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PRR 7131, EFS-17M, 1963
Title:  PRR 7131, EFS-17M, 1963
Description:  AHC. Here is an original photo that I took at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 28 September 1963. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7131, #7252, #2204, #2205, and #2220. All were built by GM-EMD. #7131 and #7252 are EFS-17M's rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7131 was built in 1957, but #7252 was built in 1959. #2204, #2205, and #2220 are EF-22's built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling a 56-car westbound merchandise freight up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  9/28/1963  Upload Date: 8/12/2016 2:43:59 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  PRR 7131(GP9) PRR 7252(GP9) PRR 2204(GP30) PRR 2205(GP30) PRR 2220(GP30)
Views:  1417   Comments: 3
PRR 2211, EF-22, 1964
Title:  PRR 2211, EF-22, 1964
Description:  Tipton. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tipton, Pennsylvania, on 11 April 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2211, #2220, and #2206. All are EF-22's built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower each. They are pulling a 131-car westbound mixed-cargo freight train along with caboose #477018.
Photo Date:  4/11/1964  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 1:20:25 AM
Location:  Tipton, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2211(GP30) PRR 2206(GP30)
Views:  951   Comments: 1
PRR 2217, EF-22, 1964
Title:  PRR 2217, EF-22, 1964
Description:  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)
Views:  807   Comments: 0
PRR 2249, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2249, EF-22, 1965
Description:  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 #2249, #2229, and #2206. All are EF-22's built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling a 160-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477243. Photo taken at the Riggle's Gap Bridge.
Photo Date:  6/26/1965  Upload Date: 7/27/2016 1:05:18 AM
Location:  Pinecroft, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2249(GP30) PRR 2229(GP30) PRR 2206(GP30)
Views:  696   Comments: 1
PRR 2206, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2206, EF-22, 1965
Description:  Museum Bound. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Pinecroft, Pennsylvania, on 26 June 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2249, #2229, and #2206. All are EF-22's built by EMD in 2963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling a 160-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477243. This photo was taken at the Route 483 Bridge. Up to March of 2014, at least, #2206 was in active revenue service: first as Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad's "3004" in Walla Walla, Washington; later as Webb Asset Management Company's "3023" in Wallula, Washington.
Photo Date:  6/26/1965  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 1:44:33 PM
Location:  Pinecroft, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2206(GP30)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
PRR 2206, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2206, EF-22, 1965
Description:  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 #2249, #2229, and #2206. All are EF-22's built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling a 160-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477243. Photo taken at the Riggle's Gap Bridge.
Photo Date:  6/26/1965  Upload Date: 7/27/2016 1:07:06 AM
Location:  Pinecroft, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2249(GP30) PRR 2229(GP30) PRR 2206(GP30)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
PRR East Altoona Roundhouse, 1965
Title:  PRR East Altoona Roundhouse, 1965
Description:  Roundhouse. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad property in East Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 26 June 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2249, #2229, and #2206. All are EF-22's built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are on their way to couple onto a 160-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477243. Relegated to the background are a venerable steam-era Water Tower and what's left of the East Altoona Roundhouse.
Photo Date:  6/26/1965  Upload Date: 8/5/2016 4:18:52 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 2249(GP30) PRR 2229(GP30) PRR 2206(GP30)
Views:  1079   Comments: 0
PRR 2652, GF-25, 1967
Title:  PRR 2652, GF-25, 1967
Description:  Portraits 2. Here is a diesel locomotive portrait by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Chicago, Illinois, on 27 March 1967. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2652 and #2206. #2652 is a GF-25 built by General Electric in November of 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower, while #2206 is an EF-22 constructed by GM-EMD in March of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. (#12 of 30)
Photo Date:  3/27/1967  Upload Date: 4/8/2021 9:14:38 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 2652(U25B) PRR 2206(GP30)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
PRR 2230, EF-22, 1964
Title:  PRR 2230, EF-22, 1964
Description:  17th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 25 April 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2230, #7044, #2208, and #2219. All were built by EMD. #2230, #2208, and #2219 are EF-22's built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #7044 is an EFS-17M built in 1955 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are passing under the 17th Street Bridge with a 48-car merchandise freight on their way up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. The caboose is number #477714.
