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CR 6660, SD45-2, 1982 |
| Description: |
Altoona Action. Here is an original 35mm color slide by John C. Benson that was taken in Downtown Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 January 1982. Shown here is Conrail engine #6660, an SD45-2 that was built by GM-EMD as Erie-Lackawanna Railroad number "3675" in November of 1972, rated at 3,600 horsepower, and renumbered "6660" with the advent of Conrail. |
| Photo Date: |
1/29/1982 Upload Date: 5/30/2020 6:36:14 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
CR 6660(SD45-2) |
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CR "Mountain Railroad Revisited," Page 32, 1985 |
| Description: |
Here is page nine of a 14-page cover article by Fred W. Frailey entitled "Mountain Railroad Revisited." It was published originally in the January 1985 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 32. Caption For Top Two Photos: "E.A. Boyle lines up AR, and PXCA with 6468/6689, 57 loads, 34 empties, 6181 tons, picks up road foreman." |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1985 Upload Date: 3/7/2025 11:27:35 PM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6468(SD40-2) CR 6689(SDP45) CR 6660(SD45-2) |
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135 Comments: 0 |
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"Conrail At The Heart Of The Pennsy," Page 59, 1996 |
| Description: |
Here is page eight of a nine-page cover article by James P. Olmstead entitled "Conrail At The Heart Of The Pennsy." It was published in the June 1996 issue of "Railfan & Railroad" magazine, page 59. Partial Caption: "The twisting valley of the Little Conemaugh River that focused the fury of the 1889 Johnstown Flood provides photographic opportunity today." |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 12/21/2024 10:58:08 PM |
| Location: |
Conemaugh, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6660(SD45-2) |
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218 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR Engine Ladder, 1978 |
| Description: |
17th Street. Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the old Pennsylvania Railroad engine ladder near the 17th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in July of 1978. Any hints of the concentrated steam locomotive action that once occurred here are long gone. Now, diesel-electric locomotives rule the rails. Shown here (L to R) is Conrail engine #6663 and four more units whose road numbers are not recorded. Just like in the age of steam, they're lugging an iron-ore train up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and the steel mills of Western Pennsylvania. Photo taken from the 17th Street Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
7/25/1978 Upload Date: 12/4/2021 5:28:19 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Signal,Track |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6663(SD45-2) |
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344 Comments: 0 |
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