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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
5/19/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   Altoona, PA; 1965.

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PRR 2529, GF-25, 1965
Title:  PRR 2529, GF-25, 1965
Description:  Altoona Action. Here is an original 35mm color slide by Frank Ries that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in August of 1965. Prominent here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2529 and #2544. Both are GF-25's built by General Electric and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #2529 was constructed in September of 1964, while #2544 was built in February of 1965. Partially visible at the left is PRR passenger coach #3000, newly refurbished in Altoona's Passenger Car Shops. Partially visible at the right is the 7th Street Bridge. The photographer is standing on the decrepit remnants of 9th Avenue; Conway is to his left, Enola is to his right.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 4/27/2021 9:22:47 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 2529(U25B) PRR 2544(U25B)
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