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Title: |
PRR 6308, AF-27, 1966 |
Description: |
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-May of 1966. Shown here is PRR engine #6308 and two other units whose numbers are not visible. #6308 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. They are returning to East Altoona for another run up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and back. |
Photo Date: |
5/21/1966 Upload Date: 7/9/2016 11:14:34 AM |
Location: |
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6308(C628) |
Views: |
415 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC EB |
Description: |
6308(C-628)-6197(SD-45) |
Photo Date: |
12/29/1971 Upload Date: 9/12/2011 9:45:02 AM |
Location: |
Blue Island, IL |
Author: |
Gil Ford |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
549 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6304 |
Description: |
Northbound |
Photo Date: |
7/9/1972 Upload Date: 5/9/2012 9:51:54 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
646 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
PC 6304 |
Description: |
About to cross the PC Fort Wayne line - Check out the signals! |
Photo Date: |
7/9/1972 Upload Date: 10/27/2015 9:41:23 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
279 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6304 |
Description: |
How things have changed! (Date approximate) |
Photo Date: |
9/23/1972 Upload Date: 12/20/2014 10:57:20 AM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Bridge |
Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
443 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Penn-Central ALCo Century 628 6308 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
2/27/1974 Upload Date: 5/27/2008 2:02:18 PM |
Location: |
Cove, PA |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
2654 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6308 |
Description: |
Having turned on the connection track at Gallitzin, a pair of helpers returns light to Altoona for another "shove." Date of photo approximate. |
Photo Date: |
10/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/20/2009 1:03:06 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6308(C628) |
Views: |
1068 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
PRR 6309, AF-27, 1965 |
Description: |
Sunday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 02 May 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #6309, #5861, #5860-B, and #5838. #6309 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,750 horsepower; it is the "helper" engine in this context. #5861 and #5860-B are EP-20's built by EMD in 1948 and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5838 is an EP-22 built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are pulling a 13-car passenger train up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Pittsburgh and points West. This photo taken from the steps of SLOPE Tower. |
Photo Date: |
5/2/1965 Upload Date: 9/1/2016 12:43:18 AM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Signal,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6309(C628) PRR 5861(E7A) PRR 5860-B(E7B) PRR 5838(E8A) |
Views: |
793 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PRR 5838, EP-22, 1965 |
Description: |
Sunday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 02 May 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #6309, #5861, #5860-B, and #5838. #6309 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower; it is the "helper" engine in this context. #5861 and #5860-B are EP-20's built by EMD in 1948 and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5838 is an EP-22 built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. They are passing under the 24th Street Bridge with a 13-car westbound passenger train, and are heading up the Allegheny Mountains to Pittsburgh and points West. This photo taken from the steps of SLOPE Tower. |
Photo Date: |
5/2/1965 Upload Date: 9/1/2016 12:45:12 AM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Bridge,Signal,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6309(C628) PRR 5861(E7A) PRR 5860-B(E7B) PRR 5838(E8A) |
Views: |
646 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PRR "Gallitzin Tunnels," #2 of 3, 1965 |
Description: |
New Portage. Here is the second of three photos by John M. Prophet III that were taken near the tunnels under Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on 11 June 1965. It was published originally in his (2009) book entitled "Prophet's Pennsy," page 47. Partial Caption: "AF27 #6309 'helper' on the rear of Train #9, mail and express, at 'SF,' just east of the tunnels at Gallitzin, Pa., June 11, 1965." #6309 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in April of 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. Immediately in front of it (R to L) are two of the PRR's "Railway Express" cabin cars: N-5 #5025 and N-5C #5033. In the foreground is PRR 70-ton hopper car #275226 carrying iron ore. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1965 Upload Date: 11/13/2021 8:14:47 PM |
Location: |
Gallitzin, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Tunnel,Signal |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6309(C628) |
Views: |
482 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PRR 6309, AF-27, 1967 |
Description: |
Byerly. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Harry L. Juday that was taken in Toledo, Ohio, on 30 March 1967. Photo Caption: "Alco C-628 #6309, 2750-hp, at Toledo, Ohio." Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6309 and a GM-EMD unit whose road number is not recorded. #6309 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in March of 1965 and rated at 2,750 horsepower. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Diesels On The Pennsylvania" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (819-42). |
