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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:2/2/1949 - 2/2/1949
Album Info:Here are 39 photos of Pennsylvania Railroad diesel-electric locomotives utilized for freight service. All of them were purchased in a single eBay auction conducted by Mr. Tim Howerter on Thursday, 23 April 2020. The photographer's name, the locomotive road number(s), the date, and the location are cited when specified on the slide mount.
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PRR 9607, AF-15, 1963
Title:  PRR 9607, AF-15, 1963
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Trenton, New Jersey, on 19 October 1963. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9607 and #8504. #9607 is an AF-15 built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1950, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in May of 1965. #8504 is an ES-15M built by GM-EMD in August of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. ("Tchowee"; #1 of 39)
Photo Date:  10/19/1963  Upload Date: 5/5/2020 12:50:45 PM
Location:  Trenton, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9607(FA1) PRR 8504(GP7)
Views:  615   Comments: 0
PRR 6319, AF-30, 1967
Title:  PRR 6319, AF-30, 1967
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Harry L. Juday that was taken in Toledo, Ohio, on 24 June 1967. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6319, an AF-30 built by the American Locomotive Company in October of 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. ("Tchowee"; #7 of 39)
Photo Date:  6/24/1967  Upload Date: 5/19/2020 5:03:23 PM
Location:  Toledo, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 6319(C630)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
PRR 7639, AS-18M, 1967
Title:  PRR 7639, AS-18M, 1967
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Morrisville, Pennsylvania, during January of 1967. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7639 and #7653. Both are AS-18M road switchers built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #7639 was built as number "8639" in November of 1957 and renumbered "7639" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger; #7653" was constructed as number "8653" in December of 1957 and renumbered "7653" for the merger. William D. Volkmer Collection. ("Tchowee"; #8 of 39)
Photo Date:  1/23/1967  Upload Date: 5/22/2020 11:56:18 AM
Location:  Morrisville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 7639(RS11) PRR 7653(RS11)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
PRR 6813, AS-24M, 1967
Title:  PRR 6813, AS-24M, 1967
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Chicago, Illinois, during August of 1967. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6813, an AS-24M road switcher built by the American Locomotive Company as number "8613" in August of 1956, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and renumbered "6813" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. ("Tchowee"; #11 of 39)
Photo Date:  8/15/1967  Upload Date: 5/19/2020 5:02:23 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 6813(RSD15)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
PRR 8958, BS-24M, 1955
Title:  PRR 8958, BS-24M, 1955
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken just West of the Brick Yard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 23 July 1955. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8958, a BS-24M transfer unit built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in October of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. In this context, it's hauling a fully-loaded mineral train down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to the Eastbound Receiving Yards in Altoona. ("Tchowee"; #15 of 39)
Photo Date:  7/23/1955  Upload Date: 5/1/2020 5:39:01 PM
Location:  Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 8958(RT-624)
Views:  606   Comments: 0
PRR 9528, EF-15, 1955
Title:  PRR 9528, EF-15, 1955
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 2 July 1955. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9528 and two more F-3's whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9528 is an EF-15 built in July of 1948 and retired in July of 1965 after just 17 years of revenue service. In this context, this A-B-A set has just passed under the 24th Street Bridge pulling a merchandise freight train up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. A portion of SLOPE Tower is visible just beyond the Bridge. ("Tchowee"; #17 of 39)
Photo Date:  7/2/1955  Upload Date: 5/2/2020 12:01:47 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9528(F3A)
Views:  934   Comments: 0
PRR 9644, EF-15, 1954
Title:  PRR 9644, EF-15, 1954
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken near Cove, Pennsylvania, on 25 July 1954. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9644 and two more "EF" Class units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9644 is an EF-15A constructed in March of 1950. Note the "dragging-object" dectecors in the foreground. ("Tchowee"; #18 of 39)
Photo Date:  7/25/1954  Upload Date: 5/20/2020 12:09:51 PM
Location:  Cove, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9644(F7A)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
PRR 1488, EF-15A, 1967
