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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco RS3Built As:PRR 8445 (RS3)
Serial Number:80580Order No:20899
Frame Number:Alco prime mover # 13567Built:12/1953
Notes:PRR Class AS-16MS; PC 5569 > LV 211 > CR 5487
Other locos with this serial:  LV 211(RS3) CR 5487(RS3) LVRR 211(RS3) LV 211(RS3M) PRR 8445(RS3)
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"Pennsy At Northumberland," Page 66, 2004
Title:  "Pennsy At Northumberland," Page 66, 2004
Description:  Here is page one of a six-page article by William D. Volkmer entitled "The Pennsy At Northumberland: 1964-1968." It was published originally in the January 2004 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 66. Partial Caption: "Pennsy passenger train 570, the daytime Harrisburg-Buffalo run, rolls into Sunbury behind steam-generator equipped RS3 8445 (one of only two RS3s built with a high hood; the other is Western Maryland 192) and E8 4293." Engine #8445 is an AS-16MS built by the American Locomotive Company in December of 1953 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. Engine #4293 is an EP-22 built by GM-EMD as number "5893" in April of 1950, rated at 2,250 horsepower, and renumbered "4293" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. Note that the "A" in "PENNSYLVANIA" has been painted over with the new road number.
Photo Date:  1/1/2004  Upload Date: 12/8/2021 9:56:38 PM
Location:  Sunbury, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 8445(RS3) PRR 4293(E8A)
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