| Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm B&W slide that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania. Photo Caption: "Downgrade refrigerator freight behind 3-unit Fairbanks-Morse diesel (6,000 horsepower), eastbound at Horseshoe Curve." Prominent here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9451 and two more units whose numbers are not recorded. All are FF-16's built by Fairbanks-Morse and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #9451 was built in September of 1950 and retired in April of 1965 after just 15 years of revenue service. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. This photo comes from a B&W slide set entitled "The Pennsy In Pennsylvania" that's produced by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (11-16). |