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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco FA2Built As:PRR 9623A (FA2)
Serial Number:79438Order No:20712
Frame Number:prime mover # 12318Built:12/1951
Notes:PRR Class AF-16.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9623(FA2)
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PRR 9623, AF-16, 1963
Title:  PRR 9623, AF-16, 1963
Description:  FSF. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in July of 1963. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9623 and an "AF" Class B-unit whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company. #9623 was constructed in November of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in January of 1967 after just 16 years of revenue service. They are about to pass under the 4th Street Footbridge with a mixed-cargo freight train that is heading up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. Also visible on the left are some of the PRR's Altoona Passenger Car Shops that border Chestnut Avenue for more than a mile!
Photo Date:  7/7/1963  Upload Date: 1/23/2020 8:19:37 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9623(FA2)
Views:  1340   Comments: 0
PRR FA2 #9623
Title:  PRR FA2 #9623
Description:  Good color photo of the Alco FA2 unit, PRR 9623, one of several built in 1950-53. The Hoosier in me is glad to see it was taken in Indiana!
Photo Date:  6/1/1964  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 8:23:34 AM
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 9623(FA2)
Views:  654   Comments: 5
PRR 8446, AS-16A, 1965
Title:  PRR 8446, AS-16A, 1965
Description:  8th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 11 April 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8446, #9623, and #9556. #8446 is an AS-16AM built by the American Locomotive Company in October of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. #9623 is an AF-16 built by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. #9556 is an EF-15 built by GM-EMD in September of 1948 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. They're passing under the 8th Street Bridge into the Westbound Receiving Yard with an 85-car mixed-cargo freight train and N-8 caboose #478021. Partially visible at the far left is ROSE Tower.
Photo Date:  4/11/1965  Upload Date: 9/13/2016 10:57:16 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 8446(RSD5) PRR 9623(FA2) PRR 9556(F3A)
Views:  1599   Comments: 0


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