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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW DR6-4-2000Built As:PRR 5778A (DR6-4-2000)
Serial Number:73513Order No:
Frame Number:Built:10/1948
Notes:PRR Class BP-20.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000)
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PRR DRS-4-2000 #5778
Title:  PRR DRS-4-2000 #5778
Description:  The nickname "Sharknose" sure does fit the front styling on this Baldwin DRS-4-2000 unit. An unknown photographer took the color photo. No exact day in 1961 was listed.
Photo Date:  6/1/1961  Upload Date: 6/7/2022 11:44:36 AM
Location:  Jersey City, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
PRR 5778, BP-20, 1963
Title:  PRR 5778, BP-20, 1963
Description:  Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in South Amboy, New Jersey, in February of 1963. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5778 and another unit whose road number is not recorded. Both are BP-20's built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and rated at 2,000 horsepower each. #5778 was constructed in October of 1948, sustained damage during a wreck on 7 February 1956, and retired in March of 1964 after just 16 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  2/2/1963  Upload Date: 1/26/2022 10:37:07 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
PRR 5778, BP-20, c. 1963
Title:  PRR 5778, BP-20, c. 1963
Description:  Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5778, a BP-20 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in October of 1948, sustained damage during a wreck on 7 February 1956, and retired in March of 1964 after just 16 years of revenue service. The names of the photographer and the Trainman at the right, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded.
Photo Date:  2/2/1963  Upload Date: 2/16/2022 1:26:47 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000)
Views:  209   Comments: 0


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