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Owner: Penn Central
Model:BLW AS616Built As:PRR 8970 (AS616)
Serial Number:75083Order No:
Frame Number: Built:6/1951
Notes:PC Class AS-616.
Other locos with this serial:  PC 6970(AS616) PRR 8970(AS616) PC 8970(AS616)
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PC 8970, AS616, 1969
Title:  PC 8970, AS616, 1969
Description:  Altoona Action. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 4 October 1969. Shown here is Penn Central engine #6970, an AS616 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton for the Pennsylvania Railroad as number "8970" in June of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. Bill Strassner Collection.
Photo Date:  10/4/1969  Upload Date: 9/7/2023 2:48:31 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PC 8970(AS616)
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