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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW DR12-8-1500/2Built As:PRR 5834A2 (DR12-8-1500/2)
Serial Number:73387A2Order No:
Frame Number: Built:2/1948
Notes:PRR Class BH-50.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5822(DR12-8-1500/2)
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PRR 5822, BH-50, 1960
Title:  PRR 5822, BH-50, 1960
Description:  ARB. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in July of 1960. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5822 and another "Centipede" whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as BP-60's for passenger service and rated at 3,000 horsepower each; both were later regeared for freight service and reclassified as BH-50's rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #5822 was built in February of 1948 and retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. Photo taken from the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata.
Photo Date:  7/7/1960  Upload Date: 5/30/2018 1:31:57 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5822(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  635   Comments: 0
"Pennsylvania 5822," 1960
Title:  "Pennsylvania 5822," 1960
Description:  Here is a postal card entitled "Pennsylvania 5822." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "A pair of Baldwin Centipede diesels has a freight well in hand. Altoona, Penn., July 1960. These locomotives, class BH50, were originally built for passenger service, class BP60, 6,000 h.p. for a semi-permanently coupled pair. Photo by David R. Sweetland." #5822 was built in February of 1948 and retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of service. Photo taken from the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata.
Photo Date:  7/8/1960  Upload Date: 4/6/2022 5:43:46 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5822(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
PRR 5822, BH-50, 1960
Title:  PRR 5822, BH-50, 1960
Description:  ARB. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by David R. Sweetland that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in July of 1960. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5822 and another "Centipede" whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as BP-60's for passenger service and rated at 3,000 horsepower each; both were later regeared for freight service and reclassified as BH-50's rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #5822 was built in February of 1948 and retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. They are about to pass under the 8th Street Bridge in Juniata with a mixed-cargo freight train on their way up the Allegheny Mountains to Gallitzin and points West.
Photo Date:  7/8/1960  Upload Date: 12/18/2018 10:22:44 AM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5822(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  453   Comments: 0
PRR 5822, BH-50, 1961
Title:  PRR 5822, BH-50, 1961
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Richard R. Wallin that was taken at the 46th Street Enginehouse in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 25 May 1961. Photo Caption: "DR-12-8-3000, Pennsylvania No. 5822. Philadelphia, Pa. May 25, 1961." Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5822, another "Centipede," and a Baldwin-built switcher whose road number is not recorded. Both "Centipedes" were constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as BP-60's for passenger service and rated at 3,000 horsepower each; both were later regeared for freight service and reclassified as BH-50's rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #5822 was built in February of 1948 and retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. 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 (892-49).
Photo Date:  5/25/1961  Upload Date: 6/10/2018 3:13:35 AM
Location:  West Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5822(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  766   Comments: 0
PRR 5822, BH-50, 1961
Title:  PRR 5822, BH-50, 1961
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the 46th Street Enginehouse in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during September of 1961. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5822 and another "Centipede" whose road number is not recorded. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as BP-60's for passenger service and rated at 3,000 horsepower each; both were later regeared for freight service and reclassified as BH-50's rated at 2,500 horsepower each. #5822 was built in February of 1948 and retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service. ("LouisFols"; #10 of 31)
Photo Date:  9/22/1961  Upload Date: 6/1/2019 11:11:43 AM
Location:  West Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5822(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
"Baldwin Centipede," Page 35, 1967
Title:  "Baldwin Centipede," Page 35, 1967
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "Baldwin Centipede Production Model, Pennsylvania RR Class BP-1 3000 HP." Drawings by Craig Bossler. It was published originally in the February 1967 issue of "Railroad Model Craftsman" magazine, page 35. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania Railroad 5822-5829 Baldwin Centipede diesels road class BH-50, originally BP-1, swing light around the famous Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pa., in the early 1950's in pusher service." #5822 was built in February of 1948, while #5829 was built in December of 1948; both were retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  2/2/1967  Upload Date: 11/2/2018 5:38:43 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5822(DR12-8-1500/2) PRR 5829(DR12-8-1500/2)
Views:  620   Comments: 0


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