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Pictures of PRR 8729
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
BLW RT-624
Built As:
PRR 8729 (RT-624)
Serial Number:
75669
Order No:
Frame Number:
Built:
11/1952
Notes:
PRR Class BS-24M.
Other locos with this serial:
PRR 8729(RT-624)
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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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