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PRR 2239, EF-22, 1964 |
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WIL-ALT-64. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Harrisburg to Altoona on 03 July 1964. Shown here (R to L) are partial views of PRR engines #2239 and #2245. Both are EF-22's built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling an eastbound merchandise freight train near Perdix, Pennsylvania. Visible in the distance is Blue Mountain. (That train is moving left to right; my train is moving right to left.) |
| Photo Date: |
7/3/1964 Upload Date: 9/12/2016 12:11:06 PM |
| Location: |
Perdix, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2245(GP30) PRR 2239(GP30) |
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PRR 2217, EF-22, 1964 |
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4th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1964. Shown here are PRR engines #2217, #2211, #2219, #2206, and #2245. All are EF-22's built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are about to pass under the 4th Street Bridge with an 80-car TrucTrain bound for Enola and points East. The caboose is #477866. Also visible are two westbound freight trains awaiting orders to proceed, as well as two passenger cars awaiting reconditioning in the PRR's Passenger Car Shops behind them. Visible in the center distance, beyond the 7th Street Bridge, are some of the PRR's 12th Street Shop buildings. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1964 Upload Date: 9/30/2016 8:49:36 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Yard,Signal,Track |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2217(GP30) PRR 2211(GP30) PRR 2219(GP30) PRR 2206(GP30) PRR 2245(GP30) |
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| Title: |
PRR 2245, EF-22, 1965 |
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Bellwood. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Pinecroft ~ just west of Bellwood, Pennsylvania ~ on 26 June 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2245, #2350, and #2282. All were built by EMD. #2245 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #2350 and #2282 are EF-25's rated at 2,500 horsepower each; #2350 was built in 1965, but #2282 was built in 1964. They are pulling a 95-car westbound ore train with N-8 caboose #478170. Photo taken from the Riggle's Gap Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/1965 Upload Date: 7/27/2016 1:12:05 AM |
| Location: |
Pinecroft, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 2245(GP30) PRR 2350(GP35) PRR 2282(GP35) |
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| Title: |
PRR 2245, EF-22, 1966 |
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Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here are PRR engines #2245, #2242, and two other units whose numbers are not visible. #2245 and #2242 are EF-22's buit by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling an eastbound mixed-cargo freight train through what was once the whistlestop at Birmingham ~ site of the Grier School for Girls, the Birmingham School for Girls before that, and the Mountain Female Seminary before that! |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/1966 Upload Date: 7/27/2016 12:10:46 PM |
| Location: |
Birmingham, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 2245(GP30) PRR 2242(GP30) |
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407 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 6069, EF-30A, c. 1967 |
| Description: |
Mann. Here is a photo showing (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6069 and #2245. Both were built by GM-EMD. #6069 is an EF-30A constructed in February of 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower, while #2245 is EF-22 built in May of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded. (Gift from Brad Mann.) |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1967 Upload Date: 8/20/2021 3:39:23 PM |
| Location: |
Cove, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 6069(SD40) PRR 2245(GP30) |
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190 Comments: 0 |
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