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PRR 8797, ES-15M, 1952 |
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Dziobko. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken from the 9th Street Footbridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 25 July 1952. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8797 and #8798. Both are ES-15M road switchers built by GM-EMD in January of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. Photo taken from the 9th Street Footbridge, facing North toward downtown Altoona. |
| Photo Date: |
7/25/1952 Upload Date: 8/4/2019 5:16:42 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 8797(GP7) PRR 8798(GP7) |
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| Title: |
PRR 8798, ES-15M, 1952 |
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Dziobko. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 25 July 1952. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8798 and another GP-7 whose number is not recorded. #8798 is an ES-15M road switcher built by GM-EMD in January of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. They are parked under the WWII-era coaling tipple, awaiting their next helper/pusher run up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and back. Behind them are various passenger cars awaiting reconditioning in the Passenger Car Shops beyond them. |
| Photo Date: |
7/25/1952 Upload Date: 1/1/2019 10:59:33 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 8798(GP7) |
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467 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 8798, ES-15M, c. 1952 |
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Niles I. Here is the fourth of 11 original photos by George Niles, Jr., that were taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, perhaps during 1952. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8798 and #8507. Both are ES-15M road switchers built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #8798 was built in January of 1952, while #8507 is was built in August of 1952. They are serving as helpers for a mail and express train that's rounding the Curve on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they will uncouple and return to Altoona for yet another helper run up "The Mountain." Also visible is PRR/Railway Express Service cabin car #5010. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1952 Upload Date: 2/13/2019 11:46:48 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8798(GP7) PRR 8507(GP7) |
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768 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Trains" Magazine, August 1953 |
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Here is a photo that was published originally in the August 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, pages 46-47. Photo Caption: "What, another Geep? Pennsy No. 8798 passes through the Morrisville (Pa.) yard with 12 big storage tanks for a new brewery at Newark, N.J." #8798 is an ES-15M road switcher built by GM-EMD in January of 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/1953 Upload Date: 10/22/2022 8:24:42 PM |
| Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 8798(GP7) |
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95 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR GP7 #8798 Helper Loco |
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PRR GP7 #8798 leads the great mix of power - a steam loco followed by what appears to be an A-B F7A pair pulling a long string of cars around Horseshoe Curve. No date, locaiton or photographer was listed for this unusual 1950's style mix of power on one of the most famous railroad curves in the world. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1955 Upload Date: 6/21/2020 4:37:31 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8798(GP7) |
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237 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 8798, ES-15M, 1955 |
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Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken at Frankford Junction near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 14 August 1955. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8798 and #8799. Both are ES-15M's built by GM-EMD in January of 1952 and rated 1,500 horsepower each. ("Tchowee"; #36 of 39) |
| Photo Date: |
8/14/1955 Upload Date: 5/22/2020 1:25:27 AM |
| Location: |
Frankford Junction, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 8798(GP7) PRR 8799(GP7) |
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350 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Altoona Shops," Back Cover #2, 1996 |
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Here is the second of two photographs on the back cover of the Autumn 1996 issue of "Keystone" magazine. Photo Caption: "Both the freight diesels and the reefers in the background command attention in this view from the old Altoona 8th St. footbridge, looking northwest, on July 25, 1952. The freight station was demolished about a year after this photo was taken." Photo by John Dziobko, Jr. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8797 and #8798. Both are ES-15M's built by GM-EMD in 1952 and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1996 Upload Date: 11/23/2017 3:01:09 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 8797(GP7) PRR 8798(GP7) |
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595 Comments: 0 |
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