PRR 5832, BH-50, 1964         
Celebration. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Frankstown, Pennsylvania, on 24 October 1964. The photographer is not identified. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5832, a BH-50 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as a 3,000 horsepower BP-60A in February of 1948, later regeared and reclassified as a 2,500 horsepower BH-50, and retired in April of 1962 after just 14 years of service. It's just a week or so away from being scrapped.
Date: 10/24/1964 Location: Frankstown, PA   Map Show Frankstown on a rail map Views: 547 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 5832(DR12-8-1500/2)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 5832, BH-50, 1964
Picture Categories: Yard This picture is part of album:  PRR: Centipede Celebration ~ May 1973
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