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PRR 8965, BS-24M, 1952 |
| Description: |
Dziobko. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken from the 9th Street Footbridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 25 July 1952. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8965, a BS-24M built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in November of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. Visible in the background are several mail and passenger cars, marshalled for possible service at the Altoona Station (not visible to the left). Fresh produce team tracks are beyond them (to the right). |
| Photo Date: |
7/25/1952 Upload Date: 3/8/2019 10:34:52 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Passenger,Track |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8965(RT-624) |
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591 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8965, BS-24M, #2 of 2, 1961 |
| Description: |
FSF. Here is the second of two successive 35mm color slides of photos by David R. Sweetland that were taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in February of 1961. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8965 and #8963. Both are BS-24M transfer units built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in November of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower each, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. They have just passed under the 4th Street Footbridge and are entering Altoona's Eastbound Receiving Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/1961 Upload Date: 8/3/2019 8:42:18 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8965(RT-624) PRR 8963(RT-624) |
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425 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8965, BS-24M, #1 of 2, 1961 |
| Description: |
FSF. Here is the first of two successive 35mm color slides of photos by David R. Sweetland that were taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in February of 1961. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8965 and #8963. Both are BS-24M transfer units built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in November of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower each, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. They are about to pass under the 4th Street Footbridge with an eastbound mineral train. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/1961 Upload Date: 3/16/2018 2:37:23 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8965(RT-624) PRR 8963(RT-624) |
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934 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 7, 2006 |
| Description: |
Here is a photo by Gary R. Zuters. It was included in a 24-page booklet entitled "World Famous Horseshoe Curve" that was published in 2006 by The Railroad Press, page 7. Partial Caption: "In this scene from August 1961, a pair of very rare Baldwin RT-624 cantercabs are making their way arond Horseshoe Curve with a 'porthole' caboose....The 8965 is the highest-numbered centercab delivered to the Pennsylvania Railroad by Baldwin." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8965 and another "BS" Class unit whose number is not recorded. Both were built by Baldwin. #8965 is a BS-24M built in November of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. They are pulling a single N-5C cabin car whose number is not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/2006 Upload Date: 12/15/2017 4:15:33 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 8965(RT-624) |
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598 Comments: 0 |
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