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Pictures of PRR 8669
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
Alco RSD12
Built As:
PRR 8669 (RSD12)
Serial Number:
82071
Order No:
21083
Frame Number:
prime mover # 14529
Built:
3/1958
Notes:
PRR Class AS-18AM.
Other locos with this serial:
NS 974(MT6)
NS 858(MT6)
CR 1107(MT6)
NS 1104(MT6)
PC 6869(RSD12)
PRR 8669(RSD12)
CR 6869(RSD12)
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Title:
PRR 8673, AS-18AM, 1959
Description:
Volkmer. Here is an image of a photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 23 March 1959. Shown here passing under the 24th Street Bridge (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8673, #8666, and #8669. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8666 was constructed in February, while #8669 and #8673 were built in March. They're on their way back to East Altoona after completing another helper/pusher run up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and back. The large structure in the right distance is the Jaffa Temple. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
3/23/1959
Upload Date:
7/18/2022 4:24:20 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
PRR 8673(RSD12)
PRR 8666(RSD12)
PRR 8669(RSD12)
Views:
1084
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5881, EP-20, 1959
Description:
Horseshoe Curve-1959. Here is an original photo that I took at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 3 September 1959. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #5881 and #8669. #5881 is an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. #8669 is an AS-18AM built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. Together, they're pulling a passenger train around the Curve up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where #8669 will be uncoupled and returned to Altoona for further assignment.
Photo Date:
9/3/1959
Upload Date:
7/7/2016 12:42:53 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5881(E7A)
PRR 8669(RSD12)
Views:
1373
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8669, AS-18AM, #1 of 4, 1961
Description:
Everyday. Here is the first of four successive original photos that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8669 and #8672. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. Originating in East Altoona, they have travelled to the Wye Switches in Duncansville and are now backing into the Hollidaysburg Yards ~ where they'll pick-up a train of new hopper cars (produced by the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop) and pull them up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. Also visible are the PRR's Freight Station at the left and Hollidaysburg's historic "Chimney Rocks" on the horizon. Photo taken near the intersection of Blair and South Juniata!Streets. ("Red Shift" slide converted to Black & White.)
Photo Date:
8/9/1961
Upload Date:
9/29/2016 3:53:04 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8669(RSD12)
PRR 8672(RSD12)
Views:
1381
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8669, AS-18AM, #2 of 4, 1961
Description:
Everyday. Here is the second of four successive original photos that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8669 and #8672. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They're pulling a train of new hopper cars (produced by the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop) across the Jackson Street Crossing on their up the New Portage Branch line to Gallitzin and points West. Photo taken from the Fireman's window of PRR engine #9790, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD that's on static display as part of Hollidaysburg's 125th Anniversary Celebration. A portion of Broad Street is also visible at the left, along with the automobile belonging to the PRR Policeman who was guarding the one-engine-and-four-cat display train. ("Red Shift" slide converted to Black & White.)
Photo Date:
8/9/1961
Upload Date:
9/29/2016 3:54:51 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
InCab
Locomotives:
PRR 8669(RSD12)
PRR 8672(RSD12)
PRR 9790(F7A)
Views:
1479
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8669, AS-18AM, #3 of 4, 1961
Description:
Everyday. Here is the third of four successive original photos that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. Shown here are some new Pennsylvania Railroad hopper cars (produced by the Samuel Rea Shop) being pulled by PRR engines #8669 and #8672 up the New Portage Branch line to Gallitzin and points West. The Allegheny Mountains that they'll surmount are visible in the distance. Also visible (L to R) are two gondolas parked next to Sender's Junk Yard and the second PRR track from Hollidaysburg to the Wye Switches in Duncansville; these two tracks occupy the original right-of-way for the Allegheny Portage Railroad. Photo taken from the PRR cabin car on static display as part of Hollidaysburg's 125th Anniversary Celebration. ("Red Shift" slide converted to Black & White.)
