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PRR 5814, BP-60, c. 1951 |
| Description: |
Baera 2. Here is the second of three successive photos by an unidentified photographer that were taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Station in Youngstown, Ohio, c. 1951. Prominent here (L to R) is PRR engine #5814 and another "Centipede" whose road number is not recorded. Both are BP-60's built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as BP-60's rated at 3,000 horsepower each, but later regeared and classified as BH-50's rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #5814 was constructed in September of 1947 and retired in April of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1951 Upload Date: 6/13/2023 3:24:19 AM |
| Location: |
Youngstown, OH |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5814(DR12-8-1500/2) |
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PRR 5814, BH-50, #1 of 2, 1955 |
| Description: |
BYC. Here is the first of two duplicate 35mm color slides of photos by Fred Kern that were taken just West of the Brick Yard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 23 July 1955. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5814 and #5824. Both are BH-50's built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as BP-60's rated at 3,000 horsepower each, but later regeared and classified as BH-50's rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #5814 was constructed in September of 1947 and retired in April of 1962, while #5824 was built in May of 1947 and retired in April of 1962. In this context, they're serving as "pushers" on a mixed-cargo freight train heading up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin, where they'll uncouple and return to East Altoona for yet another helper/pusher run up "The Mountain." ("PrrFan18n") |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1955 Upload Date: 8/29/2021 12:05:37 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5814(DR12-8-1500/2) PRR 5824(DR12-8-1500/2) |
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PRR 5814, BH-50, #2 of 2, 1955 |
| Description: |
BYC. Here is the second of two duplicate 35mm color slides of photos by Fred Kern that were taken just West of the Brick Yard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 23 July 1955. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5814 and #5824. Both are BH-50's built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as BP-60's rated at 3,000 horsepower each, but later regeared and classified as BH-50's rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #5814 was constructed in September of 1947 and retired in April of 1962, while #5824 was built in May of 1947 and retired in April of 1962. In this context, they're serving as "pushers" on a mixed-cargo freight train heading up the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Gallitzin, where they'll uncouple and return to East Altoona for yet another helper/pusher run up "The Mountain." |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1955 Upload Date: 1/4/2020 10:18:24 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5814(DR12-8-1500/2) PRR 5824(DR12-8-1500/2) |
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| Title: |
"Baldwin Centipede," Page 34, 1967 |
| Description: |
Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "Baldwin Centipede Production Model, Pennsylvania RR Class BP-1 3000 HP." Drawings by Craig Bossler. It was published originally in the February 1967 issue of "Railroad Model Craftsman" magazine, page 34. Middle Photo Caption: "May 1964 photo by Tom Smith at Hollidaysburg, Pa., shows half the PRR Centipede fleet. Not one sample of these huge locomotives were saved." #5814 is a BH-50 built by Baldwin as a passenger service 3,000 horsepower BP-60 in September of 1947, later regeared to a helper service 2,500 horsepower BH-50, and retired in April of 1962. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/1967 Upload Date: 11/2/2018 5:44:17 AM |
| Location: |
Frankstown, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5814(DR12-8-1500/2) NDEM 6404(DR12-8-1500/2) |
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