Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 5 June 1960. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8969, a BS-16M road switcher built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in June of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service. ("Tchowee"; #14 of 39) |