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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW DR12-8-1500/2Built As:PRR 5828A2 (DR12-8-1500/2)
Serial Number:73381A2Order No:
Frame Number: Built:11/1947
Notes:PRR Class BH-50.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5816(DR12-8-1500/2)
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PRR 5816, BP-60, 1951
Title:  PRR 5816, BP-60, 1951
Description:  Dziobko. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken just West of the Passenger Station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 10 September 1951. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5816 and another "Centipede" whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as 3,000 horsepower BP-60's for passenger service, but later regeared and downgraded to 2,500 horsepower BH-50's for freight and helper service. #5816 was constructed in November of 1947 and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  9/10/1951  Upload Date: 8/28/2018 1:48:16 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5816(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  563   Comments: 0
Centipede Celebration, Page 27, 1973
Title:  Centipede Celebration, Page 27, 1973
Description:  Here is page five of a six-page camera study celebrating the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Centipede" locomotives. It was published originally in the May-June 1973 issue of "PC Railroader" magazine, page 27. Here are four running-gear photos taken of a pair of semi-permanently coupled "Centipedes": #5816 and #5828. Both are BH-50's built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and rated at 2,500 HP each. #5816 was built in November 1947 and retired in September of 1962, whereas #5828 was built in November of 1948 and retired in April of 1962.
Photo Date:  5/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/22/2018 4:13:59 AM
Location:  Eddystone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 5816(DR12-8-1500/2) PRR 5828(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  434   Comments: 0
Centipede Celebration, Page 28, 1973
Title:  Centipede Celebration, Page 28, 1973
Description:  Here is page six of a six-page camera study celebrating the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Centipede" locomotives. It was published originally in the May-June 1973 issue of "PC Railroader" magazine, page 28. Here are four running-gear photos taken of a pair of semi-permanently coupled "Centipedes": #5816 and #5828. Both are BH-50's built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and rated at 2,500 HP each. #5816 was built in November 1947 and retired in September of 1962, whereas #5828 was built in November of 1948 and retired in April of 1962.
Photo Date:  5/1/1973  Upload Date: 7/22/2018 4:16:13 AM
Location:  Eddystone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 5816(DR12-8-1500/2) PRR 5828(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  494   Comments: 0


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