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PRR 9710, BF-16, 1955 |
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NST. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken just West of SLOPE Tower in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 23 July 1955. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9710 and a "BF" Class B-unit whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9710 is a BF-16 built in December of 1950, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 16 years of revenue service. This A-B set has just passed the Brick Yard Crossing with a mineral train on their way down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to the Eastbound Receiving Yards in Altoona. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1955 Upload Date: 1/19/2021 10:18:53 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR 9710(RF-16A) |
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| Title: |
PRR 9710, BF-16, 1956 |
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Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 7 October 1956. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9710 and two more units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9710 is a BF-16 built in December of 1950, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966. Also visible at the far left is the front end of an unidentified PRR EP-20 passenger locomotive; at the far right are Wabash Railroad F-7 #1165 (built by GM-EMD in June of 1950) coupled to an unidentified PRR EF-15A. ("Stoneborobranch"; #10 of 20) |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1956 Upload Date: 7/27/2020 12:28:31 PM |
| Location: |
Indianapolis, IN |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9710(RF-16A) WAB 1165(F7A) |
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PRR 9710, BF-16, 1996 |
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Altoona Action. Here is a photo that was published originally in Dan Cupper's 1996 monograph entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad: Its Place In History 1846-1996," page 14. Partial Caption: "With the buildings of the Altoona Machine Shop complex behind, a pair of Baldwin road freight 'sharknose' diesels leads a train of refrigerator cars west on the main line to Pittsburgh." Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9710 and another "BF" Class unit whose road number is not recorded. #9710 is a BF-16 built in December of 1950, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 16 years of service. The photographer's name and the date are not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1996 Upload Date: 1/6/2018 2:03:15 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 9710(RF-16A) |
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