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PRR 5708, EP-22, 1961 |
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Horseshoe Curve-1961. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 17 August 1961. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #5708, #5707, and #5709. All three locomotives are EP-22's built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling an eastbound mail/express train around the Horseshoe Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/1961 Upload Date: 7/8/2016 1:35:45 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) |
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PRR 5708, EP-22, 1962 |
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MDiv. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, in May of 1962. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5708, two unidentified "EP" Class units, and #5878. All were built by GM-EMD. #5708 is an EP-22 built in October of 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower, while #5878 is an EP-20 constructed in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. This A-A-B-A set is passing through the Duncannon Station with a passenger train bound for Harrisburg and points East. ("Stoneborobranch"; #50 of 56) |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1962 Upload Date: 9/14/2020 10:42:06 AM |
| Location: |
Duncannon, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) PRR 5878(E7A) |
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532 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR E* |
| Description: |
21st Street |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1965 Upload Date: 7/5/2018 9:21:12 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Albert Reinshmidt |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) |
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437 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5708, EP-22, 1965 |
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Slope to Works. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train between SLOPE and WORKS Towers in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 06 June 1965. Shown here (R to L) is PRR engine #5708 and two other units whose numbers are not visible. All were built by EMD. #5708 is an EP-22 built in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are pulling a westbound mail/express train under the 7th Street Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1965 Upload Date: 6/25/2016 5:02:15 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) |
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440 Comments: 1 |
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PRR "Gallitzin Tunnels," #1 of 3, 1965 |
| Description: |
New Portage. Here is the first of three photos by John M. Prophet III that were taken near the tunnels under Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on 11 June 1965. It was published originally in his (2009) book entitled "Prophet's Pennsy," page 57. Photo Caption: "EP22 #5708 and two others on a westbound [mail and express] train at 'SF,' approaches the summit of the grade, just east of Gallitzin, Pa., June 11, 1965." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #5708 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5708 was constructed in September of 1952. Visible in the foreground is the westbound connecting track from the New Portage Branch; it passes under the two eastbound tracks ~ often called "The Slide" ~ which pass through the New Portage Tunnel. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1965 Upload Date: 11/14/2021 7:27:28 AM |
| Location: |
Gallitzin, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Tunnel,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) |
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319 Comments: 1 |
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