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| Title: |
PRR 5777, BP-20, 1951 |
| Description: |
Dziobko. Here is is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 September 1951. Visible at the left is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5777, a BP-20 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in September of 1948, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and retired in May of 1965 after just 17 years of revenue service. The smoke in the left background is from a steam locomotive working in the Altoona Yards. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1951 Upload Date: 4/23/2024 6:51:15 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5777(DR6-4-2000) PRR 9459(ERIE-A) |
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27 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 9459, FF-20, 1951 |
| Description: |
Dziobko. Here is is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 September 1951. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9459, an FF-20 built by Fairbanks-Morse in December of 1947, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service. Visible in the background is a portion of Juniata's 8th Street Bridge, with ROSE Tower situated just beyond it. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1951 Upload Date: 4/23/2024 6:52:06 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Yard,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9459(ERIE-A) |
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32 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Purrfect Balance" |
| Description: |
Extra Board. Here is an image of a photo of a green-eyed feline demonstrating "purrfect balance" on a railhead. The names of the photographer and of the feline pictured here, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded. (#11,329) |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2009 Upload Date: 4/23/2024 11:25:38 PM |
| Location: |
Hollidaysburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Track |
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39 Comments: 0 |
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