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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
5/6/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:GE U25BBuilt As:PRR 2501 (U25B)
Serial Number:34529Order No:1345
Frame Number:Built:8/1962
Notes:PRR Class GF-25; blt 8/1962, PC & CR 2601
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 2501(U25B) CR 2601(U25B)
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PRR 2501, GF-25, 1962
Title:  PRR 2501, GF-25, 1962
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by J.A. Pinkepank that was taken in Buffalo, New York, on 19 August 1962. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2501 and #2500. Both are GF-25's built by General Electric in August of 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower each.
Photo Date:  8/19/1962  Upload Date: 3/19/2020 7:57:24 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 2501(U25B) PRR 2500(U25B)
Views:  534   Comments: 1
PRR 2229, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2229, EF-22, 1965
Description:  Sunday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 02 May 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2229, #2501, and #2529. #2229 is an EF-22 built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower. #2501 and #2529 are GF-25's built by General Electric and rated at 2,500 horsepower each; #2501 was built in 1962, but #2529 was built in 1964. They are pulling a 45-car westbund manifest freight train through the Altoona Passenger Station on their way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. The caboose is N-8 #478159. This photo taken from the 12th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  5/2/1965  Upload Date: 9/1/2016 1:26:19 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 2229(GP30) PRR 2501(U25B) PRR 2529(U25B)
Views:  649   Comments: 0
PRR 2302, EF-25, 1966
Title:  PRR 2302, EF-25, 1966
Description:  Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during early May of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2302, #2501, and at least two others whose numbers are not visible. #2302 is an EF-25 built by EMD in 1964 and rated at 2,500 HP. #2501 is a GF-25 built by General Electric in 1962 and rated at 2,500 HP. They are pulling a westbound merchandise freight under four-track Signal Bridge #2416.
Photo Date:  5/7/1966  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 12:16:59 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 2302(GP35) PRR 2501(U25B)
Views:  546   Comments: 0
PRR 2501, GF-25, 1966
Title:  PRR 2501, GF-25, 1966
Description:  Portraits 2. Here is a diesel locomotive portrait by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Chicago, Illinois, on 30 May 1966. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2501, a GF-25 built by General Electric in August of 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. Partially visible at the left is PRR engine #2437, an AF-25 constructed by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. (#1 of 30)
Photo Date:  5/30/1966  Upload Date: 4/6/2021 8:12:55 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 2501(U25B) PRR 2437(C425)
Views:  258   Comments: 0


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