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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD F7ABuilt As:PRR 9785 (F7A)
Serial Number:13599Order No:3051
Frame Number:3051-A22Built:2/1951
Notes:PRR Class EF-15A.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9785(F7A)
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PRR 9785, EF-15A, 1954
Title:  PRR 9785, EF-15A, 1954
Description:  Price. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Bill Price that was taken near Enola, Pennsylvania, on 28 October 1954. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9785 and three other F-Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by GM-EMD and rated at 1,500 horsepower each; #9785 was built in February of 1951. They have just departed Enola Yard with a mixed-cargo freight train on their way to Altoona and points West.
Photo Date:  10/28/1954  Upload Date: 10/3/2018 3:11:57 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 9785(F7A)
Views:  577   Comments: 1
PRR 9785, EF-15A, 1960
Title:  PRR 9785, EF-15A, 1960
Description:  Gallitzin. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, during November of 1960. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9785, #9876-B, and #9652. All were built by EMD and are rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #9785 is an EF-15A built in 1951. #9876-B is an EF-15A built in 1952. #9652 is an EH-15 built in 1950. They are running light and are about to pass under the State Route 53 Bridge just West of Gallitzin, which is visible in the distance. ("Red Shift" slide converted to Black & White.)
Photo Date:  11/24/1960  Upload Date: 9/29/2016 11:47:00 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Signal,Track
Locomotives:  PRR 9785(F7A) PRR 9876-B(F7B) PRR 9652(F7A)
Views:  569   Comments: 0
PRR 9785, EF-15A, c. 1963
Title:  PRR 9785, EF-15A, c. 1963
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9785 and an unidentified "Geep" B-unit. Both were built by GM-EMD. #9785 is an EF-15A constructed in February of 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  3/21/1963  Upload Date: 9/29/2023 8:40:57 AM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9785(F7A)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
PRR 9785, EF-15A, 1964
Title:  PRR 9785, EF-15A, 1964
Description:  Gallitzin. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on 13 September 1964. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #9785, #9788, #7069, and #8843. #9785 and #9788 are EF-15A's built by EMD in 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower each. #7069 is an EFS-17M built by EMD in 1956 and rated at 1,750 horsepower. #8843 is an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in 1951 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. They are emerging from the eastern portal of the New Portage Tunnel with a 108-car coal train on their way down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Altoona and points East. The N-8 caboose is #478171.
Photo Date:  9/13/1964  Upload Date: 10/6/2016 1:22:44 AM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives:  PRR 9785(F7A) PRR 9788(F7A) PRR 7069(GP9) PRR 8843(RS3)
Views:  642   Comments: 1


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