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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW RT-624Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:75127Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:PRR Class BS-24M.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 8956(RT-624)
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PRR 8956, BS-24M, 1966
Title:  PRR 8956, BS-24M, 1966
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken at the 46th Street Enginehouse in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in June of 1966. Photo Caption: "RT-624, Pennsylvania N. 8956. Philadelphia, Pa. June 1966." PRR #8956 is a BS-24M built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in September of 1951, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. This photo comes from a color slide set entitked "Baldwins in Action ~ On North-Eastern Railroads" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (892-50).
Photo Date:  6/21/1966  Upload Date: 9/10/2023 8:52:29 AM
Location:  West Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8956(RT-624)
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