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Please identify these classic diesel locomotives

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Please identify these classic diesel locomotives
Posted by daveklepper on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 4:41 AM

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Posted by rcdrye on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 6:20 AM

Left (9082) is a Fairbanks-Morse H-10-44 switcher.  Right (8699) is an F-M H-24-66 "Trainmaster".

Both PRR.  Picture taken sometime after August 1956, since that's when the TM was delivered. Based on the rocks in the background I'd say western PA, but there's not a lot of detail to go by.

PRR had several dozen H-10-44s and 9 Trainmasters.

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Posted by daveklepper on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 11:03 AM

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, May 27, 2021 1:30 AM

Appears to be that the locomotives spent much of their later life in the Columbus, Ohio area -- same as the BP-20 B units.  

One was used on the Brilliant Branch in the Pittsburgh area, and I have to suspect this is the service that 'matches' the picture.

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