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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW RT-624Built As:PRR 8959 (RT-624)
Serial Number:75130Order No:
Frame Number:Built:10/1951
Notes:PRR Class BS-24M; equipped with d/b
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 8959(RT-624)
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PRR 8959, BS-24M, c. 1965
Title:  PRR 8959, BS-24M, c. 1965
Description:  Byerly. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, c. 1965. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Baldwin RT-624 #8959, 2400-hp, at Pitcairn, Pa." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8959 and another RT-624 whose number is not recorded. #8959 is a BS-24M transfer switcher 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. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Diesels On The Pennsylvania" that's produced and distributed by Alackhawk Films of Dav_nport, Iowa (819-21).
Photo Date:  9/9/1965  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 2:44:47 AM
Location:  Pitcairn, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 8959(RT-624)
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