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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:FM ERIE-ABuilt As:PRR 9459A (ERIE-A)
Serial Number:L1113Order No:
Frame Number: Built:12/1947
Notes:PRR Class FF-20.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9459(ERIE-A)
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PRR 9459, FF-20, 1948
Title:  PRR 9459, FF-20, 1948
Description:  AHC. Here is a photo by Bruce D. Fales that was taken near the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 27 July 1948. It was published originally in Mike Schaffer & Brian Solomon's (1997) book entitled "Pennsylvania Railroad," page 119. Partial Caption: "Dieselization on the PRR had just commenced in a big way when this handsome A-B-A set of Fairbanks-Morse Eries grinding uphill between Horseshoe and Gallitzin with manifest 'QD' was captured on film." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engine #9459 and two more units whose road numbers are not recorded. All are FF-20's built by Fairbanks-Morse and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #9459 was constructed in December of 1947 and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  7/24/1948  Upload Date: 11/12/2021 6:11:21 PM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 9459(ERIE-A)
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