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Pictures of PRR 6200
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:
UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Built As:
Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:
70900
Order No:
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Built:
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PRR Class S-2; 6-8-6; Baldwin; 1944-1952.
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Title:
PRR S-2 Steam Turbine 6200
Description:
In an unknown magazine in 1944, the Science section article was titled "Steam Turbine Locomotive." Subtitled, "New railroad engine runs more smoothly and efficiently," the article included: The huge locomotive above is a 500-ton threat to the future of the old familiar steam locomotive which has chuffed and pounded its way through a century of American history. It is the Pennsylvania Railroad’s new steam turbine locomotive, first of its kind built in the U.S. This locomotive lacks one of the most impressive features of the conventional engine: the furiously moving complexity of sliding pistons and rods which drive the wheels. The only visible driving apparatus in the steam turbine engine is a single connecting rod on each side. Power in the steam turbine engine is applied through turbine wheels to the middle pair of driving wheels which, through the connecting rod, turn the outer wheels. The working of this new locomotive is described at left. Results of tests show that the steam turbine uses the energy of steam 20% more efficiently than conventional systems. In operation it starts without the familiar jerkiness, accelerates smoothly. Tests also indicate that it decreases pounding of the roadbed and cuts down maintenance work. Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works and Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, the locomotive can pull either freight or passenger trains, may be steam’s answer to the growing challenge of the diesel-electric locomotive. Photo shows the PRR steam turbine at the switching turntable at the Harrisburg, PA enginehouse. Considerably longer than the ordinary steam locomotive, it covers 123 feet of track, the tender carries 37 ½ tons of coal, enough to drive the engine about 220 miles.
Photo Date:
9/1/1944
Upload Date:
4/15/2017 2:26:35 PM
Location:
Harrisburg, PA
Author:
Alan Page
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
1287
Comments:
2
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, 1944
Description:
Portraits 8. Here is a steam locomotive portrait of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of service. The photographer's name is not recorded. (#24 of 24)
Photo Date:
9/22/1944
Upload Date:
11/18/2021 7:27:08 AM
Location:
Eddystone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
549
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, c. 1944
Description:
Turbine. Here is a photo by William B. Beamer that was taken at the Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1944. It was published originally in David R. Sweetland's (2000) book entitled "Pennsylvania Railroad Color Pictorial: Volume One ~ Altoona To New York City," page 26. Shown here is PRR engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after barely eight years of experimental service.
Photo Date:
9/22/1944
Upload Date:
8/13/2021 10:26:32 PM
Location:
ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
898
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, 1945
Description:
Here is a photo via Harold K. Vollrath that was taken at the Passenger Station in Englewood, Illinois, in July of 1945. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of experimental service. Gary Mittner Collection.
Photo Date:
7/7/1945
Upload Date:
10/10/2022 11:05:36 PM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
330
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, August 1945
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. C.H. Brady. It was published originally in the August 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 5. Partial Caption: "The Pennsylvania's direct-drive steam turbine locomotive is now in regular service between Chicago and Crestline, O., going east each day on the 'Trail Blazer' and west on the 'Admiral.'" Shown here is PRR engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
8/1/1945
Upload Date:
10/18/2019 3:25:07 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
666
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1945
Description:
Here is an advertisement that was published originally on the back cover of the December 1945 issue of "Trains" magazine. Depicted here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service. "One of the most important changes in the power principle in the steam locomotive in over 100 years," according to this ad, "the turbine drive engine gives promise of a great future in the field of train transportation." Alas, it was a great ~ but brief ~ future!
Photo Date:
12/1/1945
Upload Date:
9/10/2020 2:07:42 AM
Location:
Eddystone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
660
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Centennial Issue, Page 11, 1946
Description:
Here is page 11 of the April 1946 issue of "Trains" magazine. It's the second page of a four-page camera study entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad: Keystone Vignettes." No author is specified. Pictured Clockwise From Top Left: S-2 #6200 photographed at an unidentified location; a mixed-cargo freight train captured at an unidentified location; partial view of the Passaic River Bridge in Newark, New Jersey; passenger cars await servicing at Sunnyside Yard in Long Island City, New York; E-6S #198 rides the turntable in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in this photo by Harold M. Lambert; and wartime crowds surge at New York's Penn Station.
Photo Date:
4/13/1946
Upload Date:
4/16/2017 4:55:14 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Winter,Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
PRR 198(4-4-2)
Views:
911
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, #1 of 2, c. 1946
Description:
Here is the Association of American Railroads' stock photo #4075. Caption On Reverse: "The Pennsylvania Railroad's steam turbine locomotive shown in the Locomotive Test Plant at Altoona, Pa." Shown here is PRR engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of experimental service. The names of the photographer and the eight Railroaders picture here, as well as the exact date, are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #27 of 44.
Photo Date:
8/15/1946
Upload Date:
6/9/2022 3:17:56 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
268
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, #2 of 2, c. 1946
Description:
Here is the Association of American Railroads' stock photo #4077. Caption On Reverse: "The Pennsylvania Railroad's steam turbine locomotive undergoing tests in the railroad's Locomotive Test Plant at Altoona, Pa." Shown here is PRR engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of experimental service. The names of the photographer and the eight Railroaders picture here, as well as the exact date, are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #28 of 44.
