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Sharks at Renovo, PA -John Dziobko photo

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While technically a Penn Central photo, everything here says "Pennsy" in August 1969. A U25B leads a freight downhill as a lone SD45 struggles upgrade with a cut of hoppers at Horseshoe Curve, PA -Donald Haskel	PRR U25B 2653 leads a set of mixed EMDs and a coal train through Lewistown, PA, Jul 1966 -Donald Haskel	Ore empties move east behind Baldwin sharks at Lewiston, PA, Dec 1956 -John Dziobko See more of John's photos at godfatherrails.com
F3A 9501 is already almost 10 years old when this photo was taken in the Renovo, PA pit, and she's starting to show some wear, Aug 1956 -John Dziobko	A Baldwin Shark and EMD F-unit at the Pennsy engine facility at Renovo, PA. Aug 1956 -John Dziobsko	In the summer of 1956, a power short Pennsy leased nine of these 10-year-old Northerns from the Reading for work in places like the non-cab signalled Susquehanna Division. This would be the last hurrah for most of these T-1s, 8 of 9 were cut up a year later, Renovo, PA, Aug 1956 -John Dziobko
The task of filling the tender with coal meant climbing on top of engines and equipment, Altoona, PA, Jul 1955 -John Dziobko	PRR's "Shark tank" at Canton, OH with 9712 and 9588 in-between jobs and several other sets in the pit, May 1954 -John Dziobko	The PRR's Mountain-type steamers, seen here at Altoona, PA, served late into the '50s hauling the heaviest drags, only one was saved, #6755, Jun 1953 -John Dziobko
Brakes smoking, an ore train descends the the tracks towards Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, PA, Jun 1953 -John Dziobko	Same train snakes around the horseshoe behind a pair of Trainmasters with brake shoes smoking, Horseshoe Curve, PA, Jun 1953 -John Dziobko	Looking northward just east of the Altoona depot, centercab BS24m 8965 chugs by with a cut of coal. The freight depot is in the center of the photo, Jul 1952 -John Dziobko
"Covered wagons" from Alco, Baldwin and EMD line up in Altoona Yard, 10 Sep 1951 -John Dziobko	Pennsy Shark 2001, seen here in Altoona, PA, had only been on the roster for a few months, 10 Sep 1951 -John Dziobko	Eastbound Pennsy passenger train eases into the station at Mt. Union, PA behind one of the original order of E7s received from 1947, 24 Jun 1951 -John Dziobko
	PRR Erie-built 9458 on a freight shot from the back of a passing train in Mifflin, PA. These units were too big to build in Beloit, so FM contracted the work out to Erie after hiring famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy to create the look. Unfortunately their beauty hid their mechanical issues, Jun 1951 -John Dziobko

Roster Shots

U25B 2607 in Detroit, Jan 1969 -Dan Bourque collection

PRR GP7 8548, date and location unkown -Dan Bourque collection

Baldwin AS-616 8968 idles at Canton, OH, May 1954 -John Dziobko

Equipment

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