PRR 5764, EP-22, 1955         
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken near Newport, Pennsylvania, on 24 July 1955. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5764 and another E-8 whose number is not recorded. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #5764 was built in November of 1952. In this context, they've just passed VIEW Tower with a passenger train on its way to Harrisburg and points East. Note the string of empty 50-ton hopper cars belonging to the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company heading back to the mines of Western Pennsylvania for more loads of bituminous coal. ("Tchowee"; #19 of 29)
Date: 7/24/1955 Location: Newport, PA   Map Show Newport on a rail map Views: 742 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 5764(E8A)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 5764, EP-22, 1955
Picture Categories: Signal,Passenger This picture is part of album:  PRR: Howerter ~> Pennsy Passenger Diesels
Share
User Comments No Comments on this picture
Add a Comment:  
Please Log in to leave a Comment.  
Link to this page: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5312166