PRR 6501, GF-25A, 1965         
AHC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken above the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, in September of 1965. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #6501 and five more units whose numbers are not recorded. #6501 is a GF-25A built by General Electric in April of 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. This six-unit set is pulling a mixed-cargo freight train up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West. ("PrrFan18n")
Date: 9/22/1965 Location: ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA Views: 146 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 6501(U25C)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 6501, GF-25A, 1965
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  PRR: Altoona's Horseshoe Curve ~ '29-'89
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