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Title:
PRR 6811
Description:
Photo Date:
2/2/1971
Upload Date:
8/18/2020 11:35:10 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Jeffrey Lawrence Collection
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 6811(RSD15)
Views:
197
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6813, AS-24M, 1967
Description:
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Chicago, Illinois, during August of 1967. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6813, an AS-24M road switcher built by the American Locomotive Company as number "8613" in August of 1956, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and renumbered "6813" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. ("Tchowee"; #11 of 39)
Photo Date:
8/15/1967
Upload Date:
5/19/2020 5:02:23 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 6813(RSD15)
Views:
395
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 4933, GG-1, c. 1967
Description:
PFJ. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide showing (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #4933 and #8611. On the left, #4933 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during March of 1943 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. On the right, #8611 is an AS-24M road switcher built by the American Locomotive Company in June of 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
12/21/1967
Upload Date:
3/17/2019 5:04:42 PM
Location:
Frankford Junction, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 4933(GG1)
PRR 8611(RSD15)
Views:
675
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8612, AS-24M, c. 1957
Description:
Here is a photo via Rail Photo Service that was taken in Enola, Pennsylvania. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8612, an AS-24M built by the American Locomotive Company in August of 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. Note the two soon-to-be-extinct steam locomotives "working the Yard" in the upper-right corner of the photo. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #9 of 15.
Photo Date:
1/23/1957
Upload Date:
6/14/2022 7:43:16 AM
Location:
Enola, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 8612(RSD15)
Views:
159
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8612, AS-24M, 1965
Description:
Slope to Works. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train between SLOPE and WORKS Towers in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 06 June 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8612, #8613, and #8614. All are AS-24M's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower each. They are pushing a mixed-cargo freight train past SLOPE Tower and under the 24th Street Bridge on their way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they will uncouple and return to East Altoona for yet another helper/pusher run.
Photo Date:
6/6/1965
Upload Date:
6/25/2016 4:19:57 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
PRR 8612(RSD15)
PRR 8613(RSD15)
PRR 8614(RSD15)
Views:
1448
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8612, AS-24M, 1965
Description:
Excursion. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 17 October 1965. The arrival of the Lancaster Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society's "Horseshoe Curve Excursion" was eclipsed by a really, really long westbound mixed-cargo freight train sporting rear-end pushers. Shown here is PRR engine #8612, an AS-24M built by the American Locomotive Company in 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. One of the "Excursion's" passenger cars is partially visible on the left, while Milepost 242 sits on the right.
Photo Date:
10/17/1965
Upload Date:
9/3/2016 7:49:24 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Roster,Action
Locomotives:
PRR 8612(RSD15)
Views:
838
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8613, AS-24M, 1962
Description:
Byerly. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Enola, Pennsylvania, on 1 July 1962. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Alco RSD-15 #8613, 2400-hp, at Enola, Pa." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8613, an AS-24M built by the American Locomotive Company in August of 1956 and rated at 2,400 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 (819-39).
Photo Date:
7/1/1962
Upload Date:
10/30/2018 12:25:31 PM
Location:
Enola, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8613(RSD15)
Views:
694
Comments:
2
Title:
PRR 8613, AS-24M, 1964
Description:
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Engine House in Morrisville, New Jersey, in June of 1964. Shown here is PRR engine #8613, an AS-24M built by the American Locomotive Company in August of 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. ("Stoneborobranch"; #6 of 20)
Photo Date:
6/21/1964
Upload Date:
9/12/2020 2:27:46 PM
Location:
Morrisville, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8613(RSD15)
Views:
338
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8613, AS-24M, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8613 and #8606. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company in 1956 and are rated at 2,400 horsepower each. #8613 is an AS-24M, but #8606 is an APS-24MS. These two locomotives are pushing a 77-car freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. The caboose is N-8 #478214. The PRR's WYE Tower is visible in the distance.
Photo Date:
7/3/1965
Upload Date:
8/24/2016 7:21:48 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Track
Locomotives:
PRR 8613(RSD15)
PRR 8606(RSD7)
Views:
1082
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8606, APS-24MS, 1965
Description:
Wye Switches. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8606 and #8613. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company in 1956 and are rated at 2,400 horsepower each. #8606 is an APS-24MS, but #8613 is an AS-24M. These two locomotives are pushing a 77-car freight train up the New Portage Branch Line to Gallitzin and points West. The caboose is N-8 #478214. Duncansville's Fifth Street is in the photo's center, while Second Avenue is on the left.
Photo Date:
7/3/1965
Upload Date:
8/24/2016 7:25:26 PM
Location:
Duncansville, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8606(RSD7)
PRR 8613(RSD15)
Views:
984
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8613, AS-24M, 1965
Description:
Brickyard. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Brickyard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 18 July 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8613 and #8608. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 2,400 horsepower each. #8613 is an AS-24M built in 1956, but #8608 is an APS-24MS built in 1955. They are pushing a 93-car westbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477807.
