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PRR 5818, BH-50, 1955 |
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BYC. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken just West of the Brick Yard Crossing in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 23 July 1955. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5818 and another "Centipede" whose number is not recorded. Both are BH-50's built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #5818 was built in January of 1948 and retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. In this context, they're braking a fully-loaded mineral train down the Allegheny Mountains to the Eastbound Receiving Yards in Altoona. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1955 Upload Date: 2/23/2018 8:47:25 PM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Brickyard), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5818(DR12-8-1500/2) |
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1081 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5818, BH-50, 1955 |
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ARB. Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in October of 1955. Prominent here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5818 and another "Centipede" whose road number is not recorded. Both are BH-50's built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as BP-60 passenger engines rated at 3,000 horsepower each, but later regeared and reclassified as 2,250 horsepower BH-50's for freight and helper service only. #5818 was built in January of 1948 and retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. The road numbers of the other locomotives pictured here and the exact date are not recorded. Photo taken from the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1955 Upload Date: 10/29/2020 10:01:20 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5818(DR12-8-1500/2) |
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318 Comments: 0 |
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PRR 5818, BH-50, 1963 |
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Here is an image of a photo by Edward Kaspriske taken in the Erecting & Machine Shop Yard in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in August of 1963. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5818, a BH-50 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as a BP-60 passenger engine rated at 3,000 horsepower in January of 1948, later regeared and reclassified as a 2,250 horsepower BH-50 for freight and helper duty, and retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. Edward Kaspriske Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1963 Upload Date: 6/3/2023 12:10:14 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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| Locomotives: |
PRR 5818(DR12-8-1500/2) |
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126 Comments: 0 |
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