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PRR 2001, BF-16, #2 of 2, 1951 |
| Description: |
Dziobko. Here is the second of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides of photos by John Dziobko, Jr., that were taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 September 1951. Partially visible here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2001, a BF-16 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower, later rebuilt as an ABF-18 rated at 1,800 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1951 Upload Date: 4/22/2024 9:38:53 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2001(RF-16A) |
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14 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 2001, BF-16, #1 of 2, 1951 |
| Description: |
Dziobko. Here is the first of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides of photos by John Dziobko, Jr., that were taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 September 1951. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2001 and a "Shark" B-unit whose road number is not recorded. #2001 is a BF-16 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower, later rebuilt as an ABF-18 rated at 1,800 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1951 Upload Date: 7/25/2018 9:05:36 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2001(RF-16A) |
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542 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 2001, BF-16, c. 1957 |
| Description: |
Here is the second of eight original photos that were taken by an unidentified photographer at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, perhaps during 1957. Shown here (L to R) is PRR engine #2001 and a "Shark" B-unit whose road number is not recorded. #2001 is a BF-16 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower, later rebuilt as an ABF-18 rated at 1,800 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after 15 years of revenue service. They are pulling a mixed-cargo freight train, and are about to round the Curve on their way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1957 Upload Date: 9/3/2018 12:44:01 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2001(RF-16A) |
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441 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 2001, BF-16, c. 1957 |
| Description: |
Here is the third of eight original photos that were taken by an unidentified photographer at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, perhaps during 1957. Shown here (L to R) is PRR engine #2001 and a "Shark" B-unit whose road number is not recorded. #2001 is a BF-16 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in June of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower, later rebuilt as an ABF-18 rated at 1,800 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after 15 years of revenue service. They are pulling a mixed-cargo freight train, and are about to round the Curve on their way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1957 Upload Date: 9/3/2018 12:45:26 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 2001(RF-16A) |
| Views: |
525 Comments: 1 |
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