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Owner: Penn Central
Model:BLW AS616Built As:PRR 8970 (AS616)
Serial Number:75083Order No:
Frame Number: Built:6/1951
Notes:PC Class AS-616; ex-PRR #8970
Other locos with this serial:  PC 6970(AS616) PRR 8970(AS616) PC 8970(AS616)
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PC 6970, AS616, 1972
Title:  PC 6970, AS616, 1972
Description:  PC Power. Here is an original photo that I took of a Penn Central Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, during March of 1972. Shown here is PC engine #6970, an AS616 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "8970" in June of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. By the looks of it, this locomotive ~ now renumbered "6970" ~ has been sold for scrap and is awaiting shipment to its final destination. Photo taken near the intersection of Allegheny and Blair Streets, next to the AIRCO Plant.
Photo Date:  3/21/1972  Upload Date: 6/7/2016 12:17:18 PM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 6970(AS616)
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