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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD E7ABuilt As:PRR 5863 (E7A)
Serial Number:5080Order No:E864
Frame Number:E864-A8Built:2/1948
Notes:PRR Class EP-20; to PV 4223
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5863(E7A)
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PRR 5863, EP-20, 1948
Title:  PRR 5863, EP-20, 1948
Description:  FM. Here is an image of a photo by Fred McLeod that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in August of 1948. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5863 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-20's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5863 was constructed in February of 1948. In this context, this A-A set is pulling a passenger train under four-track Signal Bridge #2417 on its way down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. This image comes from a B&W slide set entitled "Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1948  Upload Date: 7/4/2022 7:51:46 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5863(E7A)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
PRR 5863, EP-20, 1960
Title:  PRR 5863, EP-20, 1960
Description:  Sweetland. Here is duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, in October of 1960. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5863 and two more E-7's whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5863 was built in February of 1948. In this context, they're pulling a mail-express train that's about to enter the Gallitzin Tunnel on its way to Pittsburgh and points West.
Photo Date:  10/1/1960  Upload Date: 3/17/2020 1:56:21 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 5863(E7A)
Views:  388   Comments: 0


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