| Volkmer. Here is a color photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken in East Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, on 14 March 1959. Among the 14 diesel-electric locomotives pictured here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9604, an AF-15 built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1950, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in February of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. The Conemaugh Valley was devastated during the "Great Johnstown Flood" on Friday, 31 May 1889. |