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PRR 6306, AF-27, 1965
Title:  PRR 6306, 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) are PRR engines #6306 and #6303. Both are AF-27's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower each. They are pushing a westbound mixed-cargo freight and are about to pass under the 12th Street Bridge. The westbound ore train headed by PRR engine #6011 continues to rumble-on in the foreground.
Photo Date:  6/6/1965  Upload Date: 6/25/2016 4:42:26 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 6306(C628) PRR 6303(C628)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
PRR 2536, GF-25, 1965
Title:  PRR 2536, GF-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 left (L to R) are PRR engines #6306 and #6303. Both are AF-27's built by the American Locomotive Company during 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower each. They are returning to East Altoona after helping or pushing a train up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, Pennsylvania. On the right (L to R) are PRR engines #2534, #2247, and #7163. #2534 is a GF-25 built by GE in February of 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2247 is an EF-22 built by GM-EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #7163 is an EFS-17M built by GM-EMD in 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. They are pulling a 43-car eastbound merchandise train with N-8 caboose #478032.
Photo Date:  7/18/1965  Upload Date: 8/17/2016 6:49:19 PM
Location:  Altoona(Brickyard), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 6306(C628) PRR 6303(C628) PRR 2534(U25B) PRR 2247(GP30) PRR 7163(GP9)
Views:  1040   Comments: 2
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
PRR 6500, GF-25A, 1965
Title:  PRR 6500, GF-25A, 1965
Description:  Rainy. Here is an original telepkoto view that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 October 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #6500 and #6306. #6500 is b GF-25A built by General Electric in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #6306 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. They&are pushing a 99-car westbound mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they will uncouple and return to East Altoona for another run up tge Mountains. The caboose is N-8 #478151.
Photo Date:  10/12/1965  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 8:16:12 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  PRR 6500(U25C) PRR 6306(C628)
Views:  853   Comments: 0
PRR 6304, AF-27, 1965
Title:  PRR 6304, AF-27, 1965
Description:  Rainy. Here is an original telephoto view that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 October 1965. Shown here are two sets of helper/pusher units returning to East Altoona for more runs up the Allegheny Mountains and bacj. On the right are PRR engines #6304 and #6303. Both are AF-27's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower each. Beyond the 24th Street Bridge are PRR engines #6500 and #6306. #6500 is a GF-25A built by General Electric in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #6306 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower.
Photo Date:  10/12/1965  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 9:21:44 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 6304(C628) PRR 6303(C628) PRR 6306(C628) PRR 6500(U25C)
Views:  963   Comments: 0
PC 6306
Title:  PC 6306
Description:  Southbound (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  5/8/1976  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 4:52:44 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PC 6306(C628)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
PC 6306
Title:  PC 6306
Description:  Westbound on CR (ex-EL) (Date approximate
Photo Date:  5/19/1976  Upload Date: 2/18/2012 11:26:35 AM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PC 6306(C628)
Views:  837   Comments: 3
Incredible lashup of big ALCO centuries on Clark Secondary about June, 1976
Title:  Incredible lashup of big ALCO centuries on Clark Secondary about June, 1976
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 9:20:00 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Brian Rasmussen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6306(C628)
Views:  1646   Comments: 3
CR 6744
Title:  CR 6744
Description:  David H. Hamley photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Photo Date:  8/21/1976  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 4:11:02 PM
Location:  Conway, PA
Author:  David H. Hamley
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 6744(C628) CR 6786(C636)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
CR 6744
Title:  CR 6744
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/1977  Upload Date: 1/4/2012 12:59:09 AM
Location:  Brier Hill, OH
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6744(C628)
Views:  699   Comments: 1
CR power outside Brier Hill Shop building
Title:  CR power outside Brier Hill Shop building
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/1977  Upload Date: 1/2/2012 11:32:01 PM
Location:  Brier Hill, OH
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 2481(C424) CR 7024(GP9) CR 6744(C628) CR 9221(NW2) CR 2454(C425)
Views:  1390   Comments: 3


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