Photo Date:  4/25/1964  Upload Date: 9/17/2016 4:53:40 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  PRR 2230(GP30) PRR 7044(GP9) PRR 2219(GP30) PRR 2208(GP30)
Views:  1062   Comments: 0
PRR 9724, BF-16, #1 of 2, 1964
Title:  PRR 9724, BF-16, #1 of 2, 1964
Description:  FSF. Here is the first of two duplicate 35mm color slides via Al Chione that were taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in August of 1964. The photographer is not identified. At center-left are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9724 and a "BF" Class B-unit whose road number is not recorded. #9724 is a BF-16 constructed by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in March of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966. At center-right are PRR engine #2213 and three more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #2213 is an EF-22 built in March of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. Both trains have changed engine and train crews, and await movement orders to proceed up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. At the far left are several passenger cars parked next to the PRR's largely-defunct Passenger Car Shops. Photo taken from the 4th Street Footbridge. ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:  8/15/1964  Upload Date: 6/16/2021 10:05:22 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9724(RF-16A) PRR 2213(GP30)
Views:  360   Comments: 1
PRR 2414, AF-25, c. 1963
Title:  PRR 2414, AF-25, c. 1963
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2414, an AF-25 built by the American Locomotive Company in October of 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. Partially visible at the left is PRR engine #7099, an EFS-17M constructed by GM-EMD in November of 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. And partially visible at the right is PRR engine #2214, an EF-22 built by GM-EMD in March of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. Note the hawk, circling in the sky, searchin' for snacks! The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/15/1963  Upload Date: 6/5/2021 9:32:31 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 2414(RS27) PRR 7099(GP9) PRR 2214(GP30)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
PRR 2222
Title:  PRR 2222
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/1967  Upload Date: 4/7/2005 10:01:15 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2222(GP30) PRR 2214(GP30)
Views:  3158   Comments: 0
PRR 2219, EF-22, 1963
Title:  PRR 2219, EF-22, 1963
Description:  24th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 11 October 1963. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2219, #7008, #7147, and #7230. All were built by EMD. #2219 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #7008, #7147, and #7230 are EFS-17M's rated at 1,750 horsepower each; they were built in 1955, 1957, and 1959 respectively. They are pulling an eastbound merchandise freight under the 24th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  10/11/1963  Upload Date: 8/18/2016 12:04:37 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  PRR 2219(GP30) PRR 7008(GP9) PRR 7147(GP9) PRR 7230(GP9)
Views:  999   Comments: 0
PRR 2219, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2219, EF-22, 1965
Description:  17th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 04 July 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2219, #2338, #2324, and #2321. All were built by EMD. #2219 and #2231 are EF-22's built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #2338 and #2324 are EF-25's built in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. They are pulling a 120-car merchandise freight past ALTO Tower on their way to Enola and points East.
Photo Date:  7/4/1965  Upload Date: 9/17/2016 1:04:32 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 2219(GP30) PRR 2338(GP35) PRR 2324(GP35) PRR 2231(GP30)
Views:  695   Comments: 0
PRR 2221, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2221, EF-22, 1965
Description:  Rainy. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 October 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2221, #2431, and #2262. #2221 is an EF-22 built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #2431 is an AF-25 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2262 is an EF-25 built by EMD in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They are pulling an eastbound merchandise freight train through the Altoona Passenger Station and under the 12th Street Bridge on their way to Enola and points East. This train seems to have two "sections": the first has 37 cars and N-8 caboose #478086, the second has 35 cars and caboose #477746.
