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New Freight Locomotives, Page 8, 1963 |
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Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "New Locomotives To Speed Freight Service." It was published originally in the January-February 1963 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 8. Top Photo Caption: "Trio of new GF-25's go to work, hauling trainload of iron ore on the main line near Newport, Pa." Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2509 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are GF-25's built by General Electric and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #2509 was constructed in September of 1962. Bottom Right Photo Caption: "At Enola, Pa., Electrician R.M. Herr inserts headlight bulb on an AF-24 locomotive." Partially visible here is PRR engine #2400, an AF-24 built by the American Locomotive Company in October of 1962 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1963 Upload Date: 9/1/2022 1:47:02 PM |
| Location: |
Newport, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
InCab |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2400(RS27) |
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PRR 2400, AF-24, 1963 |
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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 |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 2400(RS27) PRR 2238(GP30) |
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