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Pictures of PRR 9479
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
Alco S3
Built As:
PRR 8879 (S3)
Serial Number:
78511
Order No:
20580
Frame Number:
prime mover # 6029
Built:
12/1948
Notes:
PRR Class AS-6; blt 12/50 as PRR 8879, to PC 9479
Other locos with this serial:
PRR 9479(S3)
PC 9479(S3)
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Title:
PRR 9479, AS-6, c. 1968
Description:
Here is an image of a photo by Edward Kaspriske that was taken near Kearny, New Jersey, c. 1968. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9479, an AS-6 switcher built by the American Locomotive Company as number "8879" in December of 1950, rated at 660 horsepower, and renumbered "9479" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. Edward Kaspriske Collection.
Photo Date:
1/23/1968
Upload Date:
6/16/2023 12:19:18 AM
Location:
Kearny, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 9479(S3)
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Title:
PRR #9479
Description:
Idling in Sunnyside Yard
Photo Date:
10/12/1970
Upload Date:
12/22/2015 7:50:31 PM
Location:
Sunnyside Yard/ Hunt, NY
Author:
Rudolph Schubert
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
PRR 9479(S3)
PC 9479(S3)
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