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Pictures of PC 2638
Owner:
Penn Central
Model:
GE U25B
Built As:
PRR 2538 (U25B)
Serial Number:
35534
Order No:
1444
Frame Number:
Built:
3/1965
Notes:
PC Class U-25B; ex-PRR #2538.
Other locos with this serial:
PC 2638(U25B)
PRR 2538(U25B)
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Title:
PC 2638, U-25B, 1973
Description:
Hazy. Here is an original telephoto view that I took of Penn Central Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during July of 1973. Shown here (R to L) are PC engine #2638 and another unit whose number is not recorded. #2638 is a U-25B built by General Electric in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower; its original PRR number was "2538." They are pulling a merchandise freight train down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve through Altoona to Enola and points East. The famous Brick Plant is just up around the curve, to the left. Photo taken just West of the 24th Street Bridge.
Photo Date:
7/14/1973
Upload Date:
10/7/2016 4:17:01 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Track
Locomotives:
PC 2638(U25B)
Views:
513
Comments:
1
Title:
PC 2638, U-25B, 1973
Description:
Hazy. Here is an original telephoto view that I took of Penn Central Railroad trains in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during July of 1973. Shown here (R to L) are PC engine #2638 and another unit whose number is not recorded. #2638 is a U-25B built by General Electric in 1965 and rated at 2,500 horsepower; its original PRR number was "2538." They are about to pass under the 24th Street Bridge with a merchandise freight train on their way through Altoona to Enola and points East.
Photo Date:
7/14/1973
Upload Date:
10/7/2016 4:18:47 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Signal,Track
Locomotives:
PC 2638(U25B)
Views:
510
Comments:
0
Title:
Penn-Central GE U-25-B 2638
Description:
Photo Date:
2/3/1974
Upload Date:
5/23/2008 6:47:07 PM
Location:
Selkirk, NY
Author:
andrew koenigsberg
Categories:
Locomotives:
PC 2638(U25B)
Views:
1285
Comments:
0
Title:
PC 2638
Description:
Photo Date:
2/3/1975
Upload Date:
2/1/2024 7:27:44 PM
Location:
Selkirk, NY
Author:
andrew koenigsberg
Categories:
Locomotives:
PC 2638(U25B)
Views:
444
Comments:
0
Title:
PC U25B 2638
Description:
A Southbound!freight near Selkirk.
Photo Date:
2/3/1975
Upload Date:
4/5/2008 6:14:39 AM
Location:
Selkirk, NY
Author:
Jim Gavin
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PC 2638(U25B)
Views:
699
Comments:
0
Title:
Conrail Stenciled U25B #2585
Description:
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency
Photo Date:
5/29/1976
Upload Date:
7/23/2006 8:46:18 PM
Location:
Riverdale, IL
Author:
Kim Piersol
Categories:
Locomotives:
CR 2585(U25B)
PC 2638(U25B)
Views:
1023
Comments:
0
Title:
Penn Central GP38-2 #7991
Description:
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. On the IHB approaching Blue Island Yard, Riverdale.
Photo Date:
8/1/1976
Upload Date:
7/29/2006 7:39:50 AM
Location:
Riverdale, IL
Author:
Kim Piersol
Categories:
Locomotives:
PC 7991(GP38-2)
PC 2857(U30B)
PC 2638(U25B)
Views:
1062
Comments:
0
Title:
CR 2638 River Line
Description:
Photo Date:
5/7/1977
Upload Date:
1/3/2012 4:24:30 PM
Location:
Teaneck, NJ
Author:
Steve Seyboth
Categories:
Action
Locomotives:
PC 2638(U25B)
Views:
595
Comments:
0
Title:
PC 2638
Description:
U25-B at Rochester.
Photo Date:
9/1/1977
Upload Date:
7/5/2010 5:51:41 PM
Location:
Rochester, NY
Author:
Mike Stellpflug
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PC 2638(U25B)
Views:
747
Comments:
0
Title:
Not much difference
Description:
At this point in Conrails history, there was still a lot of equipment in predecessor paint schemes, and it was not uncommon to see solid sets of un repainted power, though most non PC units had at least been renumbered if not patch painted. Since the PC people largely ran the show, their numbering plan held sway. As such, most PC power did not need to be renumbered, so you were more likely to see untouched PC power than anything else. An example is here at Poughkeepsie, where we have not only this U25B, but a transfer caboose still in PC garb. There's also something in NYC lettering in the yard, though I can't see enough of it to identify. All this is in the shadow of the former New Haven Poughkeepsie Bridge, out of service since a fire in May 1974, and now a pedestrian walkway over the river.
Photo Date:
12/26/1977
Upload Date:
12/9/2016 5:19:19 AM
Location:
Poughkeepsie, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock,Station
Locomotives:
PC 2638(U25B)
Views:
1226
Comments:
3
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