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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
5/3/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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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"Railroad" Magazine, April 1960
Title:  "Railroad" Magazine, April 1960
Description:  Here is a photo taken by Mr. Bud Rothaar. It's the cover illustration on the April 1960 issue of "Railroad" magazine. Photo Caption: "A dramatic night repair job on the cab-signal receiving bar of a Pennsy sharknose diesel at the South Amboy, N.J., enginehouse." Shown here is 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. (N.B.: See Maynard Krug's RRPA page for photos of this wreck in Kokomo, Indiana.)
Photo Date:  4/1/1960  Upload Date: 8/28/2019 9:15:35 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
PRR 5778, BP-20, 1960
Title:  PRR 5778, BP-20, 1960
Description:  Here is an image of a photo by Edward Kaspriske that was taken near Rahway, New Jersey, in 1960. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5778 and a "B" 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 and retired in March of 1964 after just 16 years of revenue service. Edward Kaspriske Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1960  Upload Date: 6/15/2023 11:48:25 AM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000)
Views:  81   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:  157   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:  137   Comments: 0


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