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PRR 8661, AS-18AM, 1960 |
| Description: |
Sweetland. Here is duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, in October of 1960. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8661, #5841, and two more E-7's whose numbers are not recorded. #8661 is an AS-18AM built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. #5841 is an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in August of 1947 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. They are pulling a passenger train up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve, and are about to pass through one of the tunnels at Gallitzin on their way to Pittsburgh and points West. Visible in the foreground is the westbound connecting track to the New Portage Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1960 Upload Date: 12/18/2018 10:26:05 AM |
| Location: |
Gallitzin, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Tunnel,Signal,Passenger,Track |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8661(RSD12) PRR 5841(E7A) |
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| Title: |
PRR 8655, AS-18AM, 1961 |
| Description: |
4th Street. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in January of 1961. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8655, #8676, and #8661. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8655 was built in December of 1957, #8676 in March of 1958, and #8661 in January of 1958. In this context, they're serving as tail end pushers on a mixed-cargo freight train that's passing under the 4th Street Footbridge on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for further assignment. Visible on the left are numerous passenger cars marshalled for reconditioning in the PRR's Passenger Car Shops behind them. ("Red Shift" slide converted to Black & White.) |
| Photo Date: |
1/22/1961 Upload Date: 9/28/2016 3:10:29 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Winter,Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8655(RSD12) PRR 8676(RSD12) PRR 8661(RSD12) |
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1611 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8666, AS-18AM, 1962 |
| Description: |
Oil Power. Here is an original photo that I took near Cresson, Pennsylvania, during April of 1962. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8666 and #8661. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pulling a string of loaded hopper cars toward Cresson, where they will merge with the mainline and proceed down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to the Eastbound Receiving Yards in Altoona. Photo taken from a moving automobile at a place where the Irvona Branch parallels US Route 22 (Admiral Peary Highway), just West of Cresson. |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/1962 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 4:30:12 AM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8666(RSD12) PRR 8661(RSD12) |
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| Title: |
PRR 8661, AS-18AM, 1964 |
| Description: |
12th Street. Here is an original photo that I took at the Passenger Station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 28 July 1964. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8661, #8657, #8667, #9690, and #9776. #8661, #8657, and # 8667 are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8661 was built in January of 1958, #8657 was built in December of 1957, and #8667 was built in February of 1958. #9690 and #9776 were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9690 is an EF-15A built as an EH-15 in April of 1949, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in October of 1967. #9776 is an EF-15A built in January of 1951 and retired in September of 1964. In this context, they're pulling a 59-car iron-ore train under the 12th Street Footbridge on its way up to Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and the steel mills of Western Pennsylvania. The cabin car is #477806. |
| Photo Date: |
7/28/1964 Upload Date: 8/11/2016 5:06:48 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8661(RSD12) PRR 8657(RSD12) PRR 8667(RSD12) PRR 9690(F7A) PRR 9776(F7A) |
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| Title: |
PRR 8673, AS-18AM, 1964 |
| Description: |
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 #8673, #8664, #8676, #8661, and #8669. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pushing a 98-car iron-ore train (headed by engine #2225) up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin, where they will uncouple and head back down the Alleghenies to East Altoona for yet another run up the Mountains. At the very end is N-8 caboose #478124. The homes in the background line one side of Nltoona's 10th Avenue. |
| Photo Date: |
11/29/1964 Upload Date: 10/10/2016 4:16:20 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8673(RSD12) PRR 8664(RSD12) PRR 8676(RSD12) PRR 8661(RSD12) PRR 8669(RSD12) PRR 8673(RSD12) PRR 8664(RSD12) PRR 8676(RSD12) PRR 8669(RSD12) |
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