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PRR 5708, EP-22, c. 1957 |
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Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5708 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5708 was constructed in September of 1952. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/1957 Upload Date: 1/26/2022 9:55:47 PM |
| Location: |
Cincinnati, OH |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) |
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351 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5708, EP-22, 1961 |
| Description: |
Horseshoe Curve-1961. Here is an original photo that I took at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 17 August 1961. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5708, #5707, and #5709. All are EP-22's built by GM-EMD in October of 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. In this context, they're pulling a mail & express train around the Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East. |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/1961 Upload Date: 7/8/2016 1:35:45 AM |
| Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) PRR 5707(E8A) PRR 5709(E8A) |
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885 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5708, EP-22, 1962 |
| Description: |
MDiv. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, in May of 1962. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5708, two unidentified "EP" Class units, and #5878. All were built by GM-EMD. #5708 is an EP-22 built in October of 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower, while #5878 is an EP-20 constructed in April of 1949 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. This A-A-B-A set is passing through the Duncannon Station with a passenger train bound for Harrisburg and points East. ("Stoneborobranch"; #50 of 56) |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/1962 Upload Date: 9/14/2020 10:42:06 AM |
| Location: |
Duncannon, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) PRR 5878(E7A) |
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740 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR Cab Ride, #9 of 9, 1962 |
| Description: |
Cab Ride. Here is the ninth of nine successive original photos that I took while riding in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotive on 29 December 1962. Shown here (L to R) are Thomas H. Lantz, the Locomotive Engineman, Mr. R.K. "Slim" Creighton (our PRR Escort), and the Locomotive Fireman. They're standing next to PRR engine #5708, an EP-22 built by EMD in September of 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. It's parked at the Altoona Passenger Station, at the end of our journey on a very snowy afternoon! |
| Photo Date: |
12/29/1962 Upload Date: 2/19/2025 8:24:15 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Winter,InCab,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) |
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92 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR E* |
| Description: |
21st Street |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1965 Upload Date: 7/5/2018 9:21:12 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Albert Reinshmidt |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) |
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546 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5708, EP-22, 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 #5708 and two more units whose road numbers are not visible. All are EF-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5708 was constructed in October in 1952. They're pulling a westbound mail & express train under the 7th Street Bridge on its way up the East Slope of the Allegheny Mountains to Pittsburgh. (#27 of 44) |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1965 Upload Date: 6/25/2016 5:02:15 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) |
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570 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR "Gallitzin Tunnels," #1 of 3, 1965 |
| Description: |
New Portage. Here is the first of three photos by John M. Prophet III that were taken near the tunnels under Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on 11 June 1965. It was published originally in his (2009) book entitled "Prophet's Pennsy," page 57. Photo Caption: "EP22 #5708 and two others on a westbound [mail and express] train at 'SF,' approaches the summit of the grade, just east of Gallitzin, Pa., June 11, 1965." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #5708 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5708 was built in September of 1952. Visible in the foreground is the westbound connecting track from the New Portage Branch; it passes under the two eastbound tracks ~ often called "The Slide" ~ which pass through the New Portage Tunnel. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1965 Upload Date: 11/14/2021 7:27:28 AM |
| Location: |
Gallitzin, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Tunnel,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5708(E8A) |
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464 Comments: 1 |
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