PRR 6513, GF-25A, 1966 Editors Pick!        
Horseshoe Curve-1966. Here is an original photo that I took at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, during mid-May of 1966. Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #6513 and #6083. #6513 is a GF-25A built by General Electric in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower. #6083 is an EF-30A built by EMD in 1966 and rated at 3,000 horsepower. They are pulling a westbound mixed-cargo freight around the Horseshoe Curve and up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Date: 5/21/1966 Location: ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA Views: 2231 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 6513(U25C) PRR 6083(SD40)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 6513, GF-25A, 1966
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  PRR: Horseshoe Curve ~ May 1966 (2)
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Tom Dethmers General great shot, I have always wanted to get out there. 7/9/2016 12:02:33 PM
Alan Page General The U25C and SD40 look like they're hardly working, but the sound must have been fantastic! 7/9/2016 5:21:56 PM
Olaf Junges General Fantastic photo! 7/10/2016 4:00:11 AM
Mike Maskel General NICE SHOT 7/10/2016 10:44:37 AM
Tom Beckett General Congrats on the editors pick, as well as the several others today. If ever there was a shot that screamed "Pennsy" in the diesel era, this is it. The only way to top this would be the same scene with one of those massive M-1's. 7/11/2016 2:28:23 AM
Fred Stuckmann General Great red ribbon shot, congrats sir. 10/2/2016 11:06:13 PM
William H. Davis Jr. General Outstanding 1/15/2019 4:08:28 PM

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