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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
2/9/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Penn Central
Model:BLW AS616Built As:PRR 8974 (AS616)
Serial Number:75081Order No:
Frame Number: Built:5/1951
Notes:PC Class AS-616; ex-PRR 8974
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 8974(AS616) PC 6974(AS616)
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PC 6974, AS-616, 1971
Title:  PC 6974, AS-616, 1971
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Wilmington, Delaware, on 18 June 1971. Photo Caption: "AS-616, Penn Central No. 6974. Wilmington, Del. June 18, 1971." PC #6974 is an AS-616 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton as Pennsylvania Railroad number "8974" in May of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and renumbered "6974" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Baldwins in Action ~ On North-Eastern Railroads" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (892-39).
Photo Date:  6/18/1971  Upload Date: 9/9/2023 9:16:09 PM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 6974(AS616)
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