Photo Date: |
3/30/1967 Upload Date: 10/30/2018 7:44:32 PM |
Location: |
Toledo, OH |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6309(C628) |
Views: |
438 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6309 |
Description: |
PC Alcos cross the EL and pass the tower at Mansfield. PC 6309 would later become Conrail 6747. Date of photo approximate. |
Photo Date: |
9/1/1975 Upload Date: 5/24/2009 8:55:52 PM |
Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6309(C628) |
Views: |
1370 Comments: 8 |
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Title: |
PC 6310 |
Description: |
Ralph L. Phillips photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. |
Photo Date: |
9/14/1968 Upload Date: 11/6/2021 11:14:32 PM |
Location: |
Allston (subdivision, MA |
Author: |
Ralph L. Phillips |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 6310(C628) PC 6146(SD45) |
Views: |
266 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 23072 |
Description: |
A C628 shoves against a classic portholed ex-Pennsy cabin on a westbound manifest ascending Horse Shoe Curve. Date approximate. |
Photo Date: |
11/1/1974 Upload Date: 7/22/2006 12:23:04 AM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6310(C628) |
Views: |
1380 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6310 |
Description: |
Single unit light helper descends into Altoona at "Slope." Date of photo approximate. |
Photo Date: |
11/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/28/2009 5:55:05 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6310(C628) |
Views: |
868 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6310 |
Description: |
PC 6310 is running as a point helper on this westbound Flexi-Van train at "Slope." Date of photo approximate. |
Photo Date: |
11/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/28/2009 6:48:46 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6310(C628) |
Views: |
1139 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6310 |
Description: |
Big Alcos congregate at Rockport Yard, having brought a transfer over from Collinwood. |
Photo Date: |
6/5/1975 Upload Date: 1/18/2006 7:12:10 PM |
Location: |
Brook Park, OH |
Author: |
Bob Lockwood |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6310(C628) |
Views: |
1051 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PRR 6311, AF-27, 1966 |
Description: |
12th Street. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during March of 1966. Shown here is PRR engine #6311, an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. It is pulling a special cargo freight train past the Altoona Station on its way up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin and points West. Visible in the background are three of the original PRR 12th Street Car Shop buildings. |
Photo Date: |
3/21/1966 Upload Date: 10/18/2016 2:48:32 AM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Bridge,Station |
Locomotives: |
PRR 6311(C628) |
Views: |
659 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
PRR 6311, AF-27, 1966 |
Description: |
Mid-Mountain. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train West of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-June of 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #6311, #6056, and another unit whose number is not visible. #6311 is an AF-27 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1965 and rated at 2,700 horsepower. #6056 is an EF-30A built by EMD in 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. They are pushing a westbound mixed-cargo freight train up the Allegheny Mountains, but will uncouple at Gallitzin and return to East Altoona for yet another run up the Mountains. |
Photo Date: |
6/21/1966 Upload Date: 8/25/2016 11:49:19 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PRR 6311(C628) PRR 6056(SD40) |
Views: |
973 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
PC 6311 |
Description: |
Light helpers head west to assist an eastbound. Date of photo approximate. |
Photo Date: |
11/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/27/2009 9:33:58 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6311(C628) |
Views: |
819 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6311 |
Description: |
Helpers acting as "brakers" on an eastbound train meet another set of light helpers headed west. Date approximate. |
Photo Date: |
11/1/1974 Upload Date: 4/27/2009 9:29:44 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6311(C628) |
Views: |
559 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6311 |
Description: |
A C628/SD45 combo moves out of the servicing area at Collinwood Yard. |
Photo Date: |
4/30/1975 Upload Date: 1/18/2006 11:44:19 AM |
Location: |
Cleveland, OH |
Author: |
Bob Lockwood |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6311(C628) |
Views: |
949 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6311 |
Description: |
Gotta love this C628/RS27/GP9/SD45 combination on a westbound at Collinwood |
Photo Date: |
11/16/1975 Upload Date: 1/18/2006 8:25:25 PM |
Location: |
Cleveland, OH |
Author: |
Bob Lockwood |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6311(C628) |
Views: |
966 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6312 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
4/1/1976 Upload Date: 5/10/2014 3:29:16 PM |
Location: |
Olean, NY |
Author: |
Stephie Kolata |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PC 6312(C628) |
Views: |
590 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
ex-PRR 6313 |
Description: |
Ralph L. Phillips photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. |
Photo Date: |
