| Celebration. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Martin Zak that was taken in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, c. 1950. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5829 and another "Centipede" whose road number is not recorded. Both are BP-60's built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as BP-60 passenger engines rated at 3,000 horsepower each, but later regeared and reclassified as 2,250 horsepower BH-50's for freight and helper service only. #5829 was constructed in December of 1948 and retired in April of 1962 after just 16 years of revenue service. In this context, they're navigating the interlocking just West of the Harrisburg Passenger Station, visible in the distance on the right. Barely visible behind them is a PRR steam locomotive, perhaps a K-4S "Pacific." |