PRR 8996, BS-7, 1964         
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Weirton, West Virginia, on 30 August 1964. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8996 and another unit whose number is not recorded. #8996 is a BS-7 switcher built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in March of 1951 and rated at 750 horsepower. Note the locomotive's nickname written above the radiator tarp: "Hello Dolly"! ("Tchowee"; #18 of 36)
Date: 8/30/1964 Location: Weirton, WV   Map Show Weirton on a rail map Views: 282 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 8996(S8)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 8996, BS-7, 1964
Picture Categories: Yard This picture is part of album:  PRR: Howerter ~> Pennsy Switching Diesels
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