PRR 5818, BH-50, 1963         
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.
Date: 8/15/1963 Location: Altoona(Juniata), PA Views: 68 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 5818(DR12-8-1500/2)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 5818, BH-50, 1963
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