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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:EMD E8ABuilt As:PRR 5765 (E8A)
Serial Number:15648Order No:6354
Frame Number:6354-A1Built:3/1952
Notes:PRR Class EP-22.
Other locos with this serial:  PC 4265(E8A) MBTA 4265(E8A) PRR 5765(E8A)
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PRR 5766, EP-22, Front, 1951
Title:  PRR 5766, EP-22, Front, 1951
Description:  Here is the front side of a "Vanishing Vistas" portrait that was published by Lyman E. Cox in 1976. Photo courtesy of GM-EMD. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5766 and #5765. Both are EP-22's built by GM-EMD in March of 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each.
Photo Date:  3/21/1951  Upload Date: 1/26/2019 3:34:42 AM
Location:  LaGrange, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5766(E8A) PRR 5765(E8A)
Views:  625   Comments: 1
PRR 5766, EP-22, Back, 1951
Title:  PRR 5766, EP-22, Back, 1951
Description:  Here is the back side of a "Vanishing Vistas" portrait that was published by Lyman E. Cox in 1976. The text by Robert A. Le Massena sketches the history and development of the Pennsylvania Railroad's passenger diesels built by GM-EMD.
Photo Date:  3/21/1951  Upload Date: 1/26/2019 3:35:45 AM
Location:  LaGrange, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5766(E8A) PRR 5765(E8A)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
PRR 5765 heads the Duquesne EB
Title:  PRR 5765 heads the Duquesne EB
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Photo Date:  4/6/1955  Upload Date: 8/27/2010 8:33:32 PM
Location:  Greensburg, PA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5765(E8A)
Views:  1491   Comments: 2
PRR 5765, EP-22, 1963
Title:  PRR 5765, EP-22, 1963
Description:  PGH-ALT-63. Here is an original photo that I took after riding in a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Pittsburgh to Altoona on 08 September 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #5765, an EP-22 built by EMD in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. It is the lead unit of my train; the second unit was engine #5760. We've just arrived in Altoona, and the engine and train crews are in the process of changing. Visible in the background are the rooftops of two of the PRR's 12th Street Car Shop buildings.
Photo Date:  9/8/1963  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 4:28:31 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5765(E8A)
Views:  416   Comments: 0
"Those Esthetic E's," Page 27, 1964
Title:  "Those Esthetic E's," Page 27, 1964
Description:  Here is page eight of an eight-page cover article by David P. Morgan & Al Kamm, Jr., entitled "Those Esthetic E's: A Story Of The Power That Bumped Steam Off The Varnish." It was published originally in the May 1964 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 27. Top Photo Caption: "E8 striping on Pennsy units 5765-5766 reduced porthole visibility; antenna on roof of 2250 h.p. units is for trainphones." Shown here (R to L) are PRR engines #5765 and #5766. Both are EP-22's built in March of 1952.
Photo Date:  5/1/1964  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 4:19:23 AM
Location:  LaGrange, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5765(E8A) PRR 5766(E8A) KCS 23(E9AM) CRIP 643(E8A) IC 4034(E9A)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
PRR 5765, EP-22, 1965
Title:  PRR 5765, EP-22, 1965
Description:  Birmingham. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, on 10 July 1965. Shown here (L to R) are PRR engines #5765, #5714, #5889, #5856, and #5867. All were built by EMD. #5765 and #5714 are EP-22's built in 1952 and rated at 2,250 horsepower each. #5889 is an EP-22 built in 1950 and rated at 2,250 horsepower. #5856 and #5867 are EP-20's rated at 2,000 horsepower each; #5856 was built in 1948, but #5867 was built in 1949. They are pulling a 48-car westbound mail/express train. This photo was taken at the stone quarry crossing, just off of State Route 453.
Photo Date:  7/10/1965  Upload Date: 7/27/2016 10:35:28 AM
Location:  Birmingham, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5765(E8A) PRR 5714(E8A) PRR 5889(E8A) PRR 5856(E7A) PRR 5867(E7A)
Views:  3081   Comments: 4


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