Photo Date:  10/12/1965  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 9:53:56 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 2221(GP30) PRR 2431(C425) PRR 2262(GP35)
Views:  870   Comments: 0
PRR 2221, EF-22, 1966
Title:  PRR 2221, EF-22, 1966
Description:  Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2221, #2201, #2202, and #2200. All are EF-22's built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower each. They are pulling a westbound iron ore train. This photo was taken at the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:  4/16/1966  Upload Date: 7/27/2016 11:35:17 AM
Location:  Birmingham, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2221(GP30)
Views:  1289   Comments: 2
PRR 2221, EF-22, 1966
Title:  PRR 2221, EF-22, 1966
Description:  Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2221, #2201, #2202, and #2200. All are EF-22's built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower each. They are pulling a westbound iron ore train. This photo was taken at the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:  4/16/1966  Upload Date: 7/27/2016 11:36:35 AM
Location:  Birmingham, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  PRR 2221(GP30)
Views:  848   Comments: 0
PRR 2262, EF-25, 1965
Title:  PRR 2262, EF-25, 1965
Description:  Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 10 July 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2262, #2223, and another unit whose number is not visible. All were built by EMD. #2262 is an EF-25 built in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2223 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower. They are pulling a 76-car eastbound merchandise train with caboose #477270. This photo was taken at the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:  7/10/1965  Upload Date: 7/27/2016 10:37:32 AM
Location:  Birmingham, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2262(GP35) PRR 2223(GP30)
Views:  527   Comments: 0
PRR 2249, EF-22, 1964
Title:  PRR 2249, EF-22, 1964
Description:  24th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2249, #2290, and #2224. All were built by EMD. #2249 and #2224 are EF-22's built in 1963 and are rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #2290 is an EF-25 built in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They are about to pass under the 24th Street Bridge with a 73-car TrucTrain and will not stop in Altoona on their way to the Enola Yards and points East.
Photo Date:  11/29/1964  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 3:04:32 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2249(GP30) PRR 2290(GP35) PRR 2224(GP30)
Views:  601   Comments: 0
PRR 2225, EF-22, 1964
Title:  PRR 2225, EF-22, 1964
Description:  24th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2225, #2230, and #2309. All were built by EMD. #2225 and #2230 are EF-22's built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #2309 is an EF-25 built in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They will soon pass under the 24th Street Bridge with a 98-car iron-ore train on their way up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Bringing-up the rear are five ALCo "pushers" (namely, #8673, #8664, #8676, #8661, and #8669) plus N-8 caboose #478124.
Photo Date:  11/29/1964  Upload Date: 10/10/2016 4:13:41 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 2225(GP30) PRR 2309(GP35) PRR 2230(GP30)
Views:  712   Comments: 0
PRR Enginehouse, 1965
Title:  PRR Enginehouse, 1965
Description:  WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Harrisburg to Altoona on 28 March 1965. Shown here is a partial view of the Harrisburg Enginehouse, situated just West of the Passenger Station. Parked in front of it (R to L) are PRR engines #2225, #7189, and a GP-9 whose number is not legible. All were built by EMD. #2225 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #7189 is an EFS-17M built in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower.
Photo Date:  3/28/1965  Upload Date: 10/25/2016 3:45:40 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 2225(GP30) PRR 7189(GP9)
Views:  707   Comments: 0
PRR 2225, EF-22, 1966
Title:  PRR 2225, EF-22, 1966
Description:  Mid-Mountain. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train West of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-June of 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engine #2225 and two other units whose numbers were not recorded. #2225 is an EF-22 built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are passing under four-track Signal Bridge #2397 with an eastbound mixed-cargo freight train on their way down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East.
