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Owner: Penn Central
Model:BLW DRS4-4-1000Built As:PRR 5593 (DRS4-4-1000)
Serial Number:74746Order No:
Frame Number:Built:3/1950
Notes:PC Class DRS-4-4-1000; Ex PRR 5593
Other locos with this serial:  PC 8053(DRS4-4-1000) PC 8303(DRS4-4-1000)
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PC 8053, DRS4-4-1000, c. 1968
Title:  PC 8053, DRS4-4-1000, c. 1968
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here is Penn Central engine #8053, a DRS 4-4-1000 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as Pennsylvania Railroad number "5593" in March of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and renumbered "8053" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. ("Stoneborobranch"; #22 of 22)
Photo Date:  11/14/1968  Upload Date: 6/5/2025 3:10:02 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 8053(DRS4-4-1000)
Views:  23   Comments: 0
PC 8053, DRS 4-4-1000, 1969
Title:  PC 8053, DRS 4-4-1000, 1969
Description:  Blackhawk. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Fred Byerly that was taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 24 August 1969. Photo Caption: "DRS 4-4-1000, Pennsylvania No. 8053. Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 24, 1969." Penn Central #8053 is a DRS 4-4-1000 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as Pennsylvania Railroad number "5593" in March of 1950, rated at 1,000 horsepower, and renumbered "8053" in preparation for the PRR-NYC merger. 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 (892-21).
Photo Date:  8/24/1969  Upload Date: 9/9/2023 8:18:56 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 8053(DRS4-4-1000)
Views:  325   Comments: 0


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