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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD F7ABuilt As:PRR 9819 (F7A)
Serial Number:13633Order No:3051
Frame Number:3051-A56Built:5/1951
Notes:PRR Class EF-15A.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9819(F7A)
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PRR 9819, EF-15A, c. 1953
Title:  PRR 9819, EF-15A, c. 1953
Description:  Mann. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Cove, Pennsylvania, c. 1953. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9819 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are EF-15A's built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9819 was built in May of 1951. In this context, this A-B-A set is rockin' 'n' rollin' with a manifest freight out of Enola bound for Altoona and points West. ("PrrFan18n")
Photo Date:  1/1/1953  Upload Date: 10/4/2021 7:51:17 AM
Location:  Cove, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9819(F7A)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1964
Title:  PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1964
Description:  Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9819, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in May of 1951, rated at 1,500 horsepower, and retired in November of 1966. The photographer's name is not recorded. Henry C. Westenberger Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1964  Upload Date: 8/28/2018 1:13:45 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 9819(F7A)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
PRR 7026, EFS-17M, 1965
Title:  PRR 7026, EFS-17M, 1965
Description:  Sunday. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 02 May 1965. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #7026, #9660, and #9819. All were built by EMD. #7026 is an EFS-17M built in 1955 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #9660 and #9819 are EF-15A's rated at 1,500 horsepower each; #9660 was built in 1950, but #9819 was built in 1951. They are pulling a 128-car westbound mixed-cargo freight train with N-8 caboose #478039, plus pusher engines #8613 and #8614. This train is "sandwiched" in-between two moving trains: an eastbound coal train on the right, and a 129-car westbound mixed-cargo freight train on the left. The 4th Street Bridge is also visible in the background.
Photo Date:  5/2/1965  Upload Date: 9/1/2016 1:31:55 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 7026(GP9) PRR 9660(F7A) PRR 9819(F7A)
Views:  682   Comments: 0
PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Title:  PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Description:  ELDO Action. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in the Eldorado section of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during January of 1966. Shown here is the railroad crossing at 58th Street in Eldorado. Visible in the distance are a switch, a shanty, another position-light signal, as well as a PRR train waiting for permission to proceed. These are the tracks connecting Altoona (to the front) and Hollidaysburg (to the rear). From 1850 to 1854, while the Horseshoe Curve was under construction, this was actually part of the PRR's main line between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Photo Date:  1/23/1966  Upload Date: 6/14/2016 8:59:20 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Signal,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 9819(F7A)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Title:  PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Description:  ELDO Action. Here is a telephoto view that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in the Eldorado section of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during January of 1966. Shown here is a telephoto view of the shanty with the "ELDO" sign on it which sits where a Tower of the same name once stood. Note the treehouse on the left ~ way up there!
Photo Date:  1/23/1966  Upload Date: 6/14/2016 9:01:56 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Signal,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 9819(F7A)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Title:  PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Description:  ELDO Action. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in the Eldorado section of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during January of 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9819 and #9537. Both locomotives were built by EMD and are rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9819 is an EF-15A built in 1951, while #9537 is an EF-15 built in 1948. Their crew is waiting for permission to move their mixed-cargo freight train from Altoona through Eldorado to the Wye Switches and points West.
Photo Date:  1/23/1966  Upload Date: 6/14/2016 9:15:36 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 9819(F7A) PRR 9537(F3A)
Views:  648   Comments: 2
PRR 9392, ES-12, 1966
Title:  PRR 9392, ES-12, 1966
Description:  ELDO Action. Here is an original photo that I took of Pennsylvania Railroad trains in the Eldorado section of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during January of 1966. Shown here are two PRR trains: the one on the left is sitting still, but the one on the right is moving. On the left (R to L) are PRR engines #9819 and #9537. Both locomotives were built by EMD and are rated at 1,500 horsepower. #9819 is an EF-15A built in 1951, while #9537 is an EF-15 built in 1948. On the right is PRR engine #9392, an ES-12 switcher built by EMD in 1950 and rated at 1,200 horsepower. It is pulling a local train from Altoona through Eldorado to the Hollidaysburg Yards. It is actually by-passing the line-haul train that is still waiting for permission to proceed.
Photo Date:  1/23/1966  Upload Date: 6/14/2016 9:17:43 AM
Location:  Eldorado, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 9819(F7A) PRR 9537(F3A) PRR 9392(SW7)
Views:  789   Comments: 1
PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Title:  PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Description:  ELDO Action. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in the Eldorado section of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during January of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9819 and #9537. Both locomotives were built by EMD and are rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9819 is an EF-15A built in 1951, while #9537 is an EF-15 built in 1948. Their crew has received permission to proceed, and so they are moving their train across 58th Street on their way to the Wye Switches and points West.
Photo Date:  1/23/1966  Upload Date: 6/14/2016 9:19:02 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 9819(F7A) PRR 9537(F3A)
Views:  1656   Comments: 0
PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Title:  PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Description:  ELDO Action. Here is a telephoto view that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train south of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during January of 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9819 and #9537. Both locomotives were built by EMD and are rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9819 is an EF-15A built in 1951, while #9537 is an EF-15 built in 1948. The train is passing over the two-lane Sixth Avenue Extension near Canaan Station on its way to the Wye Switches, the New Portage Branch Line, the Gallitzin Tunnels, and points West. The Diesels, the truck, and the car were all built by GMC!
Photo Date:  1/23/1966  Upload Date: 6/14/2016 9:21:34 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 9819(F7A) PRR 9537(F3A)
Views:  637   Comments: 2
PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Title:  PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Description:  ELDO Action. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in the Eldorado section of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during January of 1966. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9819 and #9537. Both locomotives were built by EMD and are rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9819 is an EF-15A built in 1951, while #9537 is an EF-15 built in 1948. Their crew is waiting for permission to move their mixed-cargo freight train from Altoona through Eldorado to the Wye Switches and points West.
Photo Date:  1/23/1966  Upload Date: 6/14/2016 9:12:40 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 9819(F7A) PRR 9537(F3A)
Views:  520   Comments: 3
PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Title:  PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Description:  ELDO Action. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in the Eldorado section of Altoona, Pennsylvania, during January of 1966. Shown here is PRR engine #9819, an EF-15A built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. Its crew is waiting for permission to move their mixed-cargo freight train from Altoona through Eldorado to the Wye Switches and points West.
Photo Date:  1/23/1966  Upload Date: 6/14/2016 9:14:03 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 9819(F7A)
Views:  1598   Comments: 0
PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Title:  PRR 9819, EF-15A, 1966
Description:  Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-May of 1966. Shown here is PRR engine #9819 and another unit whose number is not legible. Both locomotives were built by EMD. #9819 is an EF-15A built in 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. They are pulling a smokin' eastbound coal train around the Horseshoe Curve and down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and points East.
Photo Date:  5/21/1966  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 11:23:50 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 9819(F7A)
Views:  1854   Comments: 3


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