Photo Date:
8/15/1946
Upload Date:
6/9/2022 3:30:43 PM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
304
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, c. 1946
Description:
Portraits 1. Here is a steam locomotive portrait of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) direct-drive "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944 and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of experimental service. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded. (#9 of 10)
Photo Date:
8/15/1946
Upload Date:
4/13/2018 1:47:56 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
1118
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, #1 of 2, c. 1946
Description:
WB. Here is the first of two images of photos of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after barely eight years of experimental service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
8/15/1946
Upload Date:
7/24/2022 6:40:52 AM
Location:
Newport, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
262
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, #2 of 2, c. 1946
Description:
WB. Here is the second of two images of photos of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after barely eight years of experimental service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. William E. Burket Collection.
Photo Date:
8/15/1946
Upload Date:
7/24/2022 6:42:10 AM
Location:
Newport, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
246
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, c. 1946
Description:
Portraits 10. Here is a steam locomotive portrait of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after eight years of experimental service. Partially visible in the background is an unidentified New York Central Railroad "E" Class diesel-electric locomotive. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. (#63 of 72)
Photo Date:
8/15/1946
Upload Date:
1/8/2023 10:10:01 PM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
190
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, 1946
Description:
Turbine. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Tom Harley that was taken in Englewood, Illinois, in November of 1946. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service. Note the "elephant ears" and the red-hot cinders under the firebox. No syncopating "chug-a-chug" . . . just a continuous, thunderous "wooosh"! (#5,185)
Photo Date:
11/14/1946
Upload Date:
6/22/2019 9:29:24 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
998
Comments:
2
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, c. 1947
Description:
Here is a photo via Rail Photo Service. Caption On Reverse: "'Broadway' in Chicago with #6200 Turbine." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #34 of 36.
Photo Date:
6/19/1947
Upload Date:
7/3/2022 2:23:22 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
327
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, 1947
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer via Rail Photo Service. Caption On Reverse: "#6200. Warsaw, Ind. June 19,1947." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service. Do you feel the WOOOSH! John S. Fisher Collection; #35 of 36.
Photo Date:
6/19/1947
Upload Date:
7/3/2022 2:30:10 PM
Location:
Warsaw, IN
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
238
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, 1948
Description:
Turbine. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Chicago World's Fair in July of 1948. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after barely eight years of experimental service. Woosh!
Photo Date:
7/7/1948
Upload Date:
6/9/2018 1:50:30 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
1952
Comments:
0
Title:
"Christmas Eve on the Broadway," Page 28, 1948
Description:
Here is page three of a five-page article by Al Rung entitled "Christmas Eve on the Broadway." It was published originally in the December 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 28. Top Photo: Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5823 and another "Centipede" whose 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 BP-50's for freight service. #5823 was built during 1947 and retired in 1964. Bottom Photo: Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, an S-2 (6-8-6) steam turbine built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944 and retired in January of 1952.
Photo Date:
12/1/1948
Upload Date:
7/17/2016 2:32:07 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5823(DR12-8-1500/2)
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
953
Comments:
0
Title:
Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 738, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo from page 738 in the "Centennial History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946" that was composed by George H. Burgess & Miles C. Kennedy and published in 1949. Photo Caption: "S-2. This was the first direct drive steam turbine locomotive ever built in the United States. It is the result of joint research and development of the Pennsylvania, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, and the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It was placed in service in 1944." Shown here is PRR engine #6200, an S-2 (6-8-6) steam turbine built by Baldwin during September of 1944 and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1949
Upload Date:
9/7/2017 3:30:57 AM
Location:
Eddystone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
755
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Chicago, Illinois, on 15 June 1949. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1944 and retired in January of 1952 after barely eight years of experimental service. Note the "elephant ears"! Henry C. Westenberger Collection; #26 of 29.
Photo Date:
6/15/1949
Upload Date:
8/2/2018 2:31:20 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
2830
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Paul Ellenberger. It was published originally in the November 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 36. Photo Caption: "In mid-decade, Pennsylvania Railroad experimented with a direct-drive steam turbine locomotive which seemed especially suited for fast passenger service. But the economics of dieselization overtook the project and the S-2, shown here at Englewood, Ill., is now stored out of service at Altoona, Pa." PRR engine #6200 is the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
11/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/24/2019 3:32:41 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
655
Comments:
0
Title:
"Pennsy" Magazine, December 1952
Description:
Here is the front cover of the December 1952 issue of "Pennsy" magazine. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Jerry Yeager, ten-year-old son of PRR Passenger Trainman Homer J. Yeager, Middle Division, Eastern Region, is one of many Altoona boys who hope some day to become PRR railroaders like their dads. Jerry, in engineman's outfit, posed for photograph with a Lionel model of the PRR S-2 type steam turbine locomotive."
Photo Date:
12/1/1952
Upload Date:
7/27/2017 5:20:03 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Model
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
800
Comments:
0
Title:
"Power To Burn," Page 18, 1976
Description:
Here is page 18 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "PRR No. 6200, a Class S-2 engine, was the first direct-drive, steam turbine locomotive built in the United States. The result of cooperative research by the PRR and the [Baldwin Locomotive Works], it was built in 1944." PRR engine #6200 is the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service. This builder's photo was taken on Sunday, 10 December 1944.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
2/22/2019 1:47:13 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
700
Comments:
0
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