Title: |
PRR 6500, GF-25A, 1965 |
Description: |
Rainy. Here is an original telephoto view that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 12 October 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #6500 and #6306. #6500 is a GF-25A built by General Electric in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #6306 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. They are pushing a 99-car westbound mixed-cargo freight train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, where they will uncouple and return to East Altoona for another run up the Mountains. The caboose is N-8 #478151. |
Photo Date: |
10/12/1965 Upload Date: 9/6/2016 8:16:12 PM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
RollingStock |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6500(U25C) PRR 6306(C628) |
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