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"Trains" Magazine, January 1948 |
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Here is a composit article-with-photo that was published originally in the January 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 64 & 66. Photo Caption: "This is the Friendship Train as it appeared east of Pittsburgh on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The locomotive is a Baldwin diesel. Inset shows how some of the train's freight cars were decorated." Prominent here is PRR engine #5827 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. #5827 was constructed in October of 1948 and retired in September of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. (Don't ask me how a magazine published in January has a photo of an engine not yet built!) |
| Photo Date: |
1/2/1948 Upload Date: 7/12/2019 3:23:11 AM |
| Location: |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5827(DR12-8-1500/2) |
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558 Comments: 1 |
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PRR "Pennsylvania 5827," BH-50, 1959 |
| Description: |
Volkmer. Here is a postal card entitled "Pennsylvania 5827." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "Pennsylvania 5827. Baldwin-built Centipedes at East Altoona, Pennsylvania, October 29, 1959. Originally purchased for passenger service, these unique locomotives were downgraded from 6000hp to 5000hp per semi-permanently coupled pair and placed into freight and helper service. Photo by William D. Volkmer." PRR engine #5827 was built in October of 1948 and retired in September of 1962 after 14 just years of revenue service. Also visible are deadlined "Decapod" #4335 on the left and the East Altoona Coaling Tipple in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1959 Upload Date: 8/28/2018 1:19:19 AM |
| Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5827(DR12-8-1500/2) PRR 4335(2-10-0) |
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752 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Centipede Celebration, Page 24, 1973 |
| Description: |
Here is page two of a six-page camera study celebrfting the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Centipede" locomotives. It was published originally in the May-June 1973 issue of "PC Railroader" magazine, page 24. All of these locomotives were btilt 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. Top Photo: Both are BH-50's rated at 2,500 horsepower each. On the right, #5827 was built in October of 1948 and retired in September of 1962. On the left,;#5817 was built in December of 1947 and retired in September of 1962. Middle Photo: On the left is PRR engine #5825, a BP-60 built in May of 1947, rated at 3,000 horsepower, and retired in April of 1952. Bottom Photo: Both are BH-50's rated at 2,500 horsepower each. On the right, #5819 was built in January of 1948 and retired in April of 1962. On the left, #5829 was built in Deoember of 1948 and retired in April of 1962. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1973 Upload Date: 7/22/2018 4:05:14 AM |
| Location: |
Irwin, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5827(DR12-8-1500/2) PRR 5817(DR12-8-1500/2) PRR 5825(DR12-8-1500/2) PRR 5819(DR12-8-1500/2) PRR 5829(DR12-8-1500/2) |
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681 Comments: 1 |
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