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Title:
PRR 8872, ES-12, 1964
Description:
17th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 25 April 1964. Shown here is PRR engine #8872, an ES-12 built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. It is on the Hollidaysburg Branch Line and is about to merge with the mainline on its way to the Altoona Yards with a 35-car freight train, mostly cars that have just been built or rebuilt at the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop. Visible at the right is ALTO Tower.
Photo Date:
4/25/1964
Upload Date:
9/17/2016 4:51:21 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
PRR 8872(SW7)
Views:
648
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8872, ES-12, 1964
Description:
Everyday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 08 December 1964. Shown here is PRR engine #8872, an ES-12 built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. Its crew is shifting freight cars in the Hollidaysburg Yard, just East of the Jones Street Crossing. Partially visible in the distance is the western end of the PRR's Samuel Rea Car Shop.
Photo Date:
12/8/1964
Upload Date:
9/27/2016 2:45:01 PM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8872(SW7)
Views:
573
Comments:
0
Title:
PC Power Poised for Action, 1972
Description:
Everyday. Here is an original telephoto view that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, in March of 1972. Shown here (L to R) are Penn Central Railroad engines #9035, #9020, and #2436. #9035 is an SW7 built by GM-EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower; its original PRR number was "9365." #9020 is a SW1200 built by GM-EMD in November of 1957 and rated at 1,200 horsepower; its original PRR number was "7920." #2436 is a C425 built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower; its original PRR number was the same. Visible in the background (L to R) are Bald Hill and the Samuel Rea Shop; also visible on the right are two box cars marshalled for reconditioning in the Shop. Photo taken at the Jones Street crossing and entryway. (Photo by Thomas C. Ayers.)
Photo Date:
3/21/1972
Upload Date:
10/6/2016 3:47:10 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PC 9035(SW7)
PC 9020(SW1200)
PC 2436(C425)
PC 9020(SW1200)
PC 9035(SW7)
PC 2436(C425)
Views:
746
Comments:
1
Title:
PC 9035, SW7, 1972
Description:
Everyday. Here is an original photo that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, in March of 1972. Prominent here is Penn Central Railroad engine #9035, an SW7 switcher built by GM-EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower; its original PRR number was "9365." Its crew is shifting some cars in the Yard, two of which are wrecked TrailerTrain flatcars that will be delivered to the Berwind-White Railroad Car Shops. At the left is the Yardmaster's Office. "Bald Hill" dominates the distance.
Photo Date:
3/21/1972
Upload Date:
12/19/2024 7:40:03 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PC 9035(SW7)
Views:
89
Comments:
0
Title:
PC 9035, SW7, 1972
Description:
Everyday. Here is an original telephoto view that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, in March of 1972. Shown here is a closeup of Penn Central Railroad engine #9035, an SW7 built by GM-EMD for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "9635" in May of 1950, and rated at 1,200 horsepower, and renumbered "9035" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. The name of the Engineman pictured here is not recorded. Photo taken near the Yard Master's Office, at the eastern end of South Juniata Street.
Photo Date:
3/25/1972
Upload Date:
12/19/2024 7:39:31 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PC 9035(SW7)
Views:
99
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9045, ES-12, c. 1966
Description:
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9045, an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD as number "9385" in March of 1950, rated at 1,200 horsepower, and renumbered "9045" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. ("LouisFols"; #22 of 26)
Photo Date:
9/22/1966
Upload Date:
3/18/2025 8:19:41 AM
Location:
Lancaster, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9045(SW7)
Views:
86
Comments:
0
Title:
CR 9072, SW-7, 1983
Description:
Stations. Here is an original 35mm color slide by Mr. H.E. Brouse that was taken in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 18 September 1983. Shown here is Conrail engine #9072, an SW-7 switcher built by GM-EMD as Pennsylvania Railroad number "9392" in May of 1950, rated at 1,200 horsepower, and renumbered "9072" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. Prominent at the left is the former Railway Express Office.
