May 1966. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5707, an EP-22 built by GM-EMD in October of 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. ("Tchowee"; #18 of 29) |
| Photo Date: |
5/7/1966 Upload Date: 5/9/2020 10:16:56 AM |
| Location: |
Jeffersonville, IN |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5707(E8A) |
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278 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5707, EP-22, 1966 |
| Description: |
Mid-Mountain. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train West of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-June of 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engine #5707 and four other "E" units whose numbers were not recorded. All were built by EMD. #5707 is an EP-22 built in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are pulling an eastbound mail/express train down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. Wave to the engineer! |
| Photo Date: |
6/21/1966 Upload Date: 8/26/2016 1:46:18 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5707(E8A) |
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500 Comments: 1 |
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