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S3 9476 |
| Description: |
This anonymous Alco S3 had been built in November 1950 (serial 78507) as Pennsylvania Railroad 8876, and was later Penn Central 9476. It was photographed on the Mississippi Export at Moss Point, Mississippi, possibly owned by George R. Sillcott, a dealer in used railroad equipment, although we don't know what it was doing here. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1981 Upload Date: 12/18/2017 5:56:48 PM |
| Location: |
Moss Point, MS |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PC 9476(S3) PRR 8876(S3) GRSX 9476(S3) |
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| Title: |
PRR 8880, AS-6, 1964 |
| Description: |
Byerly. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Canton, Ohio, on 26 June 1964. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Alco S-3 #8880, 660-hp, at Canton, Ohio." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8880, an AS-6 switcher built by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1950 and rated at 660 horsepower. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Diesels On The Pennsylvania" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (819-30). |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/1964 Upload Date: 10/28/2018 6:06:45 AM |
| Location: |
Canton, OH |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8880(S3) |
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| Title: |
PRR 9479, AS-6, c. 1968 |
| Description: |
Here is an image of a photo by Edward Kaspriske that was taken near Kearny, New Jersey, c. 1968. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9479, an AS-6 switcher built by the American Locomotive Company as number "8879" in December of 1950, rated at 660 horsepower, and renumbered "9479" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. Edward Kaspriske Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1968 Upload Date: 6/16/2023 12:19:18 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 9479(S3) |
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| Title: |
PRR #9479 |
| Description: |
Idling in Sunnyside Yard |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1970 Upload Date: 12/22/2015 7:50:31 PM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside Yard/ Hunters Point, NY |
| Author: |
Rudolph Schubert |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9479(S3) PC 9479(S3) |
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