Title:  PRR 1488, EF-15A, 1967
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Jeffersonville, Indiana, on 3 October 1967. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #1488 and another "EF" Class unit whose number is not recorded. Both were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #1488 is an EF-15A built as number "9788" in February of 1951 and renumbered "1488" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. ("Tchowee"; #20 of 39)
Photo Date:  10/3/1967  Upload Date: 5/20/2020 5:57:44 PM
Location:  Jeffersonville, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 1488(F7A)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
PRR 1535, EF-15A, 1967
Title:  PRR 1535, EF-15A, 1967
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Dennison, Ohio, on 19 April 1967. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #1535, #3549, and #3562. All are EF-15A's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #1535: built as "9876-A" in September of 1952, renumbered "1535" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger, and retired in October of 1967. #3549: built as "9798-B" in March of 1951, renumbered "3549" for the merger, and retired in December of 1967. #3562: built as "9876-B" in September of 1952 and renumbered "3562" for the merger. ("Tchowee"; #21 of 39)
Photo Date:  4/19/1967  Upload Date: 5/20/2020 5:56:53 PM
Location:  Dennison, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 1535(F7A) PRR 3549(F7B) PRR 3562(F7B)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
PRR 9654, EF-15A, 1961
Title:  PRR 9654, EF-15A, 1961
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Detroit, Michigan, during July of 1961. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9654 and two more "EF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9841 is an EF-15A built as an EH-15 in February of 1950, regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in November of 1966 after just 16 years' service. ("Tchowee"; #22 of 39)
Photo Date:  7/7/1961  Upload Date: 5/5/2020 12:48:44 PM
Location:  Detroit, MI
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9654(F7A)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
PRR 9676, EF-15A, 1964
Title:  PRR 9676, EF-15A, 1964
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Jeffersonville, Indiana, during July of 1964. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9676 and two more "EF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9876 is an EF-15A built in July of 1949 and retired in November of 1966 after just 17 years of revenue service. ("Tchowee"; #23 of 39)
Photo Date:  7/7/1964  Upload Date: 5/21/2020 9:37:52 AM
Location:  Jeffersonville, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9676(F7A)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
PRR 9806, EF-15A, 1959
Title:  PRR 9806, EF-15A, 1959
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken near Cove, Pennsylvania, on 15 November 1959. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9806 and two more "EF" Class units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9806 was constructed in April of 1951 and retired in August of 1967 after just 16 years of revenue service. In this context, they're pulling a fully-loaded mineral train out of Altoona and will soon cross the Rockville Bridge on their way to Harrisburg and points East. ("Tchowee"; #24 of 39)
Photo Date:  11/15/1959  Upload Date: 5/21/2020 9:35:34 AM
Location:  Cove, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9806(F7A)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
PRR 9828, EF-15A, 1960
Title:  PRR 9828, EF-15A, 1960
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Tom Smart that was taken in Louisville, Kentucky, on 31 July 1960. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9828 and two more "EF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9828 is an EF-15A built in June of 1951 and retired in December of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. The number of the N-6B cabin car at the right is not recorded. ("Tchowee"; #25 of 39)
Photo Date:  7/31/1960  Upload Date: 5/21/2020 9:37:03 AM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9828(F7A)
Views:  205   Comments: 0
PRR 9876, EF-15A, 1965
Title:  PRR 9876, EF-15A, 1965
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Buttonwood, Pennsylvania, during April of 1965. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9876 and four more GM-EMD products whose numbers are not recorded: one "EF" Class A-unit and three "EFS" Class road switchers. #9876 is an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in September of 1952, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in October of 1967 after just 15 years of service. ("Tchowee #26 of 39)
Photo Date:  4/16/1965  Upload Date: 5/19/2020 6:04:24 PM
Location:  Buttonwood, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9876(F7A)
Views:  317   Comments: 1
PRR 2292, EF-25, 1967
Title:  PRR 2292, EF-25, 1967
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Delair, New Jersey, during July of 1967. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #2292 and a "GF" Class unit whose number is not recorded. #2292 is an EF-25 built by GM-EMD in June of 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. ("Tchowee"; #27 of 39)
Photo Date:  7/7/1967  Upload Date: 5/21/2020 2:41:56 AM
