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Pictures of PC 23624
Owner:
Penn Central
Type:
Caboose
AAR Class:
NE
: Caboose
AAR Type:
M930
Detail Info:
Misc Cars
PC Class:
N8B
User Notes:
ex-NH 639
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Title:
"Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve," Page 18, 1976
Description:
Here is page 18 of a 28-page booklet entitled "Rail Guide To The Horseshoe Curve." It was published originally in 1976 by PC Publications of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: "The eastbound National Limited starts into the Horseshoe Curve just as it passes the helper engines of a westbound freight ascending the east slope of the Alleghenies. Photo by Bill Metzger." Prominent here is Penn Central engine #6186, an SD45 built by GM-EMD for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "6186" in December of 1967 and rated at 3,600 horsepower. Also visible are PC cabooses #23624 and #22983; the latter is ex-PRR N-5E cabin car #477594.
Photo Date:
8/15/1976
Upload Date:
1/23/2022 7:18:11 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:
PC 6186(SD45)
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