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Title:
PRR AS16s climbing toward Cresson
Description:
The 8849 was assigned to Pittsburgh-28th St
Photo Date:
9/11/1952
Upload Date:
1/22/2011 10:07:11 PM
Location:
Gallitzin, PA
Author:
Lew Schneider
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 8849(RS3)
Views:
6505
Comments:
5
Title:
PRR 8849, AS-16MS, c. 1956
Description:
Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8849, an AS-16MS road switcher built by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. Looks to me like it's pulling a railfan excursion train. Wave to the Engineman! The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
8/18/1956
Upload Date:
3/25/2024 7:06:31 PM
Location:
Warren, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 8849(RS3)
Views:
127
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8849, AS-16MS, 1964
Description:
RR City. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives in Altoona, Pennsylvania,#on 25 April 1964. Shown here is PRR engine #8849, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. It is operating near the Altoona Passenger Station, just after the arrival of a nine-car westbound mail-express train pulled by four EMD "E" units.
Photo Date:
4/25/1964
Upload Date:
9/9/2016 9:49:12 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 8849(RS3)
Views:
613
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR "The 'Cat's Whiskers,'" Page 10, 1954
Description:
Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "The 'Cat's Whiskers.'" It was published originally in the February 1954 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 10. Top Photo Caption: "Clearance car, with 'whiskers' extended, measures Radebaugh Tunnel. Car covers entire System every four years." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8850, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower.
Photo Date:
2/1/1954
Upload Date:
5/4/2022 10:25:54 PM
Location:
Radebaugh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Tunnel
Locomotives:
PRR 8850(RS3)
Views:
303
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8850, AS-16MS, 1960
Description:
4th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during November of 1960. Shown here is PRR engine #8850, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. Its crew is attending to a mixed-cargo freight train that has just pulled into the Eastbound Receiving Yard. Visible on the right are the largely-unused livestock pens, right next to SOUTH Tower (not shown). Photo taken from the 4th Street Bridge. ("Red Shift" slide converted to Black & White.)
Photo Date:
11/13/1960
Upload Date:
9/28/2016 1:43:23 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8850(RS3)
Views:
560
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8851, AS-16MS, 1960
Description:
Sweetland. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in March of 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8851, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. The road number of the N-5C cabin car depicted here is not recorded.
Photo Date:
3/21/1960
Upload Date:
8/6/2019 2:16:51 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8851(RS3)
Views:
489
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8851, AS-16MS, 1960
Description:
FSF. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in May of 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8851, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. On the Ward Trucking Company siding are several "wagon-top" boxcars recently reconditioned at the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop in Hollidaysburg. Photo taken from the 4th Street Footbridge.
Photo Date:
5/5/1960
Upload Date:
9/6/2018 7:49:21 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8851(RS3)
Views:
614
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8851, AS-16MS, c. 1963
Description:
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8851, an AS-16MS road switcher built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. (Tchowee"; #3 of 27)
Photo Date:
9/22/1963
Upload Date:
3/27/2025 6:01:32 PM
Location:
Pemberton, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 8851(RS3)
Views:
13
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8852, AS-16MS, c. 1955
Description:
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by John Pickett that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 13 October 1955. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8852 and at least two GM-EMD "E" Class passenger units whose numbers are not recorded. #8852 is an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. It is helping to pull a mail and express train around the Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin, Pittsburgh, and points West. The date is an approximation.
Photo Date:
10/14/1955
Upload Date:
2/16/2018 8:51:32 AM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 8852(RS3)
Views:
739
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8855, AS-16MS, c. 1962
Description:
Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8855 and #8852. Both are AS-16MS's built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1952 and rated at 1,600 horsepower each. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
1/23/1962
Upload Date:
6/10/2022 9:49:41 PM
Location:
Reading, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Winter
Locomotives:
PRR 8855(RS3)
PRR 8852(RS3)
Views:
228
Comments:
1
Title:
PRR 8854, AS-16MS, c. 1958
Description:
NST. Here is an image of a photo that was taken from the 24th Street Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1958. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8854 and two more "AS" Class units whose road numbers are not recorded. All were built by the American Locomotive Company. #8854 is an AS-16MS road switcher constructed in January of 1952 and retired in January of 1967 after just 15 years of revenue service. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
1/23/1958
Upload Date:
8/20/2024 3:20:57 PM
Location:
Altoona(CP Slope), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter
Locomotives:
PRR 8854(RS3)
Views:
80
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Motive Power Roster," Page 55, 1957
Description:
Here is page three of a seven-page article by Sy Reich entitled "Pennsylvania Railroad Motive Power Roster." It was published originally in the August 1957 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 55. Partial Caption: "Although the Pennsy did more than any other system to develop the steam engine, it now relies mostly on diesel-electrics. This Also-GE road switcher, Class AS-16ms, rests under a Pittsburgh coal and sand tower and water plug." Shown here is PRR engine #8856, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in January of 1952, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in October of 1967 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
8/1/1957
Upload Date:
10/14/2017 2:03:09 PM
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PRR 8856(RS3)
Views:
529
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8906, AS-16M, c. 1959
Description:
Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Cresson, Pennsylvania, c. 1959. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8906, an AS-16M road switcher built by the American Locomotive Company in April of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in October of 1967 after just 16 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
4/16/1959
Upload Date:
12/19/2024 5:30:54 PM
Location:
Cresson, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8906(RS3)
Views:
130
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8906, AS-16M, 1960
Description:
FSF. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in May of 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8906, an AS-16M built by the American Locomotive Company in April of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in October of 1967 after just 16 years of revenue service. Photo taken from the 4th Street Footbridge.
