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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:9/8/1963 - 9/8/1963
Album Info:Here are five original photos that I took during a ride on a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. It is worth noting that I did take twenty or so photos during my trip, but only these five merit publication. These color slides are presented in the order that I took them. For more details on these and other PRR Diesel locomotives, see the Keystone Crossings Database: http://pennsyrr.com/kc/data/diesels
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PRR 5991, ES-6, 1963
Title:  PRR 5991, ES-6, 1963
Description:  PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #5991, an ES-6 built by EMD in 1948 and rated at 600 horsepower. It is shifting two "Railway Express" cabooses (viz., #5001 and #5024), just East of the PRR's Pittsburgh Passenger Station. (My train is heading from left to right.)
Photo Date:  9/8/1963  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:24:25 PM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5991(SW1)
Views:  1351   Comments: 0
PRR Coaling Tipple, 1963
Title:  PRR Coaling Tipple, 1963
Description:  PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here is the PRR's coaling tipple, at 14th Street, just East of the Pittsburgh Passenger Station. (My train is heading from left to right.)
Photo Date:  9/8/1963  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:25:47 PM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  198   Comments: 1
PRR 7234, EFS-17M, 1963
Title:  PRR 7234, EFS-17M, 1963
Description:  PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #7234, an EFS-17M built by EMD in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. It is the lead unit in an on-coming/westbound mixed-cargo freight train near Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (My train is heading from left to right.)
Photo Date:  9/8/1963  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:27:07 PM
Location:  Latrobe, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 7234(GP9)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
PRR 5765, EP-22, 1963
Title:  PRR 5765, EP-22, 1963
Description:  PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took after riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #5765, an EP-22 built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. It is the lead unit of my train; the second unit was engine #5760. We've just arrived in Altoona, and the engine and train crews are in the process of changing. Visible in the background are the rooftops of two of the PRR's 12th Street Car Shop buildings.
Photo Date:  9/8/1963  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:28:31 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5765(E8A)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
PRR 8669, AS-18AM, 1963
Title:  PRR 8669, AS-18AM, 1963
Description:  PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took after riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here (F to R) are PRR engines #8669 and #8671. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pulling a 94-car mixed-cargo freight train past the Altoona Passenger Station on their way to Enola and points East. Visible at the right are the last three cars of my passenger train as they depart for Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and New York City. Also visible is the 17th Street Bridge in the distance. This colorless photo taken from the 12th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  9/8/1963  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:30:02 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 8669(RSD12) PRR 8671(RSD12)
Views:  631   Comments: 0


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