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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD E7ABuilt As:PRR 5870 (E7A)
Serial Number:7840Order No:E1113
Frame Number:E1113-A5Built:4/1949
Notes:PRR Class EP-20.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 4230(E7A) PRR 5870(E7A)
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PRR 4230, EP-20, c. 1966
Title:  PRR 4230, EP-20, c. 1966
Description:  WB. Here is an image of a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken adjacent to MG Tower near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1966. Shown here (L to R) is PRR engine #4230 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #4230 is an EP-20 constructed as number "5870" in April of 1949, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and renumbered "4230" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. In this context, they're pulling a passenger train up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1966  Upload Date: 12/28/2024 10:52:28 AM
Location:  Allegrippus, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4230(E7A)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
PRR 4230, EP-20, 1966
Title:  PRR 4230, EP-20, 1966
Description:  Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on 21 October 1966. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #4230 and three more "EP" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #4230 is an EP-20 built in April of 1949 as number "5870," rated at 2,000 horsepower, and renumbered "4230" in 1966. They have just emerged from the New Portage Tunnel with an eastbound passenger train, and are on the way down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Altoona, Harrisburg, and points East. The bridge the train is crossing passes over the westbound New Portage Branch just before it merges with the main line.
Photo Date:  10/21/1966  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 9:58:26 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4230(E7A)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
PRR E7a 4230
Title:  PRR E7a 4230
Description:  Location & photographer unknown
Photo Date:  7/1/1968  Upload Date: 11/22/2017 4:29:41 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4230(E7A)
Views:  377   Comments: 2


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