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Pictures of PRR 5796
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
EMD E8A
Built As:
PRR 5796 (E8A)
Serial Number:
15661
Order No:
6354
Frame Number:
6354-A14
Built:
6/1952
Notes:
PRR Class EP-22; 1952, renumbered 4256
Other locos with this serial:
CR 4256(E8A)
PC 4256(E8A)
PRR 5796(E8A)
PRR 4256(E8A)
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Title:
PRR 5796, EP-22, c. 1952
Description:
Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Haddonfield, New Jersey, c. 1952. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5796 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5796 was constructed in June of 1952. Roy Healey Collection; #15 of 16.
Photo Date:
8/15/1952
Upload Date:
2/25/2018 3:06:18 PM
Location:
Haddonfield, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5796(E8A)
Views:
829
Comments:
1
Title:
"Modern Railroads," Front Cover, 1956
Description:
Here is the front cover from a reprint of the November 1956 issue of "Modern Railroads" magazine. Partial Caption: "Photographer Bill Mutschmann snapped this striking color photo to emphasize the stress which the Pennsylvania Railroad places on modern power in its drive to become a new type of pace setter." Shown here (L to R) is PRR engine #5796 and an unidentified GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric locomotive. #5796 is an EP-22 built by GM-EMD in June of 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower.
Photo Date:
11/14/1956
Upload Date:
5/25/2018 12:41:55 AM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 5796(E8A)
Views:
669
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 5796, EP-22, 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 (L to R) are PRR engines #5796 and two other units whose numbers were not recorded. #5796 is an EP-22 built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They are about to stop at the Altoona Station with a 17-car passenger train on its way to Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and New York City. The time is 2:12 P.M. This photo taken adjacent to ALTO Tower.
Photo Date:
4/25/1964
Upload Date:
9/17/2016 4:08:02 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5796(E8A)
Views:
640
Comments:
0
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