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Viewing Album: PRR: Cab Ride in EP-22 #5708 ~ 29 DEC 1962
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
12/29/1962 - 12/29/1962
Album Info:
Here are nine original photos that I took when Thomas H. Lantz and I were privileged to ride in the cab of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5708 pulling a passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on Saturday, 29 December 1962. Tom and I were avid fans of all things relating to the Pennsylvania Railroad. During the Summer of 1962, Mr. Herbert P. Ruck (Superintendent of the Samuel Rea Shop in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania) arranged for us to tour all of the PRR's facilities in the Altoona area. Mr. Ruck also arranged the cab ride which is the subject of these photos that offer some sense of our once-in-a-lifetime experience. Also included are several other items germane to our journey.
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Title:
PRR 5708, EP-22, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is an original photo that I took after riding in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotive from Pittsburgh to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 December 1962. Shown here (L to R) are Mr. Thomas H. Lantz, the locomotive engineman, Mr. R.K. "Slim" Creighton (our PRR Escort), and the locomotive fireman. They are standing next to PRR engine #5708, an EP-22 built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. It is parked at the Altoona Station, at the end of our journey on a very snowy afternoon! Anyone recognize the two enginemen?
Photo Date:
12/29/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:26:29 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5708(E8A)
Views:
328
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotive from Pittsburgh to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 December 1962. Shown here is a westbound freight train passing on our right near Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
12/29/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:28:00 PM
Location:
Latrobe, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
133
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotive from Pittsburgh to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 December 1962. Shown here is the locomotive engineer's view from engine #5708, an EP-22 built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. The signal indicates "Proceed!"
Photo Date:
12/29/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:29:05 PM
Location:
Derry, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,InCab,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
154
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotive from Pittsburgh to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 December 1962. Shown here are two EMD "F" units helping an eastbound freight train near Derry, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
12/29/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:30:12 PM
Location:
Derry, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
122
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotive from Pittsburgh to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 December 1962. Shown here are two Diesel locomotives pulling an eastbound freight train near Derry, Pennsylvania. The unit closest to the camera is engine #2403, an AF-24 built by the American Locomotive Company in 1962 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. It's almost brand new!
Photo Date:
12/29/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:31:23 PM
Location:
Derry, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 2403(RS27)
Views:
380
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotive from Pittsburgh to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 December 1962. Shown here is a speeding passenger train ~ #15, the westbound "Duquesne" ~ near Lilly, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
12/29/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:32:35 PM
Location:
Lilly, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
183
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotive from Pittsburgh to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 December 1962. Shown here are several EMD "F" units hauling a string of empty hopper cars at Signals #2502 and #2504 near Lilly, Pennsylvania. The unit closest to the camera is PRR engine #9555, an EH-15 built by EMD in 1949 and rated at 1,500 horsepower.
Photo Date:
12/29/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:35:01 PM
Location:
Lilly, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,InCab,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 9555(F3A)
Views:
255
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotive from Pittsburgh to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 December 1962. Shown here are three EMD EFS-17M's pulling a westbound freight near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
12/29/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:35:56 PM
Location:
Gallitzin, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,InCab,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
151
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is an original photo that I took while riding in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotive from Pittsburgh to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 December 1962. Shown here is the snow-shorn K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacific" #1361 at the Horseshoe Curve, just West of Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:
12/29/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:36:45 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
127
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is a carbon copy of a letter dated 21 December 1962 from Mr. J.L. Forrester (Superintendent of Transportation) authorizing us to "ride cab of Diesel . . . from Pittsburgh, Pa. to Altoona, Pa. on December 29, 1962."
Photo Date:
12/29/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:38:28 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
126
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is a carbon copy of the "Memorandum" detailing our itinerary on 29 December 1962. We did ride in a coach on train #55, "The Pennsylvania Limited," from Altoona to Pittsburgh. But we actually caught an earlier train for our return journey: Train #16, "The Duquesne," which departed at 11:55 A.M. and arrived at 2:25 P.M.
Photo Date:
12/29/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:39:43 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
InCab,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
105
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Samuel Rea Shop (SRS) in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 18 August 1962. Shown here are (L-R) Herbert P. Ruck and James Dodson. They are standing next to a newly-built hopper car during an "Open House" at SRS. Mr. Ruck was the overall Superintendent of the Altoona Car Shops in 1962, while Mr. Dodson was a Gang Foreman at SRS. It was Mr. Ruck who arranged for Tom Lantz and I to ride in the cab of Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotive #5708 from Pittsburgh to Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 29 December 1962.
Photo Date:
8/18/1962
Upload Date:
6/27/2016 5:40:39 PM
Location:
Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
86
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Cab Ride, 1962
Description:
Cab Ride. Here is an original photo by Ms. Amy Goodfellow that was taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during February of 1963. It was published originally in the 1962-1963 edition of Hollidaysburg Community High School's yearbook called "The Chimrock," page 69. Shown here (R to L) are Messrs. Thomas H. Lantz and Thomas C. Ayers. We're posing at the ladder of a locomotive in a photo that memorializes our ride in the cab of an engine pulling a passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on Saturday, 29 December 1962. The road number of the engine pictured here and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:
2/2/1963
Upload Date:
5/9/2019 7:58:10 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
58
Comments:
0
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