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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW DR12-8-1500/2Built As:PRR 5830A2 (DR12-8-1500/2)
Serial Number:73383A2Order No:
Frame Number: Built:1/1948
Notes:PRR Class BH-50.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5818(DR12-8-1500/2)
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PRR 5818, BP-60, 1951
Title:  PRR 5818, BP-60, 1951
Description:  Lorenz. Here is a photo via Bob Lorenz that was taken at the State Route 53 Highway Bridge near Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, in 1951. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5818 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. #5818 was constructed in January of 1948 and retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. In this context they've just passed under the Bridge with the eastbound "Gotham Limited" and will soon enter the New Portage Tunnel on their way down the Allegheny Mountains to Altoona and Harrisburg. Note that the first car in the train is the Pennsy-Pullman car named "North Vineland." (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  8/15/1951  Upload Date: 8/1/2021 4:37:22 PM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5818(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
PRR 5818, BH-50, c. 1955
Title:  PRR 5818, BH-50, c. 1955
Description:  Celebration. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide that was taken near Millerstown, Pennsylvania. Shown here (L to R) is 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 constructed in January of 1948 and retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. In this context, they're about to pass under the Juniata River Bridge with a mixed-cargo freight train out of Altoona bound for Enola. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded.
Photo Date:  1/23/1955  Upload Date: 3/8/2022 11:45:18 PM
Location:  Millerstown, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5818(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  144   Comments: 1
PRR 5818, BH-50, 1955
Title:  PRR 5818, BH-50, 1955
Description:  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)
Views:  987   Comments: 1
PRR 5818, BH-50, 1955
Title:  PRR 5818, BH-50, 1955
Description:  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)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
PRR 5818, BH-50, 1963
Title:  PRR 5818, BH-50, 1963
Description:  Centipedes. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad "Centipede" locomotive in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 August 1963. Shown here is PRR engine #5818 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1948. Although parked at the Juniata Erecting & Machine Shop's yard, it is about to be scrapped after only 15 years of service! This engine was built originally for passenger service; it generated 3,000 horsepower, and so was classified as a BP-60. Due to various chronic problems, however, it was converted to helper-only duty by 1952; it generated only 2,500 horsepower then, and so was reclassified as a BH-50.
Photo Date:  8/10/1963  Upload Date: 7/29/2016 5:04:29 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5818(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  1093   Comments: 2
PRR 5818, BH-50, 1963
Title:  PRR 5818, BH-50, 1963
Description:  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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5818(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  64   Comments: 0


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