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PC 6171, SD45, 1968 |
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Altoona Action. Here is an original photo that I took at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during the Summer of 1968. Shown here are Penn Central Railroad engines #6171, #2330, and another unit whose road number is not recorded. #6171 is an SD45 built by GM-EMD in December of 1967 and rated at 3,600 horsepower. #2330 is a GP35 built by GM-EMD in January of 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They're pulling a mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. Wave to the engineman! |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1968 Upload Date: 9/3/2016 1:28:15 PM |
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ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 6171(SD45) PC 2330(GP35) |
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"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 28, 1976 |
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Here is page 28 of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Shown here is a photo by Joe Perry that was taken from the 17th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1976. Passing ALTO Tower with an eastbound mineral train are Penn Central engine #6171 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are SD45's built by GM-EMD and rated at 3,600 horsepower each. #6171 was constructed for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "6171" in December of,1967 |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1976 Upload Date: 1/24/2022 7:06:12 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PC 6171(SD45) |
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| Title: |
"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 28, 1976 |
| Description: |
Here is page 28 of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Shown here is a photo by Joe Perry that was taken from the 17th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1976. Passing ALTO Tower with an eastbound mineral train is Penn Central engine #6171 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are SD45's built by GM-EMD and rated at 3,600 horsepower each. #6171 was constructed for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "6171" in December of,1967. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1976 Upload Date: 12/26/2024 2:02:30 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PC 6171(SD45) |
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