Photo Date:
9/18/1983
Upload Date:
8/4/2019 10:18:30 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Station
Locomotives:
CR 9072(SW7)
Views:
323
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 9122, ES-12M, c. 1965
Description:
Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9122 and #9093. Both are ES-12M switchers built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,200 horsepower each. #9122 was constructed as number "8522" in March of 1953 and renumbered "9122" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. #9093 was built as number "9372" in July of 1950 and renumbered "9093" in preparation for the merger. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
9/22/1965
Upload Date:
12/12/2021 6:45:13 AM
Location:
Youngstown, OH
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9122(SW9)
PRR 9093(SW7)
Views:
423
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9359, ES-12M, 1965
Description:
Slope to Works. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 6 June 1965. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9359, an ES-12M built by GM-EMD in June of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. It's pulling a single refurbished passenger coach past WORKS Tower to the Altoona Station, where the latter will soon be coupled onto a waiting passenger train. Partially visible above them is the new girder-style 4th Street Footbridge. (#38 of 44)
Photo Date:
6/6/1965
Upload Date:
6/25/2016 5:25:05 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
PRR 9359(SW7)
Views:
586
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Logansport To Effner," Page 15, 1952
Description:
Here is page two of a three-page article entitled "Logansport To Effner." It was published originally in the September 1952 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 15. Bottom Left Photo Caption: "A yard diesel, most efficient engine for Branch work, spots a car alongside grain elevator. Corn, then soy beans are the big crops." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9360, an ES-12M switcher built by GM-EMD in June of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower.
Photo Date:
9/1/1952
Upload Date:
4/7/2022 8:17:31 AM
Location:
Effner, IN
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 9360(SW7)
Views:
220
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9368, ES-12, c. 1964
Description:
Nyman. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9368, an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. The photographer's name, the road number of the N-5 cabin car pictured here, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded.
Photo Date:
1/23/1964
Upload Date:
1/16/2025 10:27:38 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Winter
Locomotives:
PRR 9368(SW7)
Views:
111
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9369, ES-12M, c. 1950
Description:
Allen. Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Peoria, Illinois, c. 1950. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9369, an ES-12M switcher built by GM-EMD in June of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. Note the tender of an unidentified New York Cental steam locomotive in the background.
Photo Date:
8/15/1950
Upload Date:
12/22/2024 12:48:17 AM
Location:
Peoria, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9369(SW7)
Views:
108
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9374, ES-12, 1964
Description:
Everyday. Here is an original$photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 08 December 1964. Shown here is PRR engine #9374, an ES-12 built by EMD in 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. It is idling-away at the end of a busy Tuesday,)awaiting the call to work the next morning. This photo was taken near the Yard Master's office, at the very eastern end of South Juniata Street.
Photo Date:
12/8/1964
Upload Date:
8/30/2016 3:37:14 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9374(SW7)
Views:
642
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 9376, ES-12, c. 1965
Description:
Everyday. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, c. 1965. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9376, an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. In this context, it's parked at the east end of the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop, awaiting further action. "Bald Hill" dominates the distance.
Photo Date:
9/22/1965
Upload Date:
9/26/2024 6:56:01 PM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9376(SW7)
Views:
108
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9384, ES-12, c. 1963
Description:
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9384, an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD in March of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. (Tchowee"; #26 of 36)
Photo Date:
9/22/1963
Upload Date:
3/31/2025 9:22:06 AM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9384(SW7)
Views:
26
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9387, ES-12, 1964
Description:
Everyday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 26 March 1964. Shown here is PRR engine #9387, an ES-12 built by EMD in 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. It is idling-away at the end of a busy Thursday, awaiting the call to work the next morning. This photo was taken near the Yard Master's office, at the very eastern end of South Juniata Street.
Photo Date:
3/26/1964
Upload Date:
9/15/2016 3:08:56 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9387(SW7)
Views:
691
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9390, ES-12, c. 1964
Description:
Boulton. Here is an original photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9390, an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
8/15/1964
Upload Date:
12/22/2024 5:58:09 PM
Location:
New Castle, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9390(SW7)
Views:
138
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9768, EF-15A, 1965
Description:
Brickyard. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Brickyard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 18 July 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9768, #7249, and #9392. All were built by EMD. #9768 is an EF-15A built in 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #7249 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #9392 is an ES-12 built in 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower; it is just being towed, however. They are pulling a 93-car westbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477807. There are also two pushers on the end: PRR engines #8608 and #8613.
Photo Date:
7/18/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2016 6:51:48 PM
Location:
Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9768(F7A)
PRR 7249(GP9)
PRR 9392(SW7)
Views:
1040
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR, ELDO Action, #6 of 8, 1966
Description:
ELDO Action. Here is the sixth of eight original photos that I took in the Eldorado section of Altoona, Pennsylvania, in January of 1966. At the left, the crew of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9819 awaits orders to move their mixed-cargo freight train from Altoona through Eldorado to the Wye Switches in Duncansville, and thence up the New Portage Branch line to Gallitzin and points West. #9819 is an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in May of 1951, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in November of 1966. At the right, a local freight bound for Hollidaysburg bypasses the line-haul train. It's powered by PRR engine #9392, an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower.
