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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
2/8/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco S3Built As:PRR 8879 (S3)
Serial Number:78511Order No:20580
Frame Number:prime mover # 6029Built:12/1948
Notes:PRR Class AS-6; blt 12/50 as PRR 8879, to PC 9479
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9479(S3) PC 9479(S3)
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PRR 9479, AS-6, c. 1968
Title:  PRR 9479, AS-6, c. 1968
Description:  Here is an image of a photo by Edward Kaspriske that was taken near Kearny, New Jersey, c. 1968. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9479, an AS-6 switcher built by the American Locomotive Company as number "8879" in December of 1950, rated at 660 horsepower, and renumbered "9479" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. Edward Kaspriske Collection.
Photo Date:  1/23/1968  Upload Date: 6/16/2023 12:19:18 AM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 9479(S3)
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