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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Lima-Hamilton LT-2500Built As:PRR 8949 (LT-2500)
Serial Number:9536Order No:1221-DE
Frame Number: Built:8/1951
Notes:PRR Class LS-25M.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 8949(LT-2500)
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"Rush From Labrador," Page 7, 1959
Title:  "Rush From Labrador," Page 7, 1959
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "Rush From Labrador." It was published originally in the July-August 1959 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 7. Top Right Photo Caption: "Extra locomotives in the middle and rear help ore train over mountain west of Altoona." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8675 and two more units whose road are not recorded. All are AS-18AM's built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,800 horsepower each. #8675 was constructed in March of 1958. Also visible are two open hopper cars: PRR #702470, as well as Cambria & Indiana Railroad #4459. Bottom Right Photo Caption: "Giant furnaces, ore pile, and dumper form background as trains reach Weirton Steel." Prominent here is PRR engine #8949, an LS-25M built by Lima-Hamilton in August of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966.
Photo Date:  7/1/1959  Upload Date: 9/1/2022 7:55:20 AM
Location:  Weirton, WV
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 8675(RSD12) PRR 8949(LT-2500)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
"Pennsy" Magazine, July-August 1959
Title:  "Pennsy" Magazine, July-August 1959
Description:  Here is a photo from an article entitled "Rush From Labrador." It was published originally in the July-August 1959 issue of "Pennsy" magazine, page 15. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Giant furnaces, ore pile, and dumper form background as trains reach Weirton Steel." Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8949, an LS-25M built by Lima-Hamilton in August of 1951, rated at 2,500 horsepower, and retired in July of 1966 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  7/2/1959  Upload Date: 9/1/2022 9:36:32 PM
Location:  Weirton, WV
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 8949(LT-2500)
Views:  171   Comments: 0


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