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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD GP9Built As:PRR 7175 (GP9)
Serial Number:23973Order No:5569
Frame Number:5569-16Built:11/1957
Notes:PRR Class EFS-17M.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 7175(GP9)
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PRR 7175, EFS-17M, c. 1964
Title:  PRR 7175, EFS-17M, c. 1964
Description:  Kreamer. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by R. von dem Hagen that was taken from the 24th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1964. Prominent at the left are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #7175, #2413, and another unit whose road number is not recorded. #7175 is an EFS-17M built by GM-EMD in October of 1957 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #2413 is an AF-24 built by the American Locomotive Company in October of 1962 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. In this context, they're passing the now-shuttered SLOPE Tower with a mixed-cargo freight train on its way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. Two tracks over, a TrucTrain just down "The Mountain" winds its way through the interlocking into Altoona and points East. The smokestack at the right marks the location of the PRR's 12th Street Car Shops. Brush Mountain dominates the distance. (#5 of 9)
Photo Date:  8/15/1964  Upload Date: 6/15/2025 1:08:46 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 7175(GP9) PRR 2413(RS27)
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