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PRR 6537, GE U30C, ordered as U28C, but was built as U30C, one of only 7 on PRR. NEW at the GE plant
Title:  PRR 6537, GE U30C, ordered as U28C, but was built as U30C, one of only 7 on PRR. NEW at the GE plant
Description:  PRR 6537, GE U30C, ordered as U28C, but was built as U30C, one of only 7 on PRR. NEW at the GE plant at Erie Pennsylvania
Photo Date:  2/28/1967  Upload Date: 11/17/2010 8:16:06 PM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  Frank Christoph
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 6537(U30C)
Views:  5894   Comments: 2
PRR "Triple Train Treat," Page 18, 1967
Title:  PRR "Triple Train Treat," Page 18, 1967
Description:  Here is page one of a four-page camera study entitled "Triple Train Treat On Horse Shoe." Photos by J.J. Young, Jr., text by David P. Morgan. It was published originally in the December 1967 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 18. Shown here are some of the results of a derailment on the Pennsylvania Railroad's mainline on the Eastern Slope of the Allegheny Mountains. Photos taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 14 May 1967.
Photo Date:  12/1/1967  Upload Date: 7/14/2025 6:26:02 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 2358(GP35) PRR 6537(U30C) PRR 1361(4-6-2) PRR 6089(SD40)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
PRR 6538, GF-30A, 1967
Title:  PRR 6538, GF-30A, 1967
Description:  Portraits 2. Here is a diesel locomotive portrait by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Cleveland, Ohio, on 11 March 1967. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6538, a GF-30A built by General Electric in January of 1967 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. (#24 of 30)
Photo Date:  3/11/1967  Upload Date: 4/12/2021 2:21:21 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 6538(U30C)
Views:  580   Comments: 0
"Trains" Magazine, December 1967
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, December 1967
Description:  Here is a photo that was published originally in the December 1967 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 42. Partial Caption: "U-30C's are 67 feet 3 inches long, can be ballasted from a basic 360,000 to 420,000 pounds, carry 4000 gallons of fuel, incorporate GE's FDL16D V-16 engine, and can be geared from 70 mph." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6539, a GF-30A built by General Electric in February of 1967 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. There were just five engines of this class; they were the last locomotives ever ordered by and delivered to the "Standard Railroad of the World."
Photo Date:  12/1/1967  Upload Date: 7/22/2018 11:50:24 AM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 6539(U30C)
Views:  866   Comments: 0


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