RailPictures.Net Photo: PC 6855 Penn Central Alco RSD-12 at Selkirk, New York by Tom Nelligan

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» Penn Central (more..)
» Alco RSD-12 (more..)

» Unknown
» Selkirk, New York, USA (more..)
» October, 1969

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Following the Penn Central merger, PC found a new use for some of its 25 ex-PRR RSD-12s by putting them to work as hump power in former NYC territory. A pair of the handsome six-axle Alcos slowly pushed a cut of cars over the Selkirk hump in October 1969.

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