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Owner: Penn Central
Model:BLW DRS4-4-1000Built As:PRR 5593 (DRS4-4-1000)
Serial Number:74746Order No:
Frame Number:Built:3/1950
Notes:DRS-4-4-1000 Ex PRR 5593
Other locos with this serial:  PC 8053(DRS4-4-1000) PC 8303(DRS4-4-1000)
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PC 8053, DRS 4-4-1000, 1969
Title:  PC 8053, DRS 4-4-1000, 1969
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 24 August 1969. Photo Caption: "DRS 4-4-1000, Pennsylvania No. 8053. Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 24, 1969." Penn Central #8053 is a DRS 4-4-1000 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as Pennsylvania Railroad number "5593" in March of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and renumbered "8053" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Baldwins in Action ~ On North-Eastern Railroads" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (892-21).
Photo Date:  8/24/1969  Upload Date: 9/9/2023 8:18:56 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 8053(DRS4-4-1000)
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