PRR 5823, BP-60, 1947         
Celebration. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Cincinnati, Ohio, in September of 1947. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5823 and another "Centipede" whose road number is not recorded. Both are BP-60'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. #5823 was constructed in March of 1947 and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service.
Date: 9/22/1947 Location: Cincinnati, OH   Map Show Cincinnati on a rail map Views: 775 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 5823(DR12-8-1500/2)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 5823, BP-60, 1947
Picture Categories: Signal,Passenger This picture is part of album:  PRR: Centipede Celebration ~ May 1973
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