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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco RS3Built As:PRR 8852 (RS3)
Serial Number:79410Order No:20711
Frame Number:prime mover # 12404Built:1/1952
Notes:PRR Class AS-16MS.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 8852(RS3)
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PRR 8852, AS-16MS, c. 1955
Title:  PRR 8852, AS-16MS, c. 1955
Description:  AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by John Pickett that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 13 October 1955. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8852 and at least two GM-EMD "E" Class passenger units whose numbers are not recorded. #8852 is an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. It is helping to pull a mail and express train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, Pittsburgh, and points West. The date is an approximation.
Photo Date:  10/14/1955  Upload Date: 2/16/2018 8:51:32 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 8852(RS3)
Views:  938   Comments: 1
PRR 8855, AS-16MS, c. 1962
Title:  PRR 8855, AS-16MS, c. 1962
Description:  Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8855 and #8852. Both are AS-16MS's built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower each. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  1/23/1962  Upload Date: 6/10/2022 9:49:41 PM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 8855(RS3) PRR 8852(RS3)
Views:  406   Comments: 1

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