| Title: |
PRR 8729, BS-24M, 1961 |
| Description: |
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during August of 1962. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8729, a BS,24M transfer switcher built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in November of 1952, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and retired in December of 1967. Partially visible at the left is PRR engine #4938, a FG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during June of 1943 and rated at 4,620 horsepower; it's the very last GG-1 ever built. ("LouisFols"; #14 of 26) |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1962 Upload Date: 5/16/2020 6:50:55 AM |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Axers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 4938(GG1) PRR 8729(RT-624) |
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