Oil Power. Here is a duplicate color "super slide" that was taken from the State Route 53 Bridge near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, c. 1959. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #7086 and four more "Geeps" whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EFS-17M's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,750 horsepower each. #7086 was constructed in November of 1956. They're about to roar under the Bridge with a manifest freight on their way to the New Portage Tunnel and a descent down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Altoona and points East. Note the Flagman protecting the rear of his mixed-cargo freight train that has stopped on one of the westbound tracks. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. |
Date:
8/15/1959 |
Location:
Gallitzin, PA Map ![Show Gallitzin on a rail map](/images/map_us.gif) |
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Thomas C. Ayers |
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Author: Thomas C. Ayers
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![PRR 7086, EFS-17M, c. 1959](http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/131069/PRR_7086_A-Pb.jpg) |
Picture Categories: Bridge,Signal,Track |
This picture is part of album: PRR: Pennsy Oil Power ~ 1946-1968 |