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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW S8Built As:PRR 8996 (S8)
Serial Number:75119Order No:
Frame Number:Built:3/1951
Notes:PRR Class BS-7.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 8996(S8)
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PRR 8996, BS-7, 1964
Title:  PRR 8996, BS-7, 1964
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Weirton, West Virginia, on 30 August 1964. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8996 and another unit whose number is not recorded. #8996 is a BS-7 switcher built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in March of 1951 and rated at 750 horsepower. Note the locomotive's nickname written above the radiator tarp: "Hello Dolly"! ("Tchowee"; #18 of 36)
Photo Date:  8/30/1964  Upload Date: 6/9/2020 4:56:35 AM
Location:  Weirton, WV
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8996(S8)
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