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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:9/19/1964 - 4/16/1966
Album Info:Here are eleven original photos that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains and property in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, from 1964 to 1966. These color slides are presented in the order that I took them.
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PRR 7238, EFS-17M, 1964
Title:  PRR 7238, EFS-17M, 1964
Description:  Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 19 September 1;64. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7238, #7189-B, and #7233. All are EFS-17M's built by EMD. #7238 and #7233 were built in 1959, but #7189-B was built in 1957. They are pulling an 86-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477822. This photo was taken just West of the Tyrone Station.
Photo Date:  9/19/1964  Upload Date: 8/17/2016 1:01:22 PM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C.Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 7238(GP9) PRR 7189-B(GP9B) PRR 7233(GP9)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
PRR 2505, GF-25, 1964
Title:  PRR 2505, GF-25, 1964
Description:  Tyrone. Here is ao original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 19 September 1964. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #2505, #7231-B, and #9691. #2505 is a GF-25 built by General Electric in 1962 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #7231-B is an EFS-17M constructed by GM-EMD in October of 1959 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #9691 is an EF-15A built as an EH-15 in April of 1949, rated at 1,500 horsepower, later regeared and reclassified as an EF-15A, and retired in February of 1967. They're pulling a 129-car eastbound mixed-cargo freight with cabin #477819. Photo taken just West of the Tyrone Station.
Photo Date:  9/19/1964  Upload Date: 8/17/2016 1:03:18 PM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 2505(U25B) PRR 7231B(GP9B) PRR 9691(F7A)
Views:  770   Comments: 0
PRR 6008, EF-25A, 1965
Title:  PRR 6008, EF-25A, 1965
Description:  Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 15 Mby 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #6008 and #6030. Both are EF-25A's built by EMD in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. They are pulling a 137-car eastbounf mixed-cargo freight train with caboose #477789 through the Tyrone Station.
Photo Date:  5/15/1965  Upload Date: 8/17/2016 12:38:13 PM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 6008(SD35) PRR 6030(SD35)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
PRR 5889, EP-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 5889, EP-22, 1965
Description:  Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 15 May 1965. Shown here (F to R) are PRR engine #5889 and three other units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by EMD. #5889 is an EP-22 built in 1950 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are pulling a 43-car westbound mail/express train with "Railway Express" N-5 caboose #5010 through the Tyrone Station.
Photo Date:  5/15/1965  Upload Date: 8/6/2016 11:16:41 AM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 5889(E8A)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
PRR 7063, EFS-17M, 1965
Title:  PRR 7063, EFS-17M, 1965
Description:  Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 15 May 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7063 and #7195. Both are EFS-17M's built by EMD; #7063 was built in 1956, but #7195 was built in 1957. They are pulling a 126-car westbound train of empty hopper cars with N-8 caboose #478013 through the Tyrone Station.
Photo Date:  5/15/1965  Upload Date: 8/6/2016 11:18:38 AM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 7063(GP9) PRR 7195(GP9)
Views:  615   Comments: 0
PRR 7063, EFS-17M, 1965
Title:  PRR 7063, EFS-17M, 1965
Description:  Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 15 May 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7063 and #7195. Both are EFS-17M's built by EMD; #7063 was built in 1956, but #7195 was built in 1957. They are pulling a 126-car westbound train of empty hopper cars with N-8 caboose #478013 through the Tyrone Station. Also visible is PRR #181725, an H-43 100-ton capacity Hopper Car built at the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, during September of 1964.
Photo Date:  5/15/1965  Upload Date: 8/6/2016 11:19:56 AM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 7063(GP9) PRR 7195(GP9)
Views:  697   Comments: 0
PRR 477990, N-5C, 1965
Title:  PRR 477990, N-5C, 1965
Description:  Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 15 May 1965. Shown here is PRR N-5C caboose #477990 on the end of a westbound train of empty hopper cars passing through the Tyrone Station. Also visible is PRR #180531, an H-43 100-ton capacity Hopper Car built at the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, during 1964.
Photo Date:  5/15/1965  Upload Date: 8/6/2016 11:21:47 AM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  905   Comments: 1
WW I Memorial, 1965
Title:  WW I Memorial, 1965
Description:  Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took of the WW I Memorial in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on Memorial Day in 1965. Passing behind the Memorial is a 70-car mixed-cargo freight train heading up the Bald Eagle Branch. Pulling it (R to L) are PRR engines #7050, #9768-B, and #7176; all were built by EMD. The caboose is #477810.
Photo Date:  5/15/1965  Upload Date: 8/6/2016 11:24:38 AM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Scenic,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  229   Comments: 0
PRR 5703, EP-22, 1966
Title:  PRR 5703, EP-22, 1966
Description:  Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engine #5703 and another unit whose number is not recorded. #5703 is an EP-22 built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are pulling a westbound passenger train from Harrisburg through the Tyrone Station to Altoona, Pittsburgh, and points West.
Photo Date:  4/16/1966  Upload Date: 8/6/2016 11:40:21 AM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5703(E8A)
Views:  2930   Comments: 2
PRR 6053, EF-30A, 1966
Title:  PRR 6053, EF-30A, 1966
Description:  Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here (F to R) are PRR engines #6053, #6052, and another unit whose number is not recorded. #6053 and #6052 are both EF-30A's built by EMD in 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower each. They are pulling an eastbound merchandise freight train through the Tyrone Station.
Photo Date:  4/16/1966  Upload Date: 8/6/2016 11:38:30 AM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 6053(SD40) PRR 6052(SD40)
Views:  980   Comments: 2
PRR 6086, EF-30A, 1966
Title:  PRR 6086, EF-30A, 1966
Description:  Tyrone. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 16 April 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #6080, #6087, and another unit whose number is not recorded. #6086 and #6087 are both EF-30A's built by EMD in 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower each. They are pulling a westbound mixed-cargo freight train through thz Tyrone Station. Part of the original Station building is visible on the left.
Photo Date:  4/16/1966  Upload Date: 8/17/2016 5:00:54 PM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 6086(SD40) PRR 6087(SD40)
Views:  1145   Comments: 2


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