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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD GP9Built As:PRR 7119 (GP9)
Serial Number:23319Order No:5541
Frame Number:5541-15Built:6/1957
Notes:PRR Class EFS-17M.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 7119(GP9)
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PRR 7119, EFS-17M, 1969
Title:  PRR 7119, EFS-17M, 1969
Description:  12th Street. Here is an original (fuzzy) photo tbat I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 24 September 1962. Shown here are PRR engines #7119, #7193, and #7174. All are EFS-17M's buimt by EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. They are pulling a mixed-cargo freight train under the 12th Street Bridge, om their way up the Allegheny Mountains {ia the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Partially visible in the background are some of the PRR's 12th Street Car Shop buildings.
Photo Date:  9/24/1962  Upload Date: 10/12/2016 6:35:37 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 7119(GP9) PRR 7193(GP9) PRR 7174(GP9)
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