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Title:
PRR Lancaster Excursion, #9 of 10, 1965
Description:
Excursion. Here is an original photo that I took at the Passenger Station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, around four-thirty on 17 October 1965. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5898 and three more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5898 was constructed in March of 1951. They've paused at the Station with the "Horseshoe Curve Excursion" ~ sponsored by the Lancaster Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society ~ for a crew change before returning to Lancaster. Partially visible in the background are some of the PRR's 12th Street Car Shops; a small portion of the cast-iron 12th Street Footbridge is visible at the right. (#9 of 10)
Photo Date:
10/17/1965
Upload Date:
9/3/2016 8:06:47 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5898(E8A)
Views:
891
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Lancaster Excursion, #10 of 10, 1965
Description:
Excursion. Here is an original photo that I took at the Passenger Station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, around four-thirty on 17 October 1965. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5898 and three more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5898 was constructed in March of 1951. They're just departing the Station with the "Horseshoe Curve Excursion" ~ sponsored by the Lancaster Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society ~ after a crew change and are now returning to Lancaster after a very full day of railfanning. As of 4 July 2016, or 51 years later, engine #5898 ~ aged 65 ~ is still in active excursion service with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, & Southern Railway at Jackson, Missouri! (#10 of 10)
Photo Date:
10/17/1965
Upload Date:
9/3/2016 8:08:29 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5898(E8A)
Views:
734
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5898, EP-22, 1962
Description:
Excursion. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Frankstown, Pennsylvania, on 17 October 1965. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5898 and three more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5898 was constructed in March of 1951. In this context, they're pulling the "Horseshoe Curve Excursion" ~ sponsored by the Lancaster Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society ~ through the PRR's Reclamation Plant before stopping at the Samuel Rea Shop for the guided tours. ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:
10/17/1965
Upload Date:
4/6/2025 4:43:18 AM
Location:
Frankstown, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5898(E8A)
Views:
172
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Altoona Shops," Page 46, 1996
Description:
Here is page 29 of a 43-page article by James J.D. Lynch, Jr., entitled "Overview Of The History And Development Of The Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Shops." It was published originally in the Autumn 1996 issue of "The Keystone" magazine, page 46. Bottom Photo: Shown here are PRR engines #5898 and three other "E" units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #5898 is an EP-22 built in 1951 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. Middle Photo: Shown here are PRR engines #8610 and another unit whose number is not recorded. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company. #8610 is an APS-24MS built in 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. These units are actually the rear-end "pushers" for the mail-express train pictured in the bottom photo.
Photo Date:
9/22/1996
Upload Date:
11/18/2017 3:19:22 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 8610(RSD7)
PRR 5898(E8A)
Views:
1009
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5899, EP-22, 1956
Description:
TRB. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken just West of Marysville, Pennsylvania, on 1 January 1956. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5899 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5899 was constructed in March of 1951. They're pulling a westbound mail and express train that's just crossed the Rockville Bridge, partially visible in the distance.
Photo Date:
1/1/1956
Upload Date:
10/25/2019 1:34:04 AM
Location:
Marysville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5899(E8A)
Views:
603
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 5899, EP-22, 1962
Description:
New Portage. Here is an original photo that I took at the Muleshoe Curve on the New Portage Branch Line near Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 8 April 1962. Shown here is the "Railfan Special to the Horseshoe Curve" ~ sponsored by the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society ~ as it rounds the heart of the Muleshoe Curve. In the lead is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5899, an EP-22 built by GM-EMD in March of 1951 and rated at 2,250 horsepower.
Photo Date:
4/8/1962
Upload Date:
9/28/2017 4:21:07 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5899(E8A)
Views:
1038
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5899, EP-22, 1967
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Richmond, Indiana, in the Summer of 1967. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5899 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5899 was constructed in March of 1951. The name of the Hostler pictured here is not recorded. Raymond C. Laws Collection.
