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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Alco FA2Built As:PRR 9620A (FA2)
Serial Number:79435Order No:20712
Frame Number:prime mover # 12308Built:12/1951
Notes:PRR Class AF-16.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 9620(FA2)
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PRR 9620, AF-15, 1951
Title:  PRR 9620, AF-15, 1951
Description:  Here is a builder's photo of (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9620 and two more "AF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the American Locomotive Company. #9620 is an AF-16 built in November of 1951, rated at 1,600 HP, and retired in January of 1967 after just 16 years of service.
Photo Date:  11/14/1951  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:42:59 PM
Location:  Schenectady, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 9620(FA2)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
PRR 9620, AF-15, 1951
Title:  PRR 9620, AF-15, 1951
Description:  Here is a builder's photo of (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #9620 and two more "AF" Class units whose numbers are not recorded. All were built by the American Locomotive Company. #9620 is an AF-16 built in November of 1951, rated at 1,600 HP, and retired in January of 1967 after just 16 years of service.
Photo Date:  11/14/1951  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:41:32 PM
Location:  Schenectady, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 9620(FA2)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
PRR 9620, AF-15, 1951
Title:  PRR 9620, AF-15, 1951
Description:  Here is a builder's photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #9620, an AF-16 built by the American Locomotive Company in November of 1951, rated at 1,600 horsepower, and retired in January of 1967 after just 16 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  11/14/1951  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 1:29:50 PM
Location:  Schenectady, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  PRR 9620(FA2)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
PRR 9620, AF-16, 1961
Title:  PRR 9620, AF-16, 1961
Description:  Sweetland. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken in Tipton, Pennsylvania, in January of 1961. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvnia Railroad engines #9631, an unidentified "AF" Class B-unit, and #9620. All were built by the American Locomotive Company and rated at 1,600 horsepower each. #9631 was built in December of 1951, while #9620 was built in November of 1951; both were retired in January of 1967 after just 16 years of revenue service. The exact date is not recorded.
Photo Date:  1/23/1961  Upload Date: 1/12/2020 1:53:16 AM
Location:  Tipton, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 9620(FA2)
Views:  531   Comments: 2
PRR "Pennsylvania 9631," AF-16, 1961
Title:  PRR "Pennsylvania 9631," AF-16, 1961
Description:  Sweetland. Here is a postal card entitled "Pennsylvania 9631." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "Alco model FA-2, Pennsy class AF-16, is a 1600 h.p. road locomotive. No. 9631 leads an A-B-A set of these Schenectady-built units on a merchandise freight through Tipton, PA, in 1961. Photo by David R. Sweetland." Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #9631, an unidentified "AF" Class B-unit, and #9620. #9631 was built in December of 1951, while #9620 was built in November of 1951; both were retired in January of 1967 after just 16 years of service.
Photo Date:  1/23/1961  Upload Date: 10/3/2018 5:10:31 AM
Location:  Tipton, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PRR 9620(FA2)
Views:  789   Comments: 1


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