Photo Date:  6/21/1966  Upload Date: 8/26/2016 1:41:10 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 2225(GP30)
Views:  580   Comments: 1
PRR 2227, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2227, EF-22, 1965
Description:  Winter. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 03 January 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2227 and #7149. Both were built by EMD. #2227 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #7149 is an EFS-17M built in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are passing under the 7th Street Bridge with a 57-car westbound mixed-cargo freight train and N-5C caboose #477970. Bringing-up the rear are two ALCo "pushers," #8607 and #8609.
Photo Date:  1/3/1965  Upload Date: 9/10/2016 3:09:17 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 2227(GP30) PRR 7149(GP9)
Views:  683   Comments: 0
PRR 2227, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2227, EF-22, 1965
Description:  Bellwood. Here is an original photo that I took of two Pennsylvania Railroad eastbound freight trains at Pinecroft ~ just west of Bellwood, Pennsylvania ~ on 26 June 1965. The train in the foreground is a 160-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight with caboose #477243. The train in the background is an eastbound merchandiser headed by PRR engine #2227, an EF-22 built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. The space between the trains and the telephone poles was once occupied by the Altoona & Logan Valley Electric's double-tracked line linking Altoona and Tyrone. Photo taken at the Riggle's Gap Bridge.
Photo Date:  6/26/1965  Upload Date: 7/27/2016 1:08:49 AM
Location:  Pinecroft, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2227(GP30)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
PC (NYC) locomotive facility
Title:  PC (NYC) locomotive facility
Description:  Summer 1968. This is the east end of the diesel shop. Still lots of stuff in both NYC and PRR schemes.
Photo Date:  7/1/1968  Upload Date: 10/30/2015 12:35:42 PM
Location:  DeWitt, NY
Author:  Christopher Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6856(RSD12) PRR 2227(GP30)
Views:  650   Comments: 0
PRR 2230, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2230, EF-22, 1965
Description:  17th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during August of 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2230, #2228 , and #7074. All were built by EMD. #2230 and #2228 are EF-22's built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #7074 is an EFS-17M built in 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pullin' a smokin' coal train past ALTO Tower on their way to the Altoona Yards. This photo taken from the pedestrian stairway connecting 10th Avenue with the 17th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 9/17/2016 2:04:38 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Signal,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 2230(GP30) PRR 2228(GP30) PRR 7074(GP9)
Views:  828   Comments: 0
PRR Horseshoe Curve, #2 of 2, c. 1963
Title:  PRR Horseshoe Curve, #2 of 2, c. 1963
Description:  Burkey. Here is the second of two original photos by an unidentified photographer that were taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. July of 1963. Prominent in the foreground are two handsome youngsters whose names are not recorded. Beyond them (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2229, #2508, and an "AF" Class unit whose road number is not recorded. #2229 is an EF-22 built by GM-EMD in April of 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower. while #2508 is a GF-25 built by General Electric in September of 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. In this context, they're rounding the Curve with a freight train that's on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. Wave to the Fireman! (#22 of 25)
Photo Date:  7/4/1963  Upload Date: 11/11/2021 6:33:22 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2229(GP30) PRR 2508(U25B)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
PRR 2229, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2229, EF-22, 1965
Description:  Sunday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 02 May 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2229, #2501, and #2529. #2229 is an EF-22 built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower. #2501 and #2529 are GF-25's built by General Electric and rated at 2,500 horsepower each; #2501 was built in 1962, but #2529 was built in 1964. They are pulling a 45-car westbund manifest freight train through the Altoona Passenger Station on their way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. The caboose is N-8 #478159. This photo taken from the 12th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  5/2/1965  Upload Date: 9/1/2016 1:26:19 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 2229(GP30) PRR 2501(U25B)
Views:  828   Comments: 0
PRR 2230, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2230, EF-22, 1965
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 11/5/2016 4:34:54 AM
Location:  Huntingdon, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 2230(GP30) PRR 2422(C425)
