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PRR CFA16-4 #9496 - Pennsylvania RR |
| Description: |
Fairly nice photo of the 1956 Fairbanks-Morse CFA16-4 built in 1950 for the PRR. The unit has the PRR characteristic double Trainfone antenna along the top. The antenna had several nicknames like "razorback" hog, "handrail to nowhere" and others. According to Wikipedia "The biggest problem with the trainphone system was that it could not work in electrified zones, because of interference from the electric supply and electrical equipment on the locomotive. Since the electrified zones were among the PRR's busiest, this was a serious disadvantage." No photographer or exact day in 1961 was listed. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1961 Upload Date: 11/21/2018 8:12:22 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9496(CFA16-4) |
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412 Comments: 1 |
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PRR "Pennsylvania 9496," FF-16, 1961 |
| Description: |
Here is a postal card entitled "Pennsylvania 9496." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "An A-B-A set of Fairbanks-Morse 1600 hp freight cab units in Walbridge Yard, Toledo, Ohio, October 1961. These model CF16-4 locomotves were built in 1950 and all were retired from the Pennsy in 1965. Photo: Mac Owen Collection." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9496 and two more "C-Liners" whose numbers are not recorded. All are FF-16's built by Fairbanks-Morse and rated at 1,600 horsepower each. #9496 was built in October of 1950 and retired in April of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1961 Upload Date: 4/17/2019 7:41:39 PM |
| Location: |
Toledo, OH |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9496(CFA16-4) |
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314 Comments: 1 |
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