| Kern. Here is the first of two successive duplicate 35mm color slides of photos by Fred R. Kern ~ this one taken near Perdix, Pennsylvania, on 20 October 1957. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9700 and two more "BF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. #9700 is a BF-15A constructed in April of 1950, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in February of 1965 after just 15 years of service. This A-B-B set is passing under four-track Signal Bridge #1142 with empty hoppers on their way back to the coal mines of Western Pennsylvania. Blue Mountain dominates the distance. |