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Pictures of PRR 8850
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
Alco RS3
Built As:
PRR 8850 (RS3)
Serial Number:
79408
Order No:
20711
Frame Number:
prime mover # 12375
Built:
12/1951
Notes:
PRR Class AS-16MS.
Other locos with this serial:
PRR 8850(RS3)
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Title:
PRR "The 'Cat's Whiskers,'" Page 10, 1954
Description:
Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "The 'Cat's Whiskers.'" It was published originally in the February 1954 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 10. Top Photo Caption: "Clearance car, with 'whiskers' extended, measures Radebaugh Tunnel. Car covers entire System every four years." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8850, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower.
Photo Date:
2/1/1954
Upload Date:
5/4/2022 10:25:54 PM
Location:
Radebaugh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Tunnel
Locomotives:
PRR 8850(RS3)
Views:
461
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8847, AS-16MS, c. 1960
Description:
Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Reading, Pennsylvania, c. 1960. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8847 and #8850. Both are AS-16MS's built by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower each. Many thanks to Mr. James Cocuzza for identifying this location correctly.
Photo Date:
9/22/1960
Upload Date:
8/28/2018 1:57:53 AM
Location:
Reading, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8847(RS3)
PRR 8850(RS3)
Views:
991
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8850, AS-16MS, 1960
Description:
4th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during November of 1960. Shown here is PRR engine #8850, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. Its crew is attending to a mixed-cargo freight train that has just pulled into the Eastbound Receiving Yard. Visible on the right are the largely-unused livestock pens, right next to SOUTH Tower (not shown). Photo taken from the 4th Street Bridge. ("Red Shift" slide converted to Black & White.)
Photo Date:
11/13/1960
Upload Date:
9/28/2016 1:43:23 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8850(RS3)
Views:
725
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Raise The Roof Or Lower The Track," Page 12, 1964
Description:
Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "Raise The Roof Or Lower The Track." It was published originally in the May-June 1964 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 12. Top Left Photo Caption: "In photo at left, ceiling is chipped away in the Radebaugh tunnel, near Greensburg, Pa." Bottom left photo shows a partial view of PRR Clearance Car #497125.
Photo Date:
5/1/1964
Upload Date:
12/6/2019 6:34:01 AM
Location:
Radebaugh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Tunnel,Winter
Locomotives:
PRR 8850(RS3)
Views:
485
Comments:
0
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