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PRR 8673, AS-18AM, 1959 |
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Volkmer. Here is an image of a photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 23 March 1959. Shown here passing under the 24th Street Bridge (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8673, #8666, and #8669. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8666 was constructed in February, while #8669 and #8673 were built in March. They're on their way back to East Altoona after completing another helper/pusher run up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and back. The large structure in the right distance is the Jaffa Temple. William E. Burket Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
3/23/1959 Upload Date: 7/18/2022 4:24:20 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8673(RSD12) PRR 8666(RSD12) PRR 8669(RSD12) |
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250 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 8671, AS-18AM, c. 1960 |
| Description: |
Sweetland. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1960. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8671, #8666, and #8659. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. In this context, they're serving as tail-end pushers on a mixed-cargo freight train on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they'll be uncoupled and returned to East Altoona for yet another helper/pusher run up "The Mountain" to Gallitzin and back. Visible at the far left is SLOPE Tower; the smokestack near the center marks the location of the PRR's 12th Street Car Shops; at the far right is the pit for the old 24th Street Turntable. Photo taken from the 24th Street Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1960 Upload Date: 6/26/2024 10:38:49 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8671(RSD12) PRR 8666(RSD12) PRR 8659(RSD12) |
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109 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8666, AS-18AM, c. 1960 |
| Description: |
Nyman. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Szwajkart that was taken near Allegrippus, Pennsylvania, c. 1960. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8666 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by the American Locomotive Company. #8666 is an AS-18AM constructed in February of 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. They're hauling a fully-loaded mineral train down the Allegheny Mountains to the Receiving Yards in Altoona. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1960 Upload Date: 7/12/2023 10:33:04 PM |
| Location: |
Allegrippus, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 8666(RSD12) |
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101 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8666, AS-18AM, 1962 |
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Oil Power. Here is an original photo that I took near Cresson, Pennsylvania, during April of 1962. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8666 and #8661. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pulling a string of loaded hopper cars toward Cresson, where they will merge with the mainline and proceed down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to the Eastbound Receiving Yards in Altoona. Photo taken from a moving automobile at a place where the Irvona Branch parallels US Route 22 (Admiral Peary Highway), just West of Cresson. |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/1962 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 4:30:12 AM |
| Location: |
Cresson, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8666(RSD12) PRR 8661(RSD12) |
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925 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 8659, AS-18AM, 1965 |
| Description: |
24th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 January 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #8659 and #8666. Both are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pulling an 82-car merchandise freight train down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. The caboose is N-8 #478217. This photo taken just West of the 24th Street Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1965 Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:07:48 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Winter |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8659(RSD12) PRR 8666(RSD12) |
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702 Comments: 1 |
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