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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco PA1Built As:PRR 5755A (PA1)
Serial Number:75323Order No:20124
Frame Number:prime mover # 10214Built:11/1947
Notes:PRR Class AFP-20.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5755(PA1)
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PRR 5755, AP-20, 1949
Title:  PRR 5755, AP-20, 1949
Description:  FM. Here is an image of a photo by Fred McLeod that was taken near Lewistown, Pennsylvania, on 9 July 1949. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5755 and a "B" unit whose number is not recorded. Both are AP-20's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5755 was built in November of 1947 as an AP-20, regeared and reclassified as an AFP-20, and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service. This image comes from a B&W slide set entitled "Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:  7/9/1949  Upload Date: 7/4/2022 1:58:36 PM
Location:  Lewistown, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5755(PA1)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
"Trains" Magazine, February 1953
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, February 1953
Description:  Here is a full-page advertisement for American Locomotive Company products which was published originally in the February 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 4. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "When the Pennsylvania Railroad played such a prominent part in the movement of troops and munitions during the Civil War, one of its most powerful locomotives was No. 234." PRR engine #234 is a 4-6-0 "Mogul" built by the Rogers Locomotive Company during 1862 and retired in January of 1880. Bottom Photo, Partial Caption: "Here ALCO-GE motive power speeds a long passenger train through the Pennsy's famous Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pa." PRR engine #5755 is an AP-20 built by ALCo in November of 1947, rated at 2,000 horsepower, later regeared & reclassified as an AFP-20, and retired in September of 1962.
Photo Date:  2/1/1953  Upload Date: 8/30/2019 8:58:08 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 234(4-6-0) PRR 5755(PA1)
Views:  546   Comments: 0
PRR 5755 heads an Alco PA1  A-B-A set on an eastbound passenger train on the Middle Division
Title:  PRR 5755 heads an Alco PA1 A-B-A set on an eastbound passenger train on the Middle Division
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Photo Date:  8/13/1953  Upload Date: 11/28/2014 6:48:30 AM
Location:  Aqueduct, PA
Author:  Maynard Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5755(PA1)
Views:  1642   Comments: 3
PRR 5755, AP-20, 1954
Title:  PRR 5755, AP-20, 1954
Description:  TRB. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Bill Price that was taken at the Rockville Bridge near Marysville, Pennsylvania, on 28 October 1954. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5755 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are AP-20's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5755 was built in November of 1947 and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service. In this context, they are pulling a mixed-cargo freight train and are about to cross the Bridge from West to East.
Photo Date:  10/28/1954  Upload Date: 6/17/2018 2:48:29 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  PRR 5755(PA1)
Views:  1119   Comments: 1
PRR 5755, AFP-20, 1955
Title:  PRR 5755, AFP-20, 1955
Description:  Here is an image of a photo by Edward Kaspriske that was taken near Enola, Pennsylvania, in 1955. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5755, an AFP-20 built by the American Locomotive Company as an AP-20 in November of 1947, rated at 2,000 horsepower, later regeared and reclassified as an AFP-20, and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service. Edward Kaspriske Collection.
Photo Date:  11/14/1955  Upload Date: 6/2/2023 10:39:43 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5755(PA1)
Views:  186   Comments: 0


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