Views:  569   Comments: 0
PRR 9770, EF-15A, c. 1967
Title:  PRR 9770, EF-15A, c. 1967
Description:  Mann. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Cove, Pennsylvania, c. 1967. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9770, #2230, and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #9770 is an EF-15A constructed in January of 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #2230 is an EF-22 built in April of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. In this context, they're rockin' 'n' rollin' toward the Enola Yards with a mixed-cargo freight train. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  11/14/1967  Upload Date: 8/11/2021 12:04:29 AM
Location:  Cove, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9770(F7A) PRR 2230(GP30)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
PRR 2236
Title:  PRR 2236
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/1965  Upload Date: 5/17/2024 10:07:34 AM
Location:  Coshocton, OH
Author:  Niko B
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2236(GP30)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
PRR 2400, AF-24, 1963
Title:  PRR 2400, AF-24, 1963
Description:  Tipton. Here is an original phnto that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tipton, Pennsylvania, on 04 August 1963. Shown here are PRR engines #2400 and #2238. #2400 is an AF-24 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1962 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. #2238 is an EF-22 built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are about to pass over the grade crossing in Tipton with a mixed-cargo freight train on their way to Altoona for a climb up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  8/4/1963  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 4:11:22 AM
Location:  Tipton, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2400(RS27) PRR 2238(GP30)
Views:  816   Comments: 0
PRR 2401, AF-24, 1964
Title:  PRR 2401, AF-24, 1964
Description:  Tipton. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tipton, Pennsylvania, on 10 May 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2401, #2238, #7176, and #7187-B. #2401 is an AF-24 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1962 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. #2238 is an EF-22 built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower. #7176 and #7187-B are EFS-17M's built by EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. They are about to cross Clearfield Avenue with a 104-car westbound iron-ore train along with N-8 caboose #478151.
Photo Date:  5/10/1964  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 3:25:08 AM
Location:  Tipton, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2238(GP30) PRR 7176(GP9) PRR 7187-B(GP9B)
Views:  1227   Comments: 1
PRR 2239, EF-22, 1964
Title:  PRR 2239, EF-22, 1964
Description:  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 Mountaio. (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)
Views:  585   Comments: 0
PRR 2433, AF-25, 1965
Title:  PRR 2433, AF-25, 1965
Description:  Rainy. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 October 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2433, #2239, #2362, and #2286. #2433 is an AF-25 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2239 is an EF-22 built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #2362 and #2286 are EF-25's built by EMD and rated at 2,500 horsepower each; #2362 was built in 1965, but #2286 was built in 1964. They are pulling a 99-car eastbound merchandise freight train under the 17th Street Bridge, past the Altoona Passenger Station (not shown on the right), to Enola and points East. The caboose is #477691. The westbound train on the right consists of 110 empty hopper cars, headed by engine #9808; the caboose is #477202. Also visible on the left are some of the PRR's 12th Street Shops; part of 10th Avenue is visible on the right. This photo taken from the 12th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  10/12/1965  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 9:52:27 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 2433(C425) PRR 2239(GP30) PRR 2362(GP35) PRR 2286(GP35)
Views:  1039   Comments: 0
PRR 2245, EF-22, 1966
Title:  PRR 2245, EF-22, 1966
Description:  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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2245(GP30) PRR 2242(GP30)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
PRR 2243, EF-22, 1967
Title:  PRR 2243, EF-22, 1967
Description:  Oil Power. Here is an original 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Rutherford Heights, Pennsylvania, on 18 November 1967. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2243, #2537, and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. #2243 is an EF-22 built by GM-EMD in May of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #2537 is a GF-25 built by General Electric in February of 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. Note the presence of "Radio Equipped" labels and the corresponding lack of Train Phone antennae.
