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PRR 8659, AS-18AM, 1959 |
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Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during July of 1959. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8659, #8655, and another unit whose number is not recorded. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8659 was built in January of 1958, while #8655 was constructed in December of 1957. Photo taken from the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata. ("Stoneborobranch"; #5 of 20) |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1959 Upload Date: 7/20/2020 8:45:49 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8659(RSD12) PRR 8655(RSD12) |
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431 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 8659, AS-18AM, #1 of 2, 1962 |
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Everyday. Here is the first of two successive original photos that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 07 October 1962. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8659 and #8670. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pulling a mixed-cargo freight train into the Hollidaysburg Yards. This photo taken along Broad Street, just West of the Jackson Street Crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1962 Upload Date: 9/27/2016 3:01:26 AM |
| Location: |
Hollidaysburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8659(RSD12) PRR 8670(RSD12) |
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614 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8670, AS-18AM, #2 of 2, 1962 |
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Everyday. Here is the second of two successive original photos that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 07 October 1962. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8659 and #8670. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pulling a mixed-cargo freight train and are about to pass by the Passenger Station on their way into the Hollidaysburg Yards. (The bicycle in the right foreground was my main means of transportation during my early days of train watching and photographing.) |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1962 Upload Date: 9/27/2016 3:02:51 AM |
| Location: |
Hollidaysburg, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Track |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8670(RSD12) PRR 8659(RSD12) |
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577 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8659, AS-18AM, 1965 |
| Description: |
24th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 January 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8659 and #8666. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pulling an 82-car merchandise freight train down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. The caboose is N-8 #478217. This photo taken just West of the 24th Street Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1965 Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:07:48 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Winter |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8659(RSD12) PRR 8666(RSD12) |
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615 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8659, AS-18AM, 1965 |
| Description: |
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during August of 1965. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8659, an AS-18AM built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. In this context, it's parked near the 17th Street Bridge in Juniata. Visible in the near distance (L to R) are the concrete slabs of the East Altoona Roundhouse, the Power Plant building sans smokestack, the Wreck Train in yellow, and the Eastbound Coal Train Classification Yard. Visible in the far distance is the East Altoona Coaling Tipple. ("LouisFols"; #4 of 26) |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1965 Upload Date: 4/20/2020 7:16:52 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8659(RSD12) |
| Views: |
314 Comments: 0 |
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