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Viewing Album: PRR: Pittsburgh to Altoona ~ 08 September 1963
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
9/8/1963 - 9/8/1963
Album Info:
Here are five original photos that I took while riding on a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on Sunday, 8 September 1963. It's worth noting that I did take twenty or so photos during my trip, but only these five merit publication. These slides are presented in the order that I took them.
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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 8 September 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #5991, an ES-6 switcher built by GM-EMD in March of 1948 and rated at 600 horsepower. It's shifting two "Railway Express" cabin cars (viz., #5001 and #5024), just East of the PRR's Passenger Station in Pittsburgh. (My train is moving 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:
1527
Comments:
0
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 8 September 1963. Shown here is the PRR's now-obsolete coaling tipple, at 14th Street, just East of the Passenger Station in Pittsburgh. (My train is moving 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
Locomotives:
Views:
262
Comments:
1
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 8 September 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #7234, an EFS-17M road switcher built by GM-EMD in October of 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. It's the lead unit in an on-coming/westbound mixed-cargo freight train near Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (My train is moving 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:
309
Comments:
0
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 8 September 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #5765, an EP-22 built by GM-EMD in March of 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. It's the lead unit of my train; the second unit is engine #5760. We've just arrived in Altoona, where the engine and train crews are 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:
699
Comments:
0
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 8 September 1963. Shown here (F to R) are PRR engines #8669 and #8671. Both are AS-18AM road switchers built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They're pulling a 94-car mixed-cargo freight train past the Altoona Passenger Station on its way to Enola and points East. Also visible at the right are the last three cars of my passenger train as it departs for Harrisburg. Discernable in the hazy distance is the 17th Street Bridge. Photo taken from the 12th Street Footbridge.
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:
978
Comments:
0
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