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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco RS3Built As:PRR 8479 (RS3)
Serial Number:79926Order No:20783
Frame Number:Alco prime mover # 12875Built:6/1952
Notes:PRR Class AS-16MS.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 8479(RS3) AMTK 142(RS3) PC 5579(RS3)
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PRR 8479, AS-16MS, 1965
Title:  PRR 8479, AS-16MS, 1965
Description:  WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Harrisburg to Altoona on 28 March 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #8479, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. It is shifting some freight cars just West of the Harrisburg Passenger Station and will soon pass under the Market Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  3/28/1965  Upload Date: 10/25/2016 3:05:32 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  1104   Comments: 1
Three derelict Alcos on the Upper Merion & Plymouth
Title:  Three derelict Alcos on the Upper Merion & Plymouth
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/14/1990  Upload Date: 2/9/2012 10:04:28 PM
Location:  Bridgeport, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3) LV 414(C420) LI 596(FA2)
Views:  2752   Comments: 3
PRR 8479 - a Pennsy Alco RS-3
Title:  PRR 8479 - a Pennsy Alco RS-3
Description:  Pennsy Brunswick Green probably doesn't rank in my top 10 favorite liveries for an Alco RS-3
Photo Date:  1/14/1990  Upload Date: 2/9/2012 10:05:08 PM
Location:  Bridgeport, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3) LV 414(C420)
Views:  3553   Comments: 0
Three derelict Alcos
Title:  Three derelict Alcos
Description:  Anthracite NHRS collection
Photo Date:  1/14/1990  Upload Date: 12/31/2008 11:17:45 AM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3) LV 414(C420) LI 596(FA2)
Views:  1923   Comments: 0
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/24/2007  Upload Date: 2/25/2007 4:59:25 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  2461   Comments: 0
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/24/2007  Upload Date: 2/25/2007 5:00:24 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  3203   Comments: 1
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description:  Owned by ARHS, this derelict Alco sits in a field behind the Philadelphia Inquirer building next to the NS mainline.
Photo Date:  7/9/2008  Upload Date: 7/9/2008 6:18:26 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  1261   Comments: 0
Abandoned Alco
Title:  Abandoned Alco
Description:  This old PRR Alco seriously needs some attention. The people at the Philadelphia Inquirer next door say that a few times a year, a team shows up to work on it. ARHS members maybe?
Photo Date:  7/9/2008  Upload Date: 7/9/2008 6:23:50 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  1269   Comments: 0
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/4/2009  Upload Date: 1/4/2009 6:34:38 PM
Location:  Bridgeport, NJ
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  971   Comments: 2
Could it be???? Can my eyes be seeing this????
Title:  Could it be???? Can my eyes be seeing this????
Description:  Thank You Kevin for the much needed info!!!!! Corrections made
Photo Date:  3/21/2009  Upload Date: 7/27/2009 12:58:00 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Virgil Fitzpatrick
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  1453   Comments: 2
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2010  Upload Date: 9/30/2010 4:42:20 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Hogarth Ferguson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  1042   Comments: 0
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/25/2013  Upload Date: 12/27/2013 1:34:08 AM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  742   Comments: 0
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description:  PRR 8479 rusting away in the weeds
Photo Date:  12/25/2013  Upload Date: 12/25/2013 6:33:41 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  1176   Comments: 2
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description:  Nose shot of PRR 8479
Photo Date:  12/25/2013  Upload Date: 12/25/2013 6:33:42 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  917   Comments: 1
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description:  Head-on shot
Photo Date:  12/25/2013  Upload Date: 12/25/2013 6:33:43 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  1362   Comments: 0
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description:  "Long hood" shot
Photo Date:  12/25/2013  Upload Date: 12/25/2013 6:33:45 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  711   Comments: 0
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description:  Rear shot of 8479
Photo Date:  12/25/2013  Upload Date: 12/25/2013 6:33:47 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  608   Comments: 0
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description:  Broadside of PRR 8479, rusting away in the sunlight on Christmas Day
Photo Date:  12/25/2013  Upload Date: 12/25/2013 6:33:49 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  1728   Comments: 7
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2014  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 12:33:56 AM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  550   Comments: 1
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description:  Old classic sits in the weeds after donating parts for another cause.
Photo Date:  8/9/2014  Upload Date: 8/10/2014 12:35:42 AM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  828   Comments: 3
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description:  Built 1952 for the PRR, this RS3 went to the PC, then Amtrak MOW service and eventually the Anthracite NHRS, who lettered it back to PRR.
Photo Date:  4/5/2017  Upload Date: 4/7/2017 5:04:08 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  John Danielson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description:  Built 1952 for the PRR, this RS3 went to the PC, then Amtrak MOW service and eventually the Anthracite NHRS, who lettered it back to PRR.
Photo Date:  4/5/2017  Upload Date: 4/7/2017 5:03:27 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  John Danielson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  1292   Comments: 6
PRR 8479
Title:  PRR 8479
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2017  Upload Date: 4/7/2017 5:05:01 PM
Location:  Swedeland, PA
Author:  John Danielson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 8479(RS3)
Views:  936   Comments: 0


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