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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW AS616Built As:PRR 8970 (AS616)
Serial Number:75083Order No:
Frame Number: Built:6/1951
Notes:PRR Class BS-16MS; steam generator equipped.
Other locos with this serial:  PC 6970(AS616) PRR 8970(AS616) PC 8970(AS616)
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PRR 8970, BS-16MS, 1960
Title:  PRR 8970, BS-16MS, 1960
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Columbus, Ohio, during August of 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8970, a BS-16MS road switcher built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. The photographer's name and the number of the N-6B cabin car are not recorded. ("LouisFols"; #13 of 26)
Photo Date:  8/15/1960  Upload Date: 5/16/2020 12:26:45 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8970(AS616)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
PRR 8970, BS-16MS, 1964
Title:  PRR 8970, BS-16MS, 1964
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr.., that was taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Engine House in Morrisville, New Jersey, during June of 1964. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is PRR engine #8970, a BS-16MS built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. ("Stoneborobranch"; #2 of 10)
Photo Date:  6/21/1964  Upload Date: 9/12/2020 7:02:38 PM
Location:  Morrisville, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8970(AS616)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
PRR 8970, BS-16MS, c. 1966
Title:  PRR 8970, BS-16MS, c. 1966
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8970, a BS-16MS built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded. Produced and distributed by FJC Products of Newport, Delaware. ("LouisFols"; #19 of 31)
Photo Date:  7/7/1966  Upload Date: 6/29/2019 9:55:33 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 8970(AS616)
Views:  334   Comments: 1


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