Photo Date:
7/18/1965
Upload Date:
8/17/2016 6:53:10 PM
Location:
Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 8613(RSD15)
PRR 8608(RSD7)
Views:
755
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8613, AS-24M, 1966
Description:
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-May of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8613 and #8657. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company. #8613 is an AS-24M built in 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. #8657 is an AS-18AM built in 1957 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. They are pulling one hopper car and an N-5 caboose up the Alleghenies to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:
5/21/1966
Upload Date:
7/9/2016 11:17:59 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PRR 8613(RSD15)
PRR 8657(RSD12)
Views:
857
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8614, AS-24M, 1965
Description:
Rainy. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 October 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8614, #8609, #9866, #9852-B, #9641-B, and #9860. #8614 and #8609 were built by the American Locomotive Company in 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower each; #8614 is an AS-24M, but #8609 is an APS-24MS; they are serving as "helpers" in this context. #9866, #9852-B, #9641-B, and #9860 were built by EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9866, #9852-B, and #9860 are EFP-15's built in 1952. #9641-B is an EF-15A built in 1950. They are threading the 14th Street interlocking on their way up the New Portage/Muleshoe Curve route with a 95-car iron-ore train. The caboose is N-5C #477898. Also visible (L to R) are the Altoona Passenger Station, the 12th Street Bridge, a westbound passenger train about to depart, an eastbound passenger train in the process of departing, and several of the PRR's 12th Street Shop buildings. This photo taken from the 17th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:
10/12/1965
Upload Date:
9/7/2016 2:37:27 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 8614(RSD15)
PRR 8609(RSD7)
PRR 9866(FP7A)
PRR 9852-B(F7B)
PRR 9641-B(F7B)
PRR 9860(FP7A)
Views:
1552
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8616, AS-24M, 1966
Description:
Winter Day. Here is an original telephoto view that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during February of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8616 and #8614. Both are AS-24M's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower each. They are passing the Altoona Passenger Station on their way back to East Altoona after making a helper/pusher run up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and back. Visible behind them is the PRR Test Plant building.
Photo Date:
2/3/1966
Upload Date:
10/28/2016 5:06:28 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,Station,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 8616(RSD15)
PRR 8614(RSD15)
Views:
906
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8614, AS-24M, 1966
Description:
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-May of 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8614 and #8667. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company. #8614 is an AS-24M built in 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. #8667 is an AS-18AM built in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. They are pushing a westbound mixed-cargo freight. Also note the day-glow orange N-5C caboose #477825, as well as the Santa Fe Railroad refrigerator car.
Photo Date:
5/21/1966
Upload Date:
7/9/2016 11:43:40 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:
PRR 8614(RSD15)
PRR 8667(RSD12)
Views:
1044
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8614, AS-24M, 1966
Description:
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-May of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8614 and #8667. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company. #8614 is an AS-24M built in 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. #8667 is an AS-18AM built in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. They are returning to East Altoona for another run up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and back. The lower or northern leg of the Curve is also visible to the left, across Burgoon Run.
Photo Date:
5/21/1966
Upload Date:
7/9/2016 11:46:30 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Scenic,Action
Locomotives:
PRR 8614(RSD15)
PRR 8667(RSD12)
Views:
717
Comments:
4
Title:
PRR 8615, AS-24M, c. 1956
Description:
Altoona Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1956. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8615, an AS-24M built by the American Locomotive Company in August of 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. In the right background, note the two steam locomotives workin' the yard!
Photo Date:
8/15/1956
Upload Date:
12/16/2023 11:38:48 PM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 8615(RSD15)
Views:
56
Comments:
0
Title:
"Interview With Clair Clugh," Page 27, 1996
Description:
Here is page 14 of a 29-page article by Eric Hirsimaki entitled "Interview With Clair I. Clugh: Manager, Altoona Works (Retired)." It was published originally in the Summer 1996 issue of "Keystone" magazine, page 27. Photo Caption: "AS-24M #8615 was one of the six ALCo RSD-12 2,400 hp. C-C units delivered in June 1956. Photographed in Enola, shortly after delivery." Photo by Don Wood.
Photo Date:
6/21/1996
Upload Date:
12/6/2017 4:36:58 AM
Location:
Enola, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 8615(RSD15)
Views:
447
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8616, AS-24M, 1964
Description:
Mann. Here is a color photo (converted to B&W) by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Cresson, Pennsylvania, on 27 August 1964. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8616 and two "EF" Class units whose road numbers are not recorded. #8616 is an AS-24M built by the American Locomotive Company in August of 1956 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. In this context, they're serving as eastbound pushers up to the tunnels in Gallitzin. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:
8/27/1964
Upload Date:
7/4/2021 4:12:02 AM
Location:
Cresson, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:
PRR 8616(RSD15)
Views:
182
Comments:
0
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