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PRR 5813, BH-50, 1955 |
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BYC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken just East of the Brick Yard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 23 July 1955. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5813 and another "Centipede" whose number is not recorded. Both are BH-50's built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #5813 was built in May of 1947 and retired in September of 1962. Given the presence of the N-8 caboose, they are pushing a freight train up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin where they will uncouple and return to East Altoona for yet another run up "The Mountain." |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1955 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 8:19:55 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Brickyard), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 5813(DR12-8-1500/2) |
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PRR 5858, EP-20, 1949 |
| Description: |
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 5 June 1949. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5858 and a "B" unit whose number is not recorded. Both are EP-20's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepwer each. #5858 was built in February of 1948 and retired in March of 1967 after just 19 years of revenue service. They are pulling a passenger train down the Allegheny Mountains and around the Curve on their way to Altoona, Harrisburg, and points East. This photo comes from a slide set distributed by Marlo Industries of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1949 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 8:24:21 PM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5858(E7A) |
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PRR 6755, M-1B, 1963 |
| Description: |
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, in August of 1963. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6755, an M-1B (4-8-2) "Mountain" built in Juniata as an M-1A during June of 1930, rebuilt as an M-1B in April of 1944, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1963 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 8:47:39 PM |
| Location: |
Northumberland, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 6755(4-8-2) |
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