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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
7/9/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Company
Model:EMD SW9Built As:PS 239 (SW9)
Serial Number:19043Order No:4244
Frame Number:4244-9Built:11/1953
Notes:P&S Class SW9; built 11/53 as P&S 239. Sold to LVRR
Other locos with this serial:  LVRR 239(SW9) PS 1776(SW9)
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P&S 1776, SW9, 1975
Title:  P&S 1776, SW9, 1975
Description:  Extra Board. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Kittaning, Pennsylvania, during June of 1975. Photo Caption: "Pittsburgh & Shawmut 1776, SW9, Kittanning, Pa., June 1975. From the collection of Fred Byerly." Pet Name: "Betsy Ross." P&S engine #1776 is an SW9 switcher built by GM-EMD in November 1953 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Bicentennial Diesels" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (974-37).
Photo Date:  6/6/1975  Upload Date: 9/29/2018 2:22:05 PM
Location:  Kittanning, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PS 1776(SW9)
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