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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD E7ABuilt As:PRR 5843 (E7A)
Serial Number:3979Order No:E745
Frame Number:E745-A4Built:8/1947
Notes:PRR Class EP-20.
Other locos with this serial:  PC 4243(E7A) PRR 5843(E7A)
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Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1950
Title:  Annual Report Color Cover ~ 1950
Description:  Here is the front cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 104th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1950. Issued: 14 March 1951. Color illustration by Mr. Grif Teller. The painting proper is called "Main Line Of Commerce." Depicted in the center (L to R) are PRR engine #5843 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. #5843 was constructed in August of 1947. Also depicted is PRR engine #6444, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during November of 1943 and retired in February of 1960.
Photo Date:  12/31/1950  Upload Date: 3/26/2023 7:03:43 AM
Location:  Conemaugh, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5843(E7A) PRR 6444(2-10-4)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
Teller, "Main Line Of Commerce," 1951
Title:  Teller, "Main Line Of Commerce," 1951
Description:  Here is the 26th of 33 color prints of calendar art works that were commissioned by the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1925 through 1958. Shown here is Grif Teller's painting entitled "Main Line Of Commerce." It was published originally in 1951. Depicted in the center (L to R) is PRR engine #5843 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. #5843 was constructed in August of 1947. Also depicted is PRR engine #6444, a J-1 (2-10-4) "Texas" built in Juniata during November of 1943 and retired in February of 1960.
Photo Date:  8/15/1951  Upload Date: 12/26/2024 9:37:54 AM
Location:  New Florence, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5843(E7A) PRR 6444(2-10-4)
Views:  17   Comments: 0
PRR 5843, EP-20, 1960
Title:  PRR 5843, EP-20, 1960
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Newport, Pennsylvania, on 17 October 1960. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5843 and an E-8 unit whose number is not recorded. Both were built by GM-EMD. #5843 is an EP-20 built in August of 1947 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. In this context, they're rockin' 'n' rollin' with Train #43. ("Tchowee"; #9 of 29)
Photo Date:  10/17/1960  Upload Date: 5/9/2020 5:36:51 PM
Location:  Newport, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5843(E7A)
Views:  285   Comments: 0


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