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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:FM ERIE-ABuilt As:PRR 9469A (ERIE-A)
Serial Number:L1133Order No:
Frame Number: Built:3/1948
Notes:PRR Class FF-20.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9469(ERIE-A)
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PRR 9468, FF-20, #1 of 3, 1960
Title:  PRR 9468, FF-20, #1 of 3, 1960
Description:  Road Power. Here is an original photo that I took of road locomotives in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 22 August 1960. Prominent here (R to L) are PRR engines #9468 and #9469. Both are FF-20's built by Fairbanks-Morse and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #9468 was constructed in February of 1948 and retired in June of 1963, while #9469 was built in March of 1948 and retired in October of 1962. This photo reveals just how the process worked. The locomotives and the cabin car would have been driven forward from East Altoona to the Wye Switches in Duncansville, proceeded up the New Portage Branch line for a hundred feet or so, and then run backwards from there into the Hollidaysburg Yards. This crew has just uncoupled from N-5 cabin car #477020, which will be pulled to the far end of the Yard and coupled to the out-bound train by engine #9394 ~ an ES-12 switcher built by GM-EMD in May of 1950. After the cabin has been moved, this crew will back their FF-20 locomotives a bit further into the Yard and couple onto the train they'll move. From here, the train will pass the Passenger Station in Hollidaysburg and WYE Tower in Duncansville, climb the Allegheny Mountains using the New Portage Branch, and merge eventually with the mainline at Gallitzin. This photo was taken just west of the intersection of Jones and South Juniata Streets. Visible in the distance is the PRR's Samuel Rea Shop.
Photo Date:  8/22/1960  Upload Date: 6/11/2016 10:30:41 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9468(ERIE-A) PRR 9469(ERIE-A) PRR 9394(SW7)
Views:  1242   Comments: 0
PRR 9468, FF-20, #2 of 3, 1960
Title:  PRR 9468, FF-20, #2 of 3, 1960
Description:  Road Power. Here is an original photo that I took of road locomotives in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 22 August 1960. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9468 and #9469. Both are FF-20's built by Fairbanks-Morse and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #9468 was constructed in February of 1948 and retired in June of 1963, while #9469 was built in March of 1948 and retired in October of 1962. The crew has just coupled onto a long string of new and rebuilt freight cars and has begun pulling them out of the Yard. This photo was taken near the intersection of Jones and South Juniata Streets. From here, this train will pass the Passenger Station in Hollidaysburg and WYE Tower in Duncansville, climb the Allegheny Mountains using the New Portage Branch, and merge eventually with the mainline at Gallitzin.
Photo Date:  8/22/1960  Upload Date: 6/11/2016 10:32:10 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9468(ERIE-A) PRR 9469(ERIE-A)
Views:  2059   Comments: 0
PRR 9468, FF-20, #3 of 3, 1960
Title:  PRR 9468, FF-20, #3 of 3, 1960
Description:  Road Power. Here is an original photo that I took of road locomotives in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 22 August 1960. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9468 and #9469. Both are FF-20's built by Fairbanks-Morse and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #9468 was constructed in February of 1948 and retired in June of 1963, while #9469 was built in March of 1948 and retired in October of 1962. This photo was taken at the Bedford Street Crossing, next to the Passenger Station. From here, the train will pass WYE Tower in Duncansville, climb the Allegheny Mountains using the New Portage Branch Line, and merge eventually with the mainline at Gallitzin.
Photo Date:  8/22/1960  Upload Date: 6/11/2016 10:33:23 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 9468(ERIE-A) PRR 9469(ERIE-A)
Views:  867   Comments: 0


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