4/13/1968 Upload Date: 11/9/2021 6:46:38 PM |
Location: |
Allston (subdivision, MA |
Author: |
Ralph L. Phillips |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 6313(C628) PC 6086(SD40) |
Views: |
238 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6327 |
Description: |
PC 6327, 6313 westbound on to the ex-NYC Cleveland Line |
Photo Date: |
7/12/1972 Upload Date: 5/4/2013 8:50:56 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
PC 6313(C628) |
Views: |
524 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
PC 6313 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
3/7/1975 Upload Date: 7/19/2009 7:33:12 AM |
Location: |
Avon, IN |
Author: |
Jim Gavin |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
PC 6313(C628) |
Views: |
786 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 59, 2004 |
Description: |
Here is page 22 of a 24-page cover article entitled "Horseshoe Curve: 153 Years." It was published originally in the August 2004 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 59. |
Photo Date: |
8/1/2004 Upload Date: 10/28/2017 3:46:46 AM |
Location: |
Gallitzin, PA |
Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
Categories: |
Tunnel |
Locomotives: |
CR 8086(GP38-2) PC 6313(C628) CR 6382(SD40-2) |
Views: |
739 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6338 |
Description: |
Ralph L. Phillips photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum. |
Photo Date: |
5/4/1968 Upload Date: 11/6/2021 11:22:51 PM |
Location: |
Allston (subdivision, MA |
Author: |
Ralph L. Phillips |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
PC 6338(C636) PC 6314(C628) |
Views: |
273 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
PC 6315 |
Description: |
Eastbound on the Mahoning Secondary (ex-NYC line) (date approximate) |
Photo Date: |
7/12/1972 Upload Date: 1/26/2015 10:10:50 PM |
Location: |
Alliance, OH |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Track |
Locomotives: |
PC 6314(C628) |
Views: |
621 Comments: 5 |
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Title: |
PC 6314 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/30/1976 Upload Date: 9/23/2007 8:56:58 AM |
Location: |
Avon, IN |
Author: |
Jim Gavin |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
PC 6314(C628) |
Views: |
608 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
Paul Hunnell Photo |
Photo Date: |
8/31/1973 Upload Date: 3/1/2017 5:06:21 PM |
Location: |
Proviso, IL |
Author: |
Richard Kundert |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
712 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
Actual day unknown |
Photo Date: |
8/1/1984 Upload Date: 1/23/2024 10:08:35 AM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
Alan Gaines |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
93 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Somewhere North of Escanaba |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:05:42 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
768 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:06:13 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
915 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:06:30 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) CNW 6718(C628) |
Views: |
1279 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CNW 6730 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:06:44 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6730(C628) CNW 6717(C628) CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
1334 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:12:14 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
557 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:12:52 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
569 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/15/1985 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:42:56 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
732 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/17/1986 Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:40:50 PM |
Location: |
partridge, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
682 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/17/1986 Upload Date: 10/11/2006 1:32:41 PM |
Location: |
partridge, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
530 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/19/1986 Upload Date: 3/12/2008 6:45:39 PM |
Location: |
partridge, MI |
Author: |
marc malnekoff |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
507 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
C&NW 6701 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/6/1986 Upload Date: 8/4/2013 2:53:52 PM |
Location: |
Escanaba, MI |
Author: |
George Kantola |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
440 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6811 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
12/1/1990 Upload Date: 12/6/2017 6:05:10 PM |
Location: |
Marshalltown, IA |
Author: |
Matt Petersen |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6811(SD40-2) CNW 6701(C628) |
Views: |
532 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
C&NW Alco C-628s |
Description: |
Ex N&W at East Minneapolis |
Photo Date: |
12/31/1973 Upload Date: 1/30/2007 9:18:12 PM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Greg Smith |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CNW 6702(C628) |
Views: |
850 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CNW 6702 |
Description: |
In CNW yard (Date approximate) - |
Photo Date: |
8/20/1976 Upload Date: 1/21/2011 12:13:52 PM |
Location: |
Escannaba, MI |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
CNW 6702(C628) |
Views: |
1001 Comments: 2 |
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