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Viewing Album:  PRR: F-7A #9790, On Exhibit, 9 August 1961
 
By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:8/9/1961 - 8/9/1961
Album Info:Here are five original photos that were taken of a single Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. During the second week of August in 1961, the Borough of Hollidaysburg celebrated the 125th Anniversary of its founding in 1836. The Pennsylvania Railroad joined in the festivities by providing a locomotive and five new or just-rebuilt railroad cars for folks to inspect. My friend Thomas Harry Lantz (of Duncansville, Pennsylvania) and I accepted their offer and spent some time in PRR engine #9790. These photos provide some sense of our experiences. Regrettably, I did not photograph either the locomotive itself or any of the other cars on exhibit.
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PRR 9790, EF-15A, 1961
Title:  PRR 9790, EF-15A, 1961
Description:  Anniversary. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. Shown here is is PRR engine #9790, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in February of 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. Posing on the pilot is Thomas H. Lantz of Duncansville, Pennsylvania. He was 14 years old at the time of Hollidaysburg's 125th Anniversary celebration.
Photo Date:  8/9/1961  Upload Date: 8/16/2016 2:17:14 PM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 9790(F7A)
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Thomas Harry Lantz, 1961
Title:  Thomas Harry Lantz, 1961
Description:  Anniversary. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. Shown here is is PRR engine #9790, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in February of 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. Posing in the engineer's seat is Thomas H. Lantz of Duncansville, Pennsylvania. He was 14 years old at the time of Hollidaysburg's 125th Anniversary celebration.
Photo Date:  8/9/1961  Upload Date: 8/16/2016 12:56:20 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Views:  228   Comments: 0
Thomas Harry Lantz, 1961
Title:  Thomas Harry Lantz, 1961
Description:  Anniversary. Here is an original photo that I took in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. Shown here is PRR engine #9790, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in February of 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. Posing in the engineer's seat is Thomas H. Lantz of Duncansville, Pennsylvania. He was 14 years old at the time of Hollidaysburg's 125th Anniversary celebration. "Dinah, won't you blow your horn!"
Photo Date:  8/9/1961  Upload Date: 8/16/2016 12:55:29 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  InCab
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Views:  261   Comments: 0
Thomas Carl Ayers, 1961
Title:  Thomas Carl Ayers, 1961
Description:  Anniversary. Here is an original photo taken in the cab of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. Shown here is PRR engine #9790, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in February of 1951 and rated at 1,500 horsepower. Posing in the engineer's seat is Thomas C. Ayers of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He was 14 years old at the time of Hollidaysburg's 125th Anniversary celebration. Photo by Thomas Harry Lantz of Duncansville, Pennsylvania.
Photo Date:  8/9/1961  Upload Date: 8/16/2016 1:00:18 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  InCab
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PRR 9790, EF-15A, 1961
Title:  PRR 9790, EF-15A, 1961
Description:  Anniversary. Here is an original photo that I tooj of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1961. Shown here is PRR engine #9790, an EF-15A built by GM-EMD in February of 1951 and rated at 1,500 HP. This view reminds me of a line in a song by the Rolling Stones: "It's all over now!"
Photo Date:  8/9/1961  Upload Date: 8/16/2016 12:58:18 AM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 9790(F7A)
Views:  197   Comments: 0

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