Photo Date:
1/23/1966
Upload Date:
4/19/2025 9:12:34 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter
Locomotives:
PRR 9819(F7A)
PRR 9392(SW7)
Views:
25
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9394, ES-12, 1959
Description:
Altoona Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during August of 1959. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9394, an ES-12 built by GM-EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower.
Photo Date:
8/15/1959
Upload Date:
9/22/2018 2:27:45 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9394(SW7)
Views:
852
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 9394, ES-12, 1960
Description:
Good Day. Here is an original photo that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 25 July 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9394, an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. Partially visible in the background is the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop. #1 of 12.
Photo Date:
7/25/1960
Upload Date:
2/16/2025 1:30:46 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9394(SW7)
Views:
122
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9394, ES-12, 1960
Description:
Yard Power. Here is an original photo that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 2 August 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9394, an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. In this context, the crew is "flat humping" a string of boxcars near the Yard Master's Office. Partially visible in the right background is the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop.
Photo Date:
8/2/1960
Upload Date:
4/7/2025 10:43:36 PM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9394(SW7)
Views:
43
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9394, ES-12, 1960
Description:
Everyday. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 2 August 1960. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9394 and #9172. Both were built by EMD. #9394 is an ES-12 built in 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. #9172 is an ES-10 built in 1948 and rated at 1,000 horsepower. Both of these locomotives are just idiling-away in the summer sun. Visible in the background are the old wooden water tower (the last vestage of the Steam Age in Hollidaysburg) and the western end of the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop. Queen Anne's lace rules the foreground! This photo was taken near the Yard Master's Office, at the very eastern end of South Juniata Street.
Photo Date:
8/2/1960
Upload Date:
7/7/2016 1:46:10 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9394(SW7)
PRR 9172(NW2)
Views:
738
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9394, ES-12, 1960
Description:
Yard Power. Here is an original photo that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 2 August 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9394, an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. The crew is "flat humping" a string of freight cars in the Yard. The pedigree of the self-propelled crane visible at the right is not recorded. Photo was taken just west of the Jones Street crossing, along South Juniata Street.
Photo Date:
8/2/1960
Upload Date:
6/22/2016 5:12:30 PM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9394(SW7)
Views:
374
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9468, FF-20, #1 of 3, 1960
Description:
Road Power. Here is an original photo that I took of road locomotives in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 22 August 1960. Prominent here (R to L) are PRR engines #9468 and #9469. Both are FF-20's built by Fairbanks-Morse and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #9468 was constructed in February of 1948 and retired in June of 1963, while #9469 was built in March of 1948 and retired in October of 1962. This photo reveals just how the process worked. The locomotives and the cabin car would have been driven forward from East Altoona to the Wye Switches in Duncansville, proceeded up the New Portage Branch line for a hundred feet or so, and then run backwards from there into the Hollidaysburg Yards. This crew has just uncoupled from N-5 cabin car #477020, which will be pulled to the far end of the Yard and coupled to the out-bound train by engine #9394 ~ an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD in May of 1950. After the cabin has been moved, this crew will back their FF-20 locomotives a bit further into the Yard and couple onto the train they'll move. From here, the train will pass the Passenger Station in Hollidaysburg and WYE Tower in Duncansville, climb the Allegheny Mountains using the New Portage Branch, and merge eventually with the mainline at Gallitzin. This photo was taken just west of the intersection of Jones and South Juniata Streets. Visible in the distance is the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop.
Photo Date:
8/22/1960
Upload Date:
6/11/2016 10:30:41 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9468(ERIE-A)
PRR 9469(ERIE-A)
PRR 9394(SW7)
Views:
1294
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 9394, ES-12, 1960
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 31 August 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9394, an ES-12 built by EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. In this context, it's pushing a string of gondolas past WYE Tower toward the Hollidaysburg Yards. Note the dwarf signal in the foreground. From 1834 to 1954, this was the original right-of-way for the Allegheny Portage Railroad.
Photo Date:
8/31/1960
Upload Date:
6/29/2016 1:03:44 AM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 9394(SW7)
Views:
847
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 9394, ES-12, 1960
Description:
Yard Power. Here is an original photo that I took in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 1 September 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9394, an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD in May of 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. Its crew is switching cars in the Hollidaysburg Yards, East of the Juniata River Railroad Bridge.
Photo Date:
9/1/1960
Upload Date:
6/7/2017 4:20:33 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9394(SW7)
Views:
484
Comments:
0
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