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PRR 6308, AF-27, 1966
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
PC EB
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
PC 6304
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
PC 6304
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
PC 6304
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
Penn-Central ALCo Century 628 6308
Title:  Penn-Central ALCo Century 628 6308
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/27/1974  Upload Date: 5/27/2008 2:02:18 PM
Location:  Cove, PA
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6308(C628)
Views:  2654   Comments: 0
PC 6308
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6308(C628)
Views:  1068   Comments: 2
PRR 6309, AF-27, 1965
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
PRR 5838, EP-22, 1965
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
PRR "Gallitzin Tunnels," #2 of 3, 1965
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
PRR 6309, AF-27, 1967
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
PC 6309
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6309(C628)
Views:  1370   Comments: 8
PC 6310
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
PC 6212 Leads on Horseshoe Curve
Title:  PC 6212 Leads on Horseshoe Curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/23/1969  Upload Date: 1/5/2009 8:16:34 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6212(SD45) PC 6147(SD45) PC 6024(SD35) PC 6092(SD40) PC 6310(C628)
Views:  1200   Comments: 0
PC 6310 the Only Alco in This Lash-up n Horseshoe Curve
Title:  PC 6310 the Only Alco in This Lash-up n Horseshoe Curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/23/1969  Upload Date: 1/5/2009 8:16:43 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6310(C628) PC 6092(SD40) PC 6024(SD35) PC 6147(SD45) PC 6212(SD45)
Views:  1104   Comments: 1
PC 23072
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6310(C628)
Views:  1380   Comments: 0
PC 6310
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6310(C628)
Views:  868   Comments: 0
PC 6310
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6310(C628)
Views:  1139   Comments: 1
PC 6310
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6310(C628)
Views:  1051   Comments: 0
PRR 6311, AF-27, 1966
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
PRR 6311, AF-27, 1966
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: 
Locomotives:  PRR 6311(C628) PRR 6056(SD40)
Views:  973   Comments: 1
PC 6311
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6311(C628)
Views:  819   Comments: 0
PC 6311
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6311(C628)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
PC 6311
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6311(C628)
Views:  949   Comments: 0
PC 6311
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: 
Locomotives:  PC 6311(C628)
Views:  966   Comments: 0
PC 6312
Title:  PC 6312
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/10/2014 3:29:16 PM
Location:  Olean, NY
Author:  Stephie Kolata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 6312(C628)
Views:  590   Comments: 1
ex-PRR 6313
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
PC 6327
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
PC 6313
Title:  PC 6313
Description: 
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
"Horseshoe Curve," Page 59, 2004
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
PC 6338
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
PC 6315
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
PC 6314
Title:  PC 6314
Description: 
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
CNW 6701
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
CNW 6701
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: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
Somewhere North of Escanaba
Title:  Somewhere North of Escanaba
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:05:42 PM
Location:  Escanaba, MI
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  768   Comments: 0
CNW 6701
Title:  CNW 6701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:06:13 PM
Location:  Escanaba, MI
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  915   Comments: 1
CNW 6701
Title:  CNW 6701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:06:30 PM
Location:  Escanaba, MI
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6701(C628) CNW 6718(C628)
Views:  1279   Comments: 1
CNW 6730
Title:  CNW 6730
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:06:44 PM
Location:  Escanaba, MI
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6730(C628) CNW 6717(C628) CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  1334   Comments: 0
CNW 6701
Title:  CNW 6701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:12:14 PM
Location:  Escanaba, MI
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
CNW 6701
Title:  CNW 6701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:12:52 PM
Location:  Escanaba, MI
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  569   Comments: 0
CNW 6701
Title:  CNW 6701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:42:56 PM
Location:  Escanaba, MI
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  732   Comments: 0
CNW 6701
Title:  CNW 6701
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/17/1986  Upload Date: 1/29/2008 5:40:50 PM
Location:  partridge, MI
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  682   Comments: 0
CNW 6701
Title:  CNW 6701
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/17/1986  Upload Date: 10/11/2006 1:32:41 PM
Location:  partridge, MI
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
CNW 6701
Title:  CNW 6701
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/19/1986  Upload Date: 3/12/2008 6:45:39 PM
Location:  partridge, MI
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
C&NW 6701
Title:  C&NW 6701
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 2:53:52 PM
Location:  Escanaba, MI
Author:  George Kantola
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
Working the yard.
Title:  Working the yard.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/1986  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 2:56:17 PM
Location:  Escanaba, MI
Author:  George Kantola
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6709(C628) CNW 6701(C628) CNW 6724(C628) CNW 6704(C628)
Views:  934   Comments: 0
CNW 6811
Title:  CNW 6811
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/1990  Upload Date: 12/6/2017 6:05:10 PM
Location:  Marshalltown, IA
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6811(SD40-2) CNW 6701(C628)
Views:  532   Comments: 3
C&NW Alco C-628s
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: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6702(C628)
Views:  850   Comments: 0
CNW 6702
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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