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PRR "Power To Burn," Page 41, 1976 |
| Description: |
Here is page 41 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Amtrak engine No. 589 is shown as it left the Altoona Station westbound on the evening of July 2, 1976. At one time, 125 arrivals and departures of passenger trains at the Altoona Station were normal. Today, two eastbound and two westbound passenger trains operated by Amrtrak survive." Engine #589 is an SDP40-F built by GM-EMD in June of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. A portion of the old 12th Street Car Shops is visible at the far right. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1976 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 1:42:31 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 589(SDP40F) |
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573 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 590, SDP40F, 1976 |
| Description: |
AHC. Here is an original photo by Larry Moss that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 11 October 1976. Prominent here are AMTK engines #590 and #470-B. Both were built by GM-EMD. #590 is an SDP40F constructed in May of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. #470 is an E-9B built originally for the Union Pacific Railroad in October of 1955 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. They're rounding the Curve with a passenger train on its way down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. This photo was taken during the time when Track 2 was being removed, hence the presence of the maintenance-of-way equipment parked there. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/1976 Upload Date: 3/8/2021 10:17:52 PM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 590(SDP40F) AMTK 470(E9B) |
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580 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 592, SDP40F, 1976 |
| Description: |
Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak passenger train in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1976. Shown here is Amtrak engine #592 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. #592 is an SDP40F built by EMD in May of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. They are waiting to pull a passenger train to Pittsburgh and points West. My friend Twyla Jean King is chatting with the fireman. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1976 Upload Date: 6/30/2016 3:30:16 AM |
| Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 592(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
720 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 592, SDP40F, 1976 |
| Description: |
Amtrak. Here is an original photo that I took of an Amtrak passenger locomotive in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 August 1976. Shown here is Amtrak engine #592, an SDP40F built by EMD in May of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. Posing by this imposing giant is my friend Twyla Jean King of Middletown, Pennsylvania. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/1976 Upload Date: 2/17/2017 1:39:29 AM |
| Location: |
Harrisburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 592(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
713 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR "Power To Burn," Page 96, 1976 |
| Description: |
Here is page 96 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "AMTRAK's National Limited rounds the Horseshoe Curve, eastbound on its daily trip to New York. At the high peak of passenger traffic, more than 120 trains passed around the 'Curve,' east- and westbound." Amtrak engine #589 is an SDP40-F built by GM-EMD in May of 1974 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1976 Upload Date: 3/14/2019 3:51:26 PM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 593(SDP40F) |
| Views: |
401 Comments: 1 |
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