| Road Power. Here is an original photo that I took of road locomotives in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 2 September 1960. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9796 and #9772. Both are EF-15A's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9796 was constructed in March of 1951 and retired in August of 1966, while #9772 was built in January of 1951 and went on to serve with the PC. The crew is pulling a long string of new 70-ton hopper cars past the "HOLLY" block telephone box and have reached the Bedford Street Crossing, next to the Passenger Station. From here, this train will pass WYE Tower in Duncansville, climb the Allegheny Mountains using the New Portage Branch Line, and merge eventually with the mainline at Gallitzin. |