PRR 8673, AS-18AM, 1964         
24th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #8673, #8664, #8676, #8661, and #8669. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company in 1958 and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. They are pushing a 98-car iron-ore train (headed by engine #2225) up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin, where they will uncouple and head back down the Alleghenies to East Altoona for yet another run up the Mountains. At the very end is N-8 caboose #478124. The homes in the background line one side of Altoona's 10th Avenue.
Date: 11/29/1964 Location: Altoona, PA   Map Show Altoona on a rail map Views: 709 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 8673(RSD12) PRR 8664(RSD12) PRR 8676(RSD12) PRR 8661(RSD12) PRR 8669(RSD12)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 8673, AS-18AM, 1964
Picture Categories: Bridge,Signal This picture is part of album:  PRR: Altoona Bridges ~ 24th Street
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