Photo Date:
8/9/1961
Upload Date:
9/29/2016 3:56:01 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8669(RSD12)
Views:
1003
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8669, AS-18AM, #4 of 4, 1961
Description:
Everyday. Here is the fourth of four successive original photos that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. Shown here are the unidentified Pennsylvania Railroad N-5C cabin car and some of the new hopper cars (produced by the Samuel Rea Shop) being pulled by PRR engines #8669 and #8672 up the New Portage Branch line to Gallitzin and points West. A small portion of Broad Street is visible at the right. Photo taken from the PRR cabin car on static display as part of Hollidaysburg's 125th Anniversary Celebration. ("Red Shift" slide converted to Black & White.) [Revised: 26 September 2025!]
Photo Date:
8/9/1961
Upload Date:
9/29/2016 3:57:07 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8669(RSD12)
Views:
937
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8657, AS-18AM, #1 of 2, 1963
Description:
Altoona. Here is the first of two successive photos by an unidentified photographer that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1963. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8657 and #8669. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8657 was built in December of 1957, while #8669 was built in March of 1958. In this context, they're serving as tail end pushers on a manifest freight train that's rounding the Curve on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for further assignment. Wave to the Train Crews! Brad Mann Collection.
Photo Date:
8/15/1963
Upload Date:
8/6/2025 11:39:55 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 8657(RSD12)
PRR 8669(RSD12)
Views:
318
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8657, AS-18AM, #2 of 2, 1963
Description:
Altoona. Here is the second of two successive photos by an unidentified photographer that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1963. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8657 and #8669. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8657 was built in December of 1957, while #8669 was built in March of 1958. In this context, they're serving as tail end pushers on a manifest freight train that's rounding the Curve on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for further assignment. Brad Mann Collection.
Photo Date:
8/15/1963
Upload Date:
8/6/2025 11:40:21 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 8657(RSD12)
PRR 8669(RSD12)
Views:
325
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8669, AS-18AM, 1963
Description:
PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took after riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 8 September 1963. Shown here (F to R) are PRR engines #8669 and #8671. Both are AS-18AM road switchers built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They're pulling a 94-car mixed-cargo freight train past the Altoona Passenger Station on its way to Enola and points East. Also visible at the right are the last three cars of my passenger train as it departs for Harrisburg. Discernable in the hazy distance is the 17th Street Bridge. Photo taken from the 12th Street Footbridge.
Photo Date:
9/8/1963
Upload Date:
9/9/2016 4:30:02 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 8669(RSD12)
PRR 8671(RSD12)
Views:
1349
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8669, AS-18AM, c. 1963
Description:
Altoona Action. Here is the second of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides via Al Chione that were taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1963. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8669, #8668, and #8679. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8669 was constructed in March of 1958, #8668 in February of 1958, and #8679 in April of 1958. They're serving as tail-end pushers for a mixed-cargo freight train that's heading up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for yet another helper-pusher run up "The Mountain." Note the "Through Service" cabin car with the yellow cupola.
Photo Date:
9/22/1963
Upload Date:
12/31/2023 6:56:20 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 8669(RSD12)
PRR 8668(RSD12)
PRR 8679(RSD12)
Views:
937
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8673, AS-18AM, 1964
Description:
24th Street. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1964. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8673, #8664, #8676, #8661, and #8669. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8673, #8676, and#8669 were built in March of 1958, while #8664 and #8661 were built in January of 1958. They're serving as tail end pushers on a 98-car iron-ore train (headed by engine #2225) on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for further assignment. Note that N-8 cabin car #478124 is coupled behind the last locomotive. The homes in the background line one side of Altoona'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:
RollingStock,Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 8673(RSD12)
PRR 8664(RSD12)
PRR 8676(RSD12)
PRR 8661(RSD12)
PRR 8669(RSD12)
Views:
1834
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR East Altoona Ready Tracks, 1965
Description:
17th Street. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 14 February 1965. Shown here are the Pennsylvania Railroad's Locomotive Ready Tracks near Juniata's 17th Street Bridge. Several makes and models are represented. Of the six locomotives visible here, the following are identifiable by road number. Starting from the bottom are PRR engines #8958, #8966, #8669, and #8672. #8958 is a BS-24M built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in October of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966. #8966 is a BS-16M built by BLH in May of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. #8669 and #8672 are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each.
Photo Date:
2/14/1965
Upload Date:
9/13/2016 5:06:12 PM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8958(RT-624)
PRR 8966(AS616)
PRR 8669(RSD12)
PRR 8672(RSD12)
Views:
2289
Comments:
0
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