Location:  Delair, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 2292(GP35)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
PRR 4347, EFP-15, 1967
Title:  PRR 4347, EFP-15, 1967
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Jeffersonville, Indiana, on 2 January 1967. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #4347 and #3548. Both were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #4347 is an EFP-15 built as "9847" in May of 1952 and renumbered "4347" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. #3548 is an EF-15A built as "9796-B" in March of 1951 and renumbered "3548" for the merger. ("Tchowee"; #28 of 39)
Photo Date:  1/2/1967  Upload Date: 5/20/2020 5:55:52 PM
Location:  Jeffersonville, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4347(FP7A) PRR 3548(F7B)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
PRR 9841, EFP-15, 1955
Title:  PRR 9841, EFP-15, 1955
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken at the Brick Yard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 23 July 1955. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9841 and two more "EF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9841 is an EFP-15 built in May of 1952. In this context, this A-B-A set of locomotives is pulling a mixed-cargo freight train up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. ("Tchowee"; #29 of 39)
Photo Date:  7/23/1955  Upload Date: 5/2/2020 12:03:23 PM
Location:  Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9841(FP7A)
Views:  816   Comments: 0
PRR 7142, EFS-17M, 1960
Title:  PRR 7142, EFS-17M, 1960
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Aqueduct, Pennsylvania, on 17 October 1960. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7142, #7075, and two more "Geeps" whose numbers are not recorded. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD and rated 1,750 horsepower each. #7142 was built in June of 1957, while #7075 was built in November of 1956. They're rockin' 'n' rollin' with an eastbound manifest freight! ("Tchowee"; #31 of 39)
Photo Date:  10/17/1960  Upload Date: 7/18/2020 6:36:29 PM
Location:  Aqueduct, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 7142(GP9) PRR 7075(GP9)
Views:  205   Comments: 0
PRR 7151, EFS-17M, 1967
Title:  PRR 7151, EFS-17M, 1967
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John W. Stubblefield that was taken near Maroa, Illinois, on 16 July 1967. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7151 and #7153. Both are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD in October of 1957 and rated 1,750 horsepower each. ("Tchowee"; #32 of 39)
Photo Date:  7/16/1967  Upload Date: 7/18/2020 6:35:33 PM
Location:  Maroa, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 7151(GP9) PRR 7153(GP9)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
PRR 8588, ES-15A, 1965
Title:  PRR 8588, ES-15A, 1965
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by K.L. Douglas that was taken near Indianapolis, Indiana, on 17 April 1965. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8588, an ES-15A built by GM-EMD in October of 1953 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. ("Tchowee"; #33 of 39)
Photo Date:  4/17/1965  Upload Date: 7/18/2020 10:02:08 PM
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8588(SD7)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
PRR 8503, ES-15M, 1966
Title:  PRR 8503, ES-15M, 1966
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Enola, Pennsylvania, on 12 June 1966. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8503 and #8506. Both are ES-15M's built by GM-EMD in August of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. ("Tchowee"; #34 of 39)
Photo Date:  6/12/1966  Upload Date: 5/22/2020 7:29:11 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 8503(GP7) PRR 8506(GP7)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
PRR 8507, ES-15M, 1955
Title:  PRR 8507, ES-15M, 1955
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken just West of the 24th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 2 July 1955. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8507 and #8504. Both are ES-15M's built by GM-EMD in August of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. They're returning to the Altoona Passenger Station to await another helper-pusher run up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and back. ("Tchowee"; #35 of 39)
Photo Date:  7/2/1955  Upload Date: 5/1/2020 5:37:32 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8507(GP7) PRR 8504(GP7)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
PRR 7615, ES-17M, 1962
Title:  PRR 7615, ES-17M, 1962
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Dave Ingles that was taken in Conway, Pennsylvania, on 25 March 1962. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7615 and #7605. Both are ES-17M's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each; #7615 was built in January of 1958, while #7605 was completed one month earlier. Note the hostler refilling #7605 with more sand. ("Tchowee"; #38 of 39)
Photo Date:  3/25/1962  Upload Date: 5/22/2020 7:29:57 AM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 7615(SD9) PRR 7605(SD9)
Views:  532   Comments: 0


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