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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco FA2Built As:PRR 9628A (FA2)
Serial Number:79443Order No:20712
Frame Number:prime mover # 12340Built:12/1951
Notes:PRR Class AF-16.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9628(FA2)
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PRR 9628, AF-16, 1962
Title:  PRR 9628, AF-16, 1962
Description:  Byerly. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by William D. Volkmer that was taken in Enola, Pennsylvania, in June of 1962. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Alco FA-2 #9622, 1600-hp, at Enola, Pa." Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9628 and two other units ~ one by ALCo, the other by GM-EMD ~ whose numbers are not recorded. #9628 is an AF-16 built by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in January of 1967 after just 16 years of revenue service. They are parked adjacent to the PRR's Enola Enginehouse. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Diesels On The Pennsylvania" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (819-28).
Photo Date:  6/21/1962  Upload Date: 6/30/2018 11:32:26 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 9628(FA2)
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