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Owner: Penn Central
Model:EMD GP38-2Built As:PC 8098 (GP38-2)
Serial Number:72627-59Order No:72627
Frame Number:72627-59Built:2/1973
Other locos with this serial:  CR 8098(GP38-2) CSX 2737(GP38-2) PC 8098(GP38-2) CSX 2045(GP38-3)
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"Power To Burn," Page 40, 1976
Title:  "Power To Burn," Page 40, 1976
Description:  Here is page 40 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Bearing the insignia of the Penn Central Railroad, engines No. 2293 and No. 8098 head westbound out of Altoona with a 'mixed' freight on the night of July 2, 1976, bound for Conway Yards." Both locomotives were built by GM-EMD. #2293 is a GP35 built for the Pennsylvania Railroad in June of 1964 and rated at 2,500 HP, while #8098 is a GP38-2 built in February of 1973 and rated at 2,000 HP. Photo taken at the Altoona Passenger Station.
Photo Date:  8/29/1976  Upload Date: 2/28/2019 1:40:59 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PC 2293(GP35) PC 8098(GP38-2)
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