Photo Date:
8/15/1967
Upload Date:
3/9/2019 3:57:46 PM
Location:
Richmond, IN
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 5899(E8A)
Views:
514
Comments:
0
Title:
Horseshoe Curve Commemorations, #3 of 9, 1957
Description:
Here is the third of nine photos that were published originally in David W. Seidel's 2008 book entitled "Images Of Rail: Horseshoe Curve," page 60. Partial Caption: "The E-8 locomotive No. 5899 leads sister units at Horseshoe Curve for the excursion special bringing visitors to the dedication of K-4s steam locomotive No. 1361 on June 8, 1957." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5899 and two more E-8's whose numbers are not recorded. All are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5899 was built in March of 1951.
Photo Date:
1/1/2008
Upload Date:
8/16/2018 1:46:44 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5899(E8A)
Views:
564
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5902, EP-22, 1965
Description:
Bellwood. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Pinecroft ~ just west of Bellwood, Pennsylvania ~ on 26 June 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #5902, #5857, and #5859. All were built by EMD. #5902 is an EP-22 built in 1951 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #5857 and #5859 are EP-20's built in 1948 and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. They are pulling a 12-car westbound passenger train to Altoona and Pittsburgh. The time is 1:58 P.M. Photo taken at the Riggle's Gap Bridge.
Photo Date:
6/26/1965
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 2:04:46 AM
Location:
Pinecroft, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5902(E8A)
PRR 5857(E7A)
PRR 5859(E7A)
Views:
1072
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5903, EP-22, c. 1952
Description:
Altoona Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Passenger Station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1952. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5903 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5903 was constructed in March of 1951. They're about to pass under the 12th Street Footbridge with a westbound passenger train and will soon stop to change crews, as well as to discharge and board passengers. The gray-colored building pictured in the center is the Railway Express Office; the two-story red-brick building to its left is the PRR's Freight Station. The silver-colored structure in the distance is the 7th Street Bridge; to its right is the 9th Street Footbridge.
Photo Date:
1/23/1952
Upload Date:
1/14/2022 8:45:33 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Winter,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5903(E8A)
Views:
582
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5903, EP-22, 1958
Description:
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by Bob Lorenz that was taken near York, Pennsylvania, on 5 May 1958. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5903 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5903 was constructed in March of 1951. This train is stopped while one of the Crewmen inspects something underneath the second unit. ("Tchowee"; #26 of 27)
Photo Date:
5/5/1958
Upload Date:
5/10/2020 9:54:29 PM
Location:
York, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5903(E8A)
Views:
608
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5903, EP-22, 1965
Description:
TRB. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Rockville Bridge in Rockville, Pennsylvania, on 20 February 1965. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5903 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5903 was constructed in March of 1951. They've just crossed the Bridge with Train #12 and will shortly arrive at the Passenger Station in Harrisburg. Note the headlight of another eastbound train crossing the Bridge.
Photo Date:
2/20/1965
Upload Date:
5/5/2025 12:23:51 AM
Location:
Rockville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5903(E8A)
Views:
77
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5905, EP-22, c. 1955
Description:
Portraits 1. Here is diesel locomotive portrait of (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5905 and another unit whose number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5905 was built in March of 1951. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded. (#19 of 20)
Photo Date:
5/5/1955
Upload Date:
1/6/2025 1:36:41 PM
Location:
Columbus, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 5905(E8A)
Views:
215
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5905, EP-22, c. 1957
Description:
Lorenz. Here is a photo via Bob Lorenz that was taken near Burgoon, Ohio, c. 1957. Photo Caption: "Red Arrow." Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5905 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5905 was constructed in April of 1951. (Preas; #7 of 7)
Photo Date:
8/15/1957
Upload Date:
4/6/2023 11:26:32 PM
Location:
Burgoon, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5905(E8A)
Views:
381
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 5905, EP-22, c. 1965
Description:
Kern. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred R. Kern that was taken near Duncannon, Pennsylvania, c. 1965. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5905 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5905 is an EP-22 constructed in April of 1951. This A-A set is heading West to Altoona with a mail & express train. Partially visible at the left is the Susquehanna River. ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
6/1/2025 12:13:29 AM
Location:
Duncannon, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 5905(E8A)
Views:
61
Comments:
0
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