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PRR 5865, EP-20, 1953 |
| Description: |
Wallin. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Richard R. Wallin that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in May of 1953. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5865 and two more units whose numbers are not recorded. All are EP-20's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5865 was constructed during February of 1948. This A-B-A set is pulling a mail and express train down the Allegheny Mountains and around the Curve en route to Altoona and points East. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1953 Upload Date: 12/24/2020 5:37:07 PM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5865(E7A) |
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PRR 5865, EP-20, c. 1955 |
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Portraits 1. Here is diesel locomotive portrait of (R to L) Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5865 and another unit whose number is not recorded. Both are EP-20's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5865 was built in February of 1948. The photographer's name, the date, and location are not recorded. (#14 of 20) |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1955 Upload Date: 1/6/2025 1:34:11 PM |
| Location: |
Columbus, OH |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 5865(E7A) |
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127 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 5865, EP-20, 1959 |
| Description: |
FSF. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in September of 1959. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5865 and two more "EP" Class units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #5865 is an EP-20 built during February of 1948 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. They are about to pass under the 4th Street Footbridge with a mail and express train on their way to Harrisburg and points East. Just behind them are the crew-change building and the water tank, both of which saw service during the good ol' days when steam locomotives were marshaled here to push freights up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to the summit at Gallitzin. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1959 Upload Date: 4/28/2018 4:45:52 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5865(E7A) |
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639 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5865, EP-20, 1962 |
| Description: |
MDiv. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken near Duncannon, Pennsylvania, on 9 June 1962. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5865 and two more "EP" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD. #5865 is an EP-20 built in February of 1948 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. This A-A-A set will soon cross the Rockville Bridge and arrive in Harrisburg with a ten-car passenger train bound for New York City. ("Stoneborobranch"; #54 of 56) |
| Photo Date: |
6/9/1962 Upload Date: 9/15/2020 7:14:17 AM |
| Location: |
Duncannon, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5865(E7A) |
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427 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5865, EP-20, 1965 |
| Description: |
Slope to Works. Here is an original photo that I took in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 6 June 1965. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5865 and two more units whose road numbers are not visible. All are EP-20's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5865 was constructed in February of 1948. They've just crossed the Allegheny Mountains from Pittsburgh with a passenger train and will very shortly stop at the Altoona Passenger Station en route to Harrisburg. (#11 of 44) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1965 Upload Date: 6/25/2016 4:27:22 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5865(E7A) |
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396 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5865, EP-20, c. 1965 |
| Description: |
Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of (R to L) Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5865 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-20's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5865 was built in February of 1948. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1965 Upload Date: 3/16/2025 9:17:42 AM |
| Location: |
Bay Head Junction, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 5865(E7A) |
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57 Comments: 0 |
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