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PRR 2411, AF-25, 1965
Title:  PRR 2411, AF-25, 1965
Description:  Winter. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 03 January 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2411 and #2415. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 2,400 horsepower each. #2411 is an AF-24 built in 1962. #2415 is an AF-24A built in 1963. They are about to pass under the 7th Street Bridge with an 81-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight train and caboose #477937. A portion of 9th Avenue is visible in the background.
Photo Date:  1/3/1965  Upload Date: 9/10/2016 3:44:20 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 2411(RS27) PRR 2415(C424)
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PRR 2415, AF-24A, 1967
Title:  PRR 2415, AF-24A, 1967
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Enola, Pennsylvania on 9 November 1967. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2415, an AF-24A built by the American Locomotive Company in September of 1963 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. This locomotive was built from Alco RS27 demonstrator #640-1 and was the only C424 on the PRR. ("Stoneborobranch"; #3 of 20)
Photo Date:  11/9/1967  Upload Date: 7/22/2020 2:06:00 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 2415(C424)
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Sperry Rail Service #132, c. 1970
Title:  Sperry Rail Service #132, c. 1970
Description:  SRS. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #132, a "Doodlebug" built by the St. Louis Car Company during April of 1925 and acquired by SRS in 1943. Partially visible at the right is Reading Railroad engine #5205, a C424 built by the American Locomotive Company in November of 1963 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  1/23/1970  Upload Date: 12/3/2021 9:22:03 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRS 132(Doodlebug) RDG 5205(C424)
Views:  173   Comments: 0


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