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Pictures of PRR 4244
Owner:
Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
EMD E7A
Built As:
PRR 5844 (E7A)
Serial Number:
3980
Order No:
E745
Frame Number:
E745-A5
Built:
8/1947
Notes:
PRR Class EP-20.
Other locos with this serial:
PC 4244(E7A)
PRR 5844(E7A)
PRR 4244(E7A)
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Title:
PRR "Next Stop, Merger City," EP-20, 1966
Description:
Here is a postal card entitled "Next Stop, Merger City." No Postmark. The photographer is not identified. Caption On Reverse: "Pennsylvania RR EMD E7 #4244 and E8 #4295 whisk a passenger train near Chicago in August, 1966. Recently re-painted tuscan red, both units wear Penn-Central style numbers on sides, anticipating the approaching PC merger." Both locomotives were built by GM-EMD. #4244 is an EP-20 constructed in August of 1947 as number "5844" and rated at 2,000 horsepower, while #4295 is an EP-22 built in March of 1951 as number "5895" and rated at 2,250 horsepower.
Photo Date:
8/15/1966
Upload Date:
7/16/2020 6:47:01 PM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4244(E7A)
PRR 4295(E8A)
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