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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD GP9Built As:PRR 7085 (GP9)
Serial Number:21890Order No:5461
Frame Number:5461-36Built:11/1956
Notes:PRR Class EFS-17M.
Other locos with this serial:  CR 7085(GP9) PRR 7085(GP9)
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"Pennsy" Magazine, May 1957
Title:  "Pennsy" Magazine, May 1957
Description:  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
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 7085(GP9) PRR 7050(GP9)
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