Photo Date:  11/18/1967  Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:22:17 AM
Location:  Rutherford Heights, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2243(GP30) PRR 2537(U25B)
Views:  493   Comments: 1
PRR 2245, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2245, EF-22, 1965
Description:  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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2245(GP30) PRR 2350(GP35) PRR 2282(GP35)
Views:  828   Comments: 2
PRR 6069, EF-30A, c. 1967
Title:  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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 6069(SD40) PRR 2245(GP30)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
PRR 7070, EFS-17M, 1964
Title:  PRR 7070, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:  4th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 15 August 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #7070, #9648-B, and #2246. All were built by EMD. #7070 is an EFS-17M built in 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #9648-B is an EF-15A built in 1950 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #2246 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They have pulled a train of empty hopper cars to a point midway between the 7th Street Bridge (not shown) and the 4th Street Bridge (visible in the distance). They have stopped, and await orders to proceed up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  8/15/1964  Upload Date: 9/30/2016 8:43:31 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 7070(GP9) PRR 9648-B(F7B) PRR 2246(GP30)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
PRR 2246, EF-25, 1966
Title:  PRR 2246, EF-25, 1966
Description:  Winter Day. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during February of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2246, #2429, and another unit whose number is not recorded. #2246 is an EF-25 built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2429 is an AF-25 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They are about to pass under the 12th Street Bridge with a mixed-cargo freight train on their way up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. The two-story gray building on the left is the Railway Express Office; two of the PRR 12th Street Car Shop buildings are partially visible on the right. Visible in the distance is the 7th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  2/3/1966  Upload Date: 10/28/2016 5:04:16 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Station,Signal,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 2246(GP30)
Views:  637   Comments: 2
PRR 2248, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2248, EF-22, 1965
Description:  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 #2248, #2309, and two other units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by EMD. #2248 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #2309 is an EF-25 built in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They are pulling an 85-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight train with N-8 caboose #478176. Photo taken at the Riggle's Gap Bridge.
Photo Date:  6/26/1965  Upload Date: 7/27/2016 1:10:34 AM
Location:  Pinecroft, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2248(GP30) PRR 2309(GP35)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
PRR 2515, GF-25, 1964
Title:  PRR 2515, GF-25, 1964
Description:  Tipton. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tipton, Pennsylvania, on 12 July 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2515, #2411, and #2249. #2515 is an EF-25 built by General Electric in 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2411 is an AF-24 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1962 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. #2249 is an EF-22 built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower. They are pulling a 106-car westbound iron-ore train along with N-8 caboose #478216.
Photo Date:  7/12/1964  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 4:28:09 AM
Location:  Tipton, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 2515(U25B) PRR 2411(RS27) PRR 2249(GP30)
Views:  1118   Comments: 0
PRR 2249, EF-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 2249, EF-22, 1965
Description:  Museum Bound. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Pinecroft, Pennsylvania, on 26 June 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2249, #2229, and #2206. All are EF-22's built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling a 160-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477243. This photo was taken at the Route 483 Bridge. Up to October of 2010, at least, #2249 was in active excursion service with the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland, as number "501."
Photo Date:  6/26/1965  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 8:33:47 AM
Location:  Pinecroft, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2249(GP30)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
PRR 7241, EFS-17M, 1964
Title:  PRR 7241, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:  Brickyard. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Brickyard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7241 and #2251. Both were built by EMD. #7241 is an EFS-17M built in 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #2251 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are travelling down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve and through Altoona to the Enola Yards with a train of 98 "Ore Jennies." The caboose is #477448.
Photo Date:  11/29/1964  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 8:09:48 PM
Location:  Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Night,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 7241(GP9) PRR 2251(GP30)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
PRR 2251, EF-22, 1967
Title:  PRR 2251, EF-22, 1967
Description:  Tipton. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tipton, Pennsylvania, during the Summer of 1967. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2251 and another unit whose number is not recorded. Both were built by GM-EMD. #2251 is an EF-22 built during May of 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are pulling a mixed-cargo freight train from Enola to Altoona and points West.
Photo Date:  8/18/1967  Upload Date: 12/6/2017 5:58:27 PM
Location:  Tipton, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2251(GP30)
Views:  426   Comments: 0


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