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6/11/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Penn Central
Model:EMD SD45Built As:PRR 6188 (SD45)
Serial Number:33822Order No:7993
Frame Number:7993-19Built:12/1967
Notes:blt 12/67 as PRR 6188
Other locos with this serial:  UP 2684(SD40M-2) SP 8608(SD40M-2) UP 4634(SD40M-2) NREX 2684(SD40M-2) CR 6188(SD45) PC 6188(SD45) CNW 6515(SD45)
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PC 6188, SD-45, 1973
Title:  PC 6188, SD-45, 1973
Description:  Hazy. Here is an original photo that I took of Penn Central Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during July of 1973. Shown here (F to R) are PC engine #6188 and another unit whose number is not recorded. #6188 is an SD-45 built by EMD in 1967 and rated at 3,600 horsepower; its original PRR number was the same. They are returning to East Altoona after helping/pushing a train up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin, where they uncoupled and returned down the Mountains to make yet another helper/pusher run. Visible on the right is a PC freight train that has either stopped or stalled on its way up the Mountains. Photo taken from the 24th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  7/14/1973  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 4:20:25 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  PC 6188(SD45)
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