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| Title: |
PC 8955, RT-624, 1969 |
| Description: |
Altoona Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Thomas H. Chenoweth that was taken in East Altoona, Pennsylvania, during June of 1969. Shown here is Penn Central engine #8955, an RT-624 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "8955" in August of 1951 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. Partially visible at the right is PC engine #5577, an RS-3 built by the American Locomotive Company for the PRR as number "8477" in January of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. The exact date is not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1969 Upload Date: 3/28/2019 1:49:47 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PC 8955(RT-624) PC 5577(RS3) |
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| Title: |
PC 8955, RT-624, 1969 |
| Description: |
Altoona Action. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in East Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 14 July 1969. Shown here is Penn Central engine #8955, an RT-624 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "8955" in August of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
7/14/1969 Upload Date: 10/8/2018 10:53:32 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PC 8955(RT-624) |
| Views: |
745 Comments: 0 |
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