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Viewing Album: PRR: Birmingham, PA ~1965-1968
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
7/10/1965 - 5/11/1968
Album Info:
Here are twelve original photos that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in or near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, between 1965 and 1968. This particular "Birmingham" is located just East of Tyrone on State Route 453. These color slides are presented in the order that I took them.
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Title:
PRR 5765, EP-22, 1965
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 10 July 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #5765, #5714, #5889, #5856, and #5867. All were built by EMD. #5765 and #5714 are EP-22's built in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5889 is an EP-22 built in 1950 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #5856 and #5867 are EP-20's rated at 2,000 horsepower each; #5856 was built in 1948, but #5867 was built in 1949. They are pulling a 48-car westbound mail/express train. This photo was taken at the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:
7/10/1965
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 10:35:28 AM
Location:
Birmingham, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5765(E8A)
PRR 5714(E8A)
PRR 5889(E8A)
PRR 5856(E7A)
PRR 5867(E7A)
Views:
3087
Comments:
4
Title:
PRR 2262, EF-25, 1965
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 10 July 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #2262, #2223, and another unit whose number is not visible. All were built by EMD. #2262 is an EF-25 built in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2223 is an EF-22 built in 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower. They are pulling a 76-car eastbound merchandise train with caboose #477270. This photo was taken at the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:
7/10/1965
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 10:37:32 AM
Location:
Birmingham, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 2262(GP35)
PRR 2223(GP30)
Views:
528
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 2221, EF-22, 1966
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2221, #2201, #2202, and #2200. All are EF-22's built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower each. They are pulling a westbound iron ore train. This photo was taken at the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 11:35:17 AM
Location:
Birmingham, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 2221(GP30)
Views:
1290
Comments:
2
Title:
PRR 2221, EF-22, 1966
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2221, #2201, #2202, and #2200. All are EF-22's built by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,200 horsepower each. They are pulling a westbound iron ore train. This photo was taken at the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 11:36:35 AM
Location:
Birmingham, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
PRR 2221(GP30)
Views:
849
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6307, AF-27, 1966
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here is PRR engine #6307 and two other units whose numbers are not visible. #6307 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. They are pulling an eastbound mixed-cargo freight train. This photo was taken at the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 11:38:47 AM
Location:
Birmingham, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 6307(C628)
Views:
399
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 5809, EP-22, 1966
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Union Furnace, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here is PRR engine #5809 and two other units whose numbers are not visible. #5809 is an EP-22 built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are pulling an eastbound mail/express train. This photo was taken where the tracks bridge the Little Juniata River west of the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 12:06:21 PM
Location:
Union Furnace, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 5809(E8A)
Views:
680
Comments:
2
Title:
PRR 7246, EFS-17M, 1966
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #7246 and #7201. Both are EFS-17M's built by EMD rated at 1,750 horsepower each; #7246 was built in 1959, but #7201 was built in 1957. They are pulling a westbound string of empty hopper cars. This photo was taken where State Route 453 bridges both the railroad tracks and the Little Juniata River.
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 12:08:06 PM
Location:
Birmingham, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 7246(GP9)
PRR 7201(GP9)
Views:
413
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 2253, EF-25, 1966
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here is PRR engine #2253 and another unit whose number is not visible. #2253 is an EF-25 buit by EMD in 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They are pulling an eastbound mixed-cargo freight train through what was once the whistlestop at Birmingham ~ site of the Grier School for Girls, the Birmingham School for Girls before that, and the Mountain Female Seminary before that!
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 12:09:33 PM
Location:
Birmingham, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 2253(GP35)
Views:
432
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 2245, EF-22, 1966
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here are PRR engines #2245, #2242, and two other units whose numbers are not visible. #2245 and #2242 are EF-22's buit by EMD in 1963 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. They are pulling an eastbound mixed-cargo freight train through what was once the whistlestop at Birmingham ~ site of the Grier School for Girls, the Birmingham School for Girls before that, and the Mountain Female Seminary before that!
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 12:10:46 PM
Location:
Birmingham, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 2245(GP30)
PRR 2242(GP30)
Views:
486
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6016, SD-35, 1966
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Birmingham, Pennsylvania, during April of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #6016, #2536, and another unit whose number is not visible. #6016 is an SD-35 built by EMD in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #2536 is a U-25B built by General Electric in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. They are pulling a westbound mixed-cargo freight train. Note the "ribbon rail" placed between the tracks, ready for future installation.
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
8/13/2016 4:35:47 AM
Location:
Birmingham, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PRR 2536(U25B)
Views:
705
Comments:
1
Title:
PC 2256, GP-35, 1968
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Penn Central Railroad train near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, during May of 1968. Shown here are PC engine #2256 and Southern Pacific Railroad engine #4068. Both were built by GM-EMD. #2256 is a radio-equipped GP-35 built in May of 1964 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #4068 is a GP-20 built in 1962 and rated at 2,000 horsepower. They are pulling a westbound autorack train. Lots of new Chrysler products on-board! Also visible on the right are my Penn State geology buddies George Howorth and John "Rob" Powanda. (Many thanks to Mr. James Taylor for identifying the Southern Pacific unit!)
Photo Date:
5/11/1968
Upload Date:
8/13/2016 4:38:25 AM
Location:
Birmingham, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PC 2256(GP35)
SP 4068(GP20)
Views:
670
Comments:
1
Title:
PC 4278, E-8A, 1968
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Penn Central Railroad train near Union Furnace, Pennsylvania, during May of 1968. Shown here (R to L) are PC engines #4278 and another unit whose number is not recorded. Both are E-8A's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #4278 was built in September of 1952; its original Pennsylvania Railroad number was "5708." They are pulling a six-car eastbound passenger train from Pittsburgh to Huntingdon, Lewistown, and Harrisburg. This photo was taken where the tracks bridge the Little Juniata River west of the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:
5/11/1968
Upload Date:
8/13/2016 4:40:53 AM
Location:
Union Furnace, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:
PC 4278(E8A)
Views:
403
Comments:
0
Title:
PC 4278, E-8A, 1968
Description:
Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Penn Central Railroad train near Union Furnace, Pennsylvania, during May of 1968. Shown here (R to L) are PC engines #4278 and another unit whose number is not recorded. Both are E-8A's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #4278 was built in September of 1952; its original Pennsylvania Railroad number was "5708." They are pulling a six-car eastbound passenger train from Pittsburgh to Huntingdon, Lewistown, and Harrisburg. This photo was taken where the tracks bridge the Little Juniata River west of the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:
5/11/1968
Upload Date:
8/13/2016 4:43:15 AM
Location:
Union Furnace, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PC 4278(E8A)
Views:
322
Comments:
0
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