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PRR 6302
Title:  PRR 6302
Description:  Photo by Al Chione
Photo Date:  6/1/1965  Upload Date: 12/31/2009 11:56:18 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 6302(C628)
Views:  2116   Comments: 3
PRR 6302, AF-27, 1965
Title:  PRR 6302, AF-27, 1965
Description:  Slope to Works. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains between SLOPE and WORKS Towers in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 06 June 1965. Shown here (L to R) is PRR engine #6302 and two other units whose numbers are not visible. All are AF-27's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower each. They are in the middle of an ore train and are helping to move it up the Allegheny Mountains. Note that the eastbound coal train pulled by PRR engine #9530 is still stopped on the far right track.
Photo Date:  6/6/1965  Upload Date: 6/25/2016 4:41:08 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 6302(C628)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
PRR 6302, AF-27, 1965
Title:  PRR 6302, AF-27, 1965
Description:  Byerly. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in June of 1965. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Alco C-628 #6302, 2750-hp, at Altoona, Pa." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6302, an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1965 and rated at 2,750 horsepower. It's parked just West of the Altoona Station, awaiting its next passenger helper run up "The Mountain" to Gallitzin and back. Photo taken adjacent to Altoona's 17th Street Bridge. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Diesels On The Pennsylvania" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (819-41).
Photo Date:  6/21/1965  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 2:56:26 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 6302(C628)
Views:  609   Comments: 0
East Altoona Ready Tracks, 1965
Title:  East Altoona Ready Tracks, 1965
Description:  17th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 July 1965. Shown here are the Locomotive Ready Tracks below the 17th Street Bridge; many makes and models are represented. Of the 40 or so locomotives visible, the following are identifiable by number. Starting from the right are PRR engines #7118, #7124, #9662, #6302, and #6308. #7118 and #7124 are EFS-17M's built by EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #9662 is an EF-15A built by EMD in 1950 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #6302 and #6308 are AF-27's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower each.
Photo Date:  7/10/1965  Upload Date: 9/15/2016 4:48:48 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 7118(GP9) PRR 7124(GP9) PRR 9662(F7A) PRR 6302(C628) PRR 6308(C628)
Views:  1407   Comments: 0
PRR 2357, EF-25, 1965
Title:  PRR 2357, EF-25, 1965
Description:  Brickyard. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains at the Brickyard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 18 July 1965. On the right (R to L) are PRR engines #6307 and #6302. Both are AF-27's built by the American Locomotive Company during 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower each. They are pushing a 68-car westbound mixed-cargo freight train up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. On the left (R to L) are PRR engines #2357, #2535, #7112, and #7033. #2357 is an EF-25 built by EMD in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They are pulling ~ or, rather, braking ~ an 83-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477031. That's the Brickyard Crossing in the foreground!
Photo Date:  7/18/1965  Upload Date: 8/17/2016 6:46:36 PM
Location:  Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 6307(C628) PRR 6302(C628) PRR 2357(GP35)
Views:  776   Comments: 0
PRR 6302, AF-27, 1965
Title:  PRR 6302, AF-27, 1965
Description:  7th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives in Altoona, Pennsylvania, duriig August of 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #6302, #6306, #6300, and #6304. All are AF-27's built by the American Locomotive Company during 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepmwer each. They are about to pass under the 7th Street Bridge on their way to East Altoona to get ready to make another helper/pusher run up to Allegheny Mountains via the'Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and back.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 9/30/2016 4:03:46 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Signal,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 6302(C628) PRR 6306(C628) PRR 6300(C628) PRR 6304(C628)
Views:  1036   Comments: 0
PC 6066
Title:  PC 6066
Description:  Helpers on westbound coal train (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  1/2/1970  Upload Date: 3/30/2015 9:35:34 PM
Location:  Canton, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6302(C628)
Views:  712   Comments: 0
PC 6302, 6307 on helper duty
Title:  PC 6302, 6307 on helper duty
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/17/1970  Upload Date: 7/23/2022 10:24:16 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6302(C628) PC 6307(C628)
Views:  176   Comments: 1
PC 6302
Title:  PC 6302
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/25/2011 9:18:43 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  bob gottschall
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6302(C628)
Views:  960   Comments: 0
Frontier (NYC) - 7 of 9
Title:  Frontier (NYC) - 7 of 9
Description:  Along Broadway Ave. Alco 6 axles in their last days. This is Conrail + about 4 months, and I doubt they're destined for new paint.
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/23/2017 11:05:44 AM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Christopher Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6302(C628) RDG 5301(C630) RDG 5305(C630)
Views:  882   Comments: 1
Frontier (NYC) - 8 of 9
Title:  Frontier (NYC) - 8 of 9
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/23/2017 11:05:53 AM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Christopher Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6302(C628) RDG 5301(C630) RDG 5305(C630)
Views:  685   Comments: 1
Frontier (NYC) - 9 of 9
Title:  Frontier (NYC) - 9 of 9
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 1/23/2017 11:06:19 AM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Christopher Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6302(C628) RDG 5301(C630) RDG 5305(C630)
Views:  653   Comments: 1
CR 6740
Title:  CR 6740
Description:  I. J. Buckley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  4/8/1977  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 4:06:05 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  I. J. Buckley
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6740(C628) CR 3172(GP40)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
CR C628 6740 (ex-PC 6302)
Title:  CR C628 6740 (ex-PC 6302)
Description:  Alco CR C628 6740 (ex-PC 6302) rests between assignments along with C636 6788 at Pitcairn in October, 1977.
Photo Date:  10/8/1977  Upload Date: 6/21/2017 4:45:58 PM
Location:  Pitcairn, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6740(C628)
Views:  394   Comments: 1
Conrail C628 6740
Title:  Conrail C628 6740
Description:  Photographer & location unknown
Photo Date:  12/1/1977  Upload Date: 11/13/2018 6:51:59 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6740(C628)
Views:  256   Comments: 1


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