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"Pennsy" Magazine, May 1957 |
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Here is a photo from an article entitled "Review And Preview: 1956-1957." It was published originally in the May 1957 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 1. The photographer is not identified. Partial Caption: "The first two of this trio of EFS-17M's, hauling mixed freight into Enola, are among 83 diesel-electric units put into service by the PRR during 1956." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7085, #7050, and another GP-9 whose number is not recorded. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7085 and #7050 were both built in 1956: the former in November, the latter in October. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1957 Upload Date: 3/22/2017 5:48:05 PM |
| Location: |
Summerdale, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 7085(GP9) PRR 7050(GP9) |
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PRR 7050, EFS-17M, c. 1957 |
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Here is the sixth of eight original photos by an unidentified photographer that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1957. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7050, #7113, and another "Geep" whose road number is not recorded. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7050 was constructed in October of 1956, while #7113 was built in May of 1957. They're pushing a mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona. Also visible is PRR & Railway Express N-5 cabin car #5001. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1957 Upload Date: 9/3/2018 12:54:38 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 7050(GP9) PRR 7113(GP9) |
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1108 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 7050, EFS-17M, c. 1957 |
| Description: |
Here is the seventh of eight original photos by an unidentified photographer that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1957. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7050, #7113, and another "Geep" whose road number is not recorded. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7050 was constructed in October of 1956, while #7113 was built in May of 1957. They're pushing a mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona. Also visible is PRR & Railway Express N-5 cabin car #5001. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1957 Upload Date: 9/3/2018 12:56:59 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 7050(GP9) PRR 7113(GP9) |
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866 Comments: 0 |
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Tyrone's WW I Memorial, 1965 |
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Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on Memorial Day in 1965. Prominent here is Tyrone's World War I Memorial. Passing behind it is a 70-car mixed-cargo freight train heading up the Bald Eagle Branch. Pulling it (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7050, #9768-B, and #7176. All were built by GM-EMD. #7050 and #7176 are EFS-17M's rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7050 was built in October of 1956 but #7176 was built exactly one year later. #9768-B is an EF-15A built in January of 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. The cabin car is PRR #477810. Photo taken from the Pedestrian Overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1965 Upload Date: 8/6/2016 11:24:38 AM |
| Location: |
Tyrone, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 7050(GP9) PRR 9768-B(F7A) PRR 7176(GP9) |
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664 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 9808, EF-15A, 1965 |
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Rainy. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 October 1965. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9808 and #7050. Both were built by GM-EMD. #9808 is an EF-15A built in April of 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7050 is an EFS-17M built in October of 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They're passing directly in front of the Passenger Station with a 110-car train of empty hopper cars on its way up the East Slope of the Allegheny Mountains to the coal mines of Western Pennsylvania. Partially visible in the background is the wrought-iron 12th Street Footbridge. (#12 of 21) |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1965 Upload Date: 9/6/2016 9:50:50 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9808(F7A) PRR 7050(GP9) |
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1014 Comments: 0 |
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