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PRR 9615, AF-16, 1952 |
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Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 25 July 1952 ~ 68 years ago today! Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9615 and two more units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the American Locomotive Company. #9615 is an AF-16 built in May of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. They are about to pass under the 12th Street Footbridge after descending the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve with a mixed-cargo freight train. Visible at the right are the ancient train shed at the Altoona Passenger Station and a GM-EMD GP-7 waiting for its next passenger helper run up "The Mountain." ("Stoneborobranch"; #1 of 20) |
| Photo Date: |
7/25/1952 Upload Date: 7/25/2020 7:08:34 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9615(FA2) |
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PRR 9615, AF-16, 1952 |
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Dziobko. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 25 July 1952. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9615 and two other units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the American Locomotive Company. #9615 is an AF-16 built in May of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966. They are about to pass under the 12th Street Foot Bridge after descending the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve with a mixed-cargo freight train. Visible in the background is the trainshed at the Altoona Passenger Station. "Published by Creative Graphics." |
| Photo Date: |
7/25/1952 Upload Date: 7/29/2018 2:36:54 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 9615(FA2) |
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408 Comments: 1 |
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PRR 8658, AS-18AM, 1958 |
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Volkmer. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 14 November 1958. Shown here are the Pennsylvania Railroad's Locomotive Ready Tracks, facing East. Prominent here is PRR engine #8658, an AS-18AM built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. To its right is PRR engine #9615, an AF-16 built by ALCo in May of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966. The numbers of the other locomotives pictured here ~ all of which are idling away ~ are not recorded. Partially visible in the background are Juniata's 17th Street Bridge, the venerable Water Tank, the East Altoona Roundhouse, and the Powerhouse smokestack. Produced and distributed by FJC Products of Newport, Delaware. ("PrrFan18n") |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1958 Upload Date: 12/25/2020 8:17:03 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8658(RSD12) PRR 9615(FA2) |
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377 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 9615, AF-16, 1963 |
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Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by of a photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken near Chicago, Illinois, on 23 June 1963. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9615 and five more units whose numbers are not recorded: one ALCo "AF" Class B-unit, one GM-EMD "EF" Class A-unit, as well as three GM-EMD AF-25's. #9615 is an AF-16 built by the American Locomotive Company in May of 1951, rated at 1,600 HP, and retired in July of 1966. Robert A. Newbegin Collection. ("Tchowee"; #4 of 39) |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1963 Upload Date: 5/19/2020 9:21:16 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9615(FA2) |
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