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PRR "Power To Burn," Page 43, 1976 |
| Description: |
Here is page 43 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Partial Caption: "The first diesel to wear the new ConRail insignia and the ConRail blue color was turned out at the Juniata Shops in early June of 1976." Shown here is Conrail engine #6210, an SD45 built by GM-EMD for the Pennsylvania Railroad in January of 1968 and owned successively by the Penn Central and Conrail. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1976 Upload Date: 6/25/2025 11:35:12 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
CR 6210(SD45) |
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"Conrail At The Heart Of The Pennsy," Page 52, 1996 |
| Description: |
Here is page one 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 52. Partial Caption: "A pair of SD50s had a TV train rolling grandly uphill in October 1987 (top), while on an equally beautiful day in mid-October 1994 a trio of big GE's had a merchandiser westbound at South Fork (bottom)." |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1996 Upload Date: 12/21/2024 10:54:43 PM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6706(SD50) CR 6754(SD50) CR 6222(SD45) |
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| Title: |
CR 6232, SD45, 1977 |
| Description: |
FSF. Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken from the 4th Street Footbridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in August of 1977. Notable in the center of the photo is Conrail engine #6232, an SD45 built by GM-EMD as Pennsylvania Railroad number "6232" in January of 1968, rated at 3,600 horsepower, and owned successively by the Penn Central and Conrail under its original road number. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1977 Upload Date: 12/28/2023 10:43:10 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6232(SD45) |
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