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Pictures of PC 6974
Owner:
Penn Central
Model:
BLW AS616
Built As:
PRR 8974 (AS616)
Serial Number:
75081
Order No:
Frame Number:
Built:
5/1951
Notes:
PC Class AS-616; ex-PRR 8974
Other locos with this serial:
PRR 8974(AS616)
PC 6974(AS616)
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Title:
PC 6966 and 6974
Description:
George W. Turnbull photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:
5/14/1971
Upload Date:
11/6/2021 9:25:08 PM
Location:
Wilmington, DE
Author:
George W. Turnbull
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PC 6966(AS616)
PC 6974(AS616)
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Title:
PC 6974, AS-616, 1971
Description:
Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Wilmington, Delaware, on 18 June 1971. Photo Caption: "AS-616, Penn Central No. 6974. Wilmington, Del. June 18, 1971." PC #6974 is an AS-616 built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton as Pennsylvania Railroad number "8974" in May of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and renumbered "6974" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Baldwins in Action ~ On North-Eastern Railroads" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (892-39).
Photo Date:
6/18/1971
Upload Date:
9/9/2023 9:16:09 PM
Location:
Wilmington, DE
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PC 6974(AS616)
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269
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Title:
PC 6974
Description:
New to site. No. 6974 may have been the only Baldwin road switcher (as opposed to yard switcher) to wear the full PC dress black. Wilmer Hendricks photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:
12/31/1971
Upload Date:
11/6/2021 9:16:57 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
Wilmer Hendricks
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PC 6974(AS616)
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389
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