PRR 5812, BH-50, c. 1960

DF-Prints. Here is a print by Martin S. Zak. Prominent here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5812 and another "Centipede" whose road number is not recorded. Both are BH-50'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. #5812 was built in April of 1947 and retired in April of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service. The exact date and the location are not recorded. Brad Mann Collection.