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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:10/25/1964 - 10/25/1964
Album Info:Here are six original photos that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property and trains in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, on 25 October 1964.
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PRR, Overall View, 1964
Title:  PRR, Overall View, 1964
Description:  Blairsville. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, on 25 October 1964. Shown here are the ready tracks, roundhouse, turntable, and coaling tipple.
Photo Date:  10/25/1964  Upload Date: 6/21/2016 2:48:48 AM
Location:  Blairsville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
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PRR, Ready Tracks, 1964
Title:  PRR, Ready Tracks, 1964
Description:  Blairsville. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, on 25 October 1964. Shown here are the ready tracks. On the right is PRR engine #8576, an ES-15M built by EMD in 1953 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. On the left is Caboose #477656, an N-5 built in 1915; next to it is N-5C Caboose #477924.
Photo Date:  10/25/1964  Upload Date: 6/21/2016 2:51:14 AM
Location:  Blairsville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8576(GP7)
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PRR, Roundhouse, 1964
Title:  PRR, Roundhouse, 1964
Description:  Blairsville. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, on 25 October 1964. Shown here are the eight-bay roundhouse and the turntable.
Photo Date:  10/25/1964  Upload Date: 6/21/2016 2:52:56 AM
Location:  Blairsville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
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Views:  316   Comments: 0
PRR, Turntable, 1964
Title:  PRR, Turntable, 1964
Description:  Blairsville. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, on 25 October 1964. Shown here are the eight-bay roundhouse and the turntable. It was at least seven years before this photo was taken when the last steam locomotive was serviced here!
Photo Date:  10/25/1964  Upload Date: 6/21/2016 2:54:29 AM
Location:  Blairsville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
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Views:  322   Comments: 0
PRR, Coaling Tipple, 1964
Title:  PRR, Coaling Tipple, 1964
Description:  Blairsville. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, on 25 October 1964. Shown here is the coaling tipple. Visible in the center of the tipple is the date "A.D. 1918."
Photo Date:  10/25/1964  Upload Date: 6/21/2016 2:56:31 AM
Location:  Blairsville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
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Views:  424   Comments: 2
PRR 7226, EFS-17M, 1964
Title:  PRR 7226, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:  Blairsville. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, on 25 October 1964. Shown here are PRR engines #7226, #2266, #2232, and #2237. All were built by EMD. #7226 is an EFS-17M built in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #2266 is an EF-25 built in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2232 and #2237 are EF-22's built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling a 94-car westbound iron-ore train with two cabooses (namely, #477449 and 477936) on the Blairsville Secondary Track.
Photo Date:  10/25/1964  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 3:53:59 PM
Location:  Blairsville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 7226(GP9) PRR 2266(GP35) PRR 2232(GP30) PRR 2237(GP30)
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PC Maintenance-of-Way Cars, 1969
Title:  PC Maintenance-of-Way Cars, 1969
Description:  Blairsville. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, in July of 1969. Prominent here are three Penn Central Maintenance-of-Way crew residence cars, still sporting their "PRR" identification numbers. Note the television aerial atop the second car. Also visible on the right is the long-abandoned coaling tipple which was constructed in "A.D. 1918," over 50 years ago!
Photo Date:  7/7/1969  Upload Date: 8/22/2024 11:03:40 PM
Location:  Blairsville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  12   Comments: 0


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