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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco PA1Built As:PRR 5759A (PA1)
Serial Number:75327Order No:20124
Frame Number:prime mover # 10220Built:12/1947
Notes:PRR Class AFP-20.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5759(PA1)
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PRR 6000HP AP20 5759 arrives at Union Station
Title:  PRR 6000HP AP20 5759 arrives at Union Station
Description:  The 5759 was the last of the AP20s. It was built in 1947 and retired in 1962
Photo Date:  6/1/1952  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 6:20:07 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5759(PA1)
Views:  2522   Comments: 4
PRR 8581, ES-15, 1957
Title:  PRR 8581, ES-15, 1957
Description:  MDiv. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, on 17 August 1957. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #8581 and #5759. #8581 is an ES-15M built by GM-EMD in September of 1953 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. #5759 is an AFP-20 built by the American Locomotive Company as an AP-20 in December of 1947, rated at 2,000 horsepower, regeared and reclassified as an AFP-20, and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service. ("Stoneborobranch"; #44 of 56)
Photo Date:  8/17/1957  Upload Date: 9/16/2020 10:56:54 PM
Location:  Lewistown, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8581(GP7) PRR 5759(PA1)
Views:  536   Comments: 1


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