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"Pennsy" Magazine, May 1957 |
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Here is a photo from an article entitled "Review And Preview: 1956-1957." It was published originally in the May 1957 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 1. The photographer is not identified. Partial Caption: "The first two of this trio of EFS-17M's, hauling mixed freight into Enola, are among 83 diesel-electric units put into service by the PRR during 1956." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7085, #7050, and another GP-9 whose number is not recorded. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7085 and #7050 were both built in 1956: the former in November, the latter in October. |
Photo Date: |
5/1/1957 Upload Date: 3/22/2017 5:48:05 PM |
Location: |
Summerdale, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Roster |
Locomotives: |
PRR 7085(GP9) PRR 7050(GP9) |
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597 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 7059, EFS-17M, c. 1967 |
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Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Perdix, Pennsylvania, c. 1967. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7059, #7085, and #7096. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD in 1956: #7059 was built in October, while #7085 and #7096 were built in November. They're passing BANKS Tower with a train of empty hoppers bound for Altoona and the coal mines in Western Pennsylvania. Blue Mountain dominates the distance. |
Photo Date: |
9/22/1967 Upload Date: 12/29/2021 8:25:15 AM |
Location: |
Perdix, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Signal |
Locomotives: |
PRR 7059(GP9) PRR 7085(GP9) PRR 7096(GP9) |
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162 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 2631, GF-25, 1967 |
Description: |
Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in October of 1967. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2631, a GF-25 built by General Electric as number "2531" in September of 1964, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and renumbered "2631" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. |
Photo Date: |
10/10/1967 Upload Date: 5/16/2024 4:07:05 PM |
Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
PRR 2631(U25B) PRR 7085(GP9) |
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60 Comments: 0 |
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