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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco RS3Built As:PRR 8909 (RS3)
Serial Number:78583Order No:20582
Frame Number:prime mover # 11806Built:4/1951
Notes:PRR Class AS-16M.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 8909(RS3)
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PRR 8907, AS-16M, 1959
Title:  PRR 8907, AS-16M, 1959
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, during March of 1959. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8907 and #8909. Both are AS-16M road switchers built by the American Locomotive Company in April of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower each. #8907 was retired in October of 1967, while #8909 made it into the Penn Central era as number "5409." ("Tchowee"; #11 of 36)
Photo Date:  3/21/1959  Upload Date: 6/4/2020 7:22:21 AM
Location:  Pitcairn, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8907(RS3) PRR 8909(RS3)
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