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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD E7ABuilt As:PRR 5881 (E7A)
Serial Number:8620Order No:E1113
Frame Number:E1113-A16Built:4/1949
Notes:PRR Class EP-20.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5881(E7A)
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PRR 5881, EP-20, c. 1956
Title:  PRR 5881, EP-20, c. 1956
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Cliffwood, New Jersey, c. 1956. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5881, an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. Note the modern combination car just behind the locomotive.
Photo Date:  8/15/1956  Upload Date: 5/1/2024 8:27:45 AM
Location:  Cliffwood, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5881(E7A)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
PRR 5881, EP-20, 1956
Title:  PRR 5881, EP-20, 1956
Description:  Here is an image of a photo by Edward Kaspriske that was taken near Rahway, New Jersey, in 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5881, an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. Edward Kaspriske Collection.
Photo Date:  11/14/1956  Upload Date: 6/2/2023 10:40:21 AM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5881(E7A)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
PRR 5881, EP-20, #1 of 2, 1957
Title:  PRR 5881, EP-20, #1 of 2, 1957
Description:  Meadows. Here is the first of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides via Al Chione that were taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Engine House at Meadows Yard near Kearny, New Jersey, on 12 February 1957. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is PRR engine #5881, an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. ("Stoneborobranch"; #18 of 32)
Photo Date:  2/12/1957  Upload Date: 9/11/2020 5:49:54 PM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5881(E7A)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
PRR 5881, EP-20, #2 of 2, 1957
Title:  PRR 5881, EP-20, #2 of 2, 1957
Description:  Meadows. Here is the second of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides via Al Chione that were taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Engine Service Tracks at Meadows Yard near Kearny, New Jersey, on 12 February 1957. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is PRR engine #5881, an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. Looks to me like it's had a "close encounter" of the third kind! ("Stoneborobranch"; #19 of 32)
Photo Date:  2/12/1957  Upload Date: 9/11/2020 5:48:39 PM
Location:  Kearny, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5881(E7A)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
PRR 5881, EP-20, 1957
Title:  PRR 5881, EP-20, 1957
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near South Amboy, New Jersey, on 21 June 1957. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5881 and another E-7 whose number is not recorded. Both are EP-20's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5881 was built in April of 1949. Produced and distributed by Krone & Co. ("LouisFols"; #26 of 31)
Photo Date:  6/21/1957  Upload Date: 6/20/2019 2:20:39 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5881(E7A)
Views:  266   Comments: 1
PRR 5881, EP-20, 1959
Title:  PRR 5881, EP-20, 1959
Description:  Horseshoe Curve-1959. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 03 September 1959. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #5881 and #8669. #5881 is an EP-20 built by GM-EMD in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. #8669 is an AS-18AM built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. Together, they are pulling a westbound passenger train around the Horseshoe Curve up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  9/3/1959  Upload Date: 7/7/2016 12:42:53 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5881(E7A) PRR 8669(RSD12)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
PRR 5793, EP-22, 1964
Title:  PRR 5793, EP-22, 1964
Description:  Tipton. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tipton, Pennsylvania, on 05 January 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #5793, an unidentified E-8 unit, and #5881. All were built by EMD. #5793 is an EP-22 built in June of 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #5881 is an EP-20 built in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. They have just recently departed the Altoona Station with an 18-car passenger train, and are now heading to Harrisburg and points East.
Photo Date:  1/5/1964  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 1:13:36 AM
Location:  Tipton, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5793(E8A) PRR 5881(E7A)
Views:  693   Comments: 1


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