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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW RT-624Built As:PRR 8963 (RT-624)
Serial Number:75134Order No:
Frame Number:Built:11/1951
Notes:PRR Class BS-24M; equipped with dynamic brakes.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 8963(RT-624)
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PRR 8965, BS-24M, #2 of 2, 1961
Title:  PRR 8965, BS-24M, #2 of 2, 1961
Description:  FSF. Here is the second of two successive 35mm color slides of photos by David R. Sweetland that were taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in February of 1961. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8965 and #8963. Both are BS-24M transfer units built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in November of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower each, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. They have just passed under the 4th Street Footbridge and are entering Altoona's Eastbound Receiving Yard.
Photo Date:  2/2/1961  Upload Date: 8/3/2019 8:42:18 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8965(RT-624) PRR 8963(RT-624)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
PRR 8965, BS-24M, #1 of 2, 1961
Title:  PRR 8965, BS-24M, #1 of 2, 1961
Description:  FSF. Here is the first of two successive 35mm color slides of photos by David R. Sweetland that were taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in February of 1961. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8965 and #8963. Both are BS-24M transfer units built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in November of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower each, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. They are about to pass under the 4th Street Footbridge with an eastbound mineral train.
Photo Date:  2/2/1961  Upload Date: 3/16/2018 2:37:23 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8965(RT-624) PRR 8963(RT-624)
Views:  1007   Comments: 0
PRR 8963
Title:  PRR 8963
Description:  Photo by Al Chione
Photo Date:  11/21/1966  Upload Date: 6/4/2009 3:44:06 PM
Location:  Pitcairn, PA
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8963(RT-624)
Views:  2414   Comments: 1


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