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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco RS11Built As:PRR 8619 (RS11)
Serial Number:81922Order No:21024
Frame Number:prime mover # 14193Built:8/1956
Notes:PRR Class AS-18M.
Other locos with this serial:  CR 7619(RS11) PC 7619(RS11) PRR 8619(RS11)
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PRR 8619, AS-18M, 1965
Title:  PRR 8619, AS-18M, 1965
Description:  WYE Tower. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the Wye Switches in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, on 21 May 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #8619, an AS-18M built by American Locomotive Company in August of 1956 and rated at 1,800 horsepower. It's pulling a mixed-cargo freight train that is still crossing US Route 22 on its way from Altoona to Hollidaysburg. That's WYE Tower on the right. The pipe coming from the Tower to the switch on the left indicate that the switch was opened and closed via compressed air. Duncansville's Third Street is in the photo's center.
Photo Date:  5/21/1965  Upload Date: 6/22/2016 1:35:28 AM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 8619(RS11)
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