Photo Date:
5/5/1960
Upload Date:
12/24/2019 8:16:27 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8906(RS3)
Views:
526
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8906, AS-16M, c. 1960
Description:
Everyday. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, c. August of 1960. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8906, an AS-16M built by the American Locomotive Company in April of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in October of 1967 after just 16 years of revenue service. The names of the three Railroaders pictured here are not recorded. At the right is the steam-era water tower; behind it is the Samuel Rea Shop.
Photo Date:
8/15/1960
Upload Date:
9/16/2024 7:06:31 PM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8906(RS3)
Views:
113
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8906, AS-16M, 1960
Description:
Everyday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 1 September 1960. Shown here is PRR engine #8906, an AS-16M built by the American Locomotive Company in 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. Its crew is moving a short string of gondola cars from Sender's Junk Yard into the Hollidaysburg Yards, just East of the Juniata River Railroad Bridge.
Photo Date:
9/1/1960
Upload Date:
6/7/2017 4:19:26 AM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 8906(RS3)
Views:
488
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8906, AS-16M, 1960
Description:
Yard Power. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad yard locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 2 September 1960. Shown here is PRR engine #8906, an AS-16M built by the American Locomotive Company in 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. It is pulling a short string of gondola cars from Sender's Junk Yard into the Hollidaysburg Yards. This photo was taken at the Bedford Street Crossing, next to the Passenger Station. Note the three train crew members: one at the right, one on the front of the engine, and one who has just thrown the switch for the train to cross over to the other track.
Photo Date:
9/2/1960
Upload Date:
6/11/2016 9:31:43 PM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8906(RS3)
PRR 8906(RS3)
Views:
385
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8907, AS-16M, 1959
Description:
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, during March of 1959. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8907 and #8909. Both are AS-16M road switchers built by the American Locomotive Company in April of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower each. #8907 was retired in October of 1967, while #8909 made it into the Penn Central era as number "5409." ("Tchowee"; #11 of 36)
Photo Date:
3/21/1959
Upload Date:
6/4/2020 7:22:21 AM
Location:
Pitcairn, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8907(RS3)
PRR 8909(RS3)
Views:
415
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR E&M Yard, #2 of 3, 1966
Description:
E&M. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Juniata E&M Shop Yard in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during April of 1966. Shown here is a view to the right of the trusty turntable. Visible are dozens of locomotives in various states of repair: from work almost finished to being cannibalized. Many makes and models are represented, but mostly those built by the American Locomotive Company. In the foreground is PRR engine #8916, an AS-16MS built by ALCo in 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. Behind it is PRR engine #9616, an AF-16 built by ALCo in 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. And behind that is PRR engine #8912, another AS-16MS built by ALCo in 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower.
Photo Date:
4/16/1966
Upload Date:
9/12/2016 2:14:59 AM
Location:
Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Wreck
Locomotives:
PRR 8916(RS3)
PRR 9616(FA2)
PRR 8912(RS3)
Views:
1434
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8913, AS-16MS, c. 1953
Description:
Showalter. Here is an original photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8913, an AS-16MS road switcher built by the American Locomotive Company in June of 1952, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in October of 1967 after just 15 years of service. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:
12/23/1953
Upload Date:
1/21/2025 10:56:45 PM
Location:
Ridgway, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8913(RS3)
Views:
54
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 8915, AS-16MS, c. 1963
Description:
Here is an original photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8915, an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in April of 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Henry C. Westenberger Collection.
Photo Date:
1/23/1963
Upload Date:
8/28/2018 1:11:19 AM
Location:
Lebanon, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 8915(RS3)
Views:
325
Comments:
1
Title:
MNCR RS3m 9905
Description:
Former CR RS3m 9905 now works for Metro North at Croton Harmon on 10MAY1983
Photo Date:
5/10/1983
Upload Date:
5/7/2017 5:33:17 AM
Location:
Croton Harmon, NY
Author:
Donald Albertson
Categories:
Roster,Yard
Locomotives:
MNCR 9905(RS3)
Views:
579
Comments:
0
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