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Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, c. 1947
Description:
Here is a photo via Rail Photo Service. Caption On Reverse: "'Broadway' in Chicago with #6200 Turbine." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service. The photographer's name and the exact date are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #34 of 36.
Photo Date:
6/19/1947
Upload Date:
7/3/2022 2:23:22 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
341
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, 1947
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer via Rail Photo Service. Caption On Reverse: "#6200. Warsaw, Ind. June 19,1947." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service. Do you feel the WOOOSH! John S. Fisher Collection; #35 of 36.
Photo Date:
6/19/1947
Upload Date:
7/3/2022 2:30:10 PM
Location:
Warsaw, IN
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
248
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, 1948
Description:
Turbine. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken at the Chicago World's Fair in July of 1948. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after barely eight years of experimental service. Woosh!
Photo Date:
7/7/1948
Upload Date:
6/9/2018 1:50:30 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
1959
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR "Christmas Eve On The Broadway," Page 28, 1948
Description:
Here is page three of a five-page article by Al Rung entitled "Christmas Eve On The Broadway." It was published originally in the December 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 28. Top Photo: Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5823 and another "Centipede" whose number is not recorded. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as 3,000 horsepower BP-60's for passenger service, but later regeared and downgraded to 2,500 horsepower BP-50's for freight service. #5823 was built during 1947 and retired in 1964. Bottom Photo: Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, an S-2 (6-8-6) steam turbine built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944 and retired in January of 1952.
Photo Date:
12/1/1948
Upload Date:
7/17/2016 2:32:07 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5823(DR12-8-1500/2)
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
962
Comments:
0
Title:
Centennial History Of The PRR, Page 738, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo from page 738 in the "Centennial History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946" that was composed by George H. Burgess & Miles C. Kennedy and published in 1949. Photo Caption: "S-2. This was the first direct drive steam turbine locomotive ever built in the United States. It is the result of joint research and development of the Pennsylvania, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, and the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It was placed in service in 1944." Shown here is PRR engine #6200, an S-2 (6-8-6) steam turbine built by Baldwin during September of 1944 and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
4/13/1949
Upload Date:
9/7/2017 3:30:57 AM
Location:
Eddystone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
770
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 6200, S-2, 1949
Description:
Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Chicago, Illinois, on 15 June 1949. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1944 and retired in January of 1952 after barely eight years of experimental service. Note the "elephant ears"! Henry C. Westenberger Collection; #26 of 29.
Photo Date:
6/15/1949
Upload Date:
8/2/2018 2:31:20 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
2841
Comments:
0
Title:
"Modern Power For Today's Trains," Page 11, 1949
Description:
Here is page 11 of a 22-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "Modern Power For Today's Trains." It was issued originally during July of 1949. Partial Caption: "The turbine, seen between the second and third driving wheels, drives the locomotive through gearing, in place of the cylinders, pistons, and driving rods of conventional engines." Shown here is PRR engine #6200, the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944 and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of experimental service.
Photo Date:
7/1/1949
Upload Date:
12/26/2024 5:53:41 PM
Location:
Eddystone, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
34
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Paul Ellenberger. It was published originally in the November 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 36. Photo Caption: "In mid-decade, Pennsylvania Railroad experimented with a direct-drive steam turbine locomotive which seemed especially suited for fast passenger service. But the economics of dieselization overtook the project and the S-2, shown here at Englewood, Ill., is now stored out of service at Altoona, Pa." PRR engine #6200 is the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service.
Photo Date:
11/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/24/2019 3:32:41 AM
Location:
Englewood, IL
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
665
Comments:
0
Title:
"Pennsy" Magazine, December 1952
Description:
Here is the front cover of the December 1952 issue of "Pennsy" magazine. The photographer is not identified. Photo Caption: "Jerry Yeager, ten-year-old son of PRR Passenger Trainman Homer J. Yeager, Middle Division, Eastern Region, is one of many Altoona boys who hope some day to become PRR railroaders like their dads. Jerry, in engineman's outfit, posed for photograph with a Lionel model of the PRR S-2 type steam turbine locomotive."
Photo Date:
12/1/1952
Upload Date:
7/27/2017 5:20:03 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Model
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
804
Comments:
0
Title:
"Power To Burn," Page 18, 1976
Description:
Here is page 18 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "PRR No. 6200, a Class S-2 engine, was the first direct-drive, steam turbine locomotive built in the United States. The result of cooperative research by the PRR and the [Baldwin Locomotive Works], it was built in 1944." PRR engine #6200 is the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service. This builder's photo was taken on Sunday, 10 December 1944.
Photo Date:
8/29/1976
Upload Date:
2/22/2019 1:47:13 AM
Location:
Altoona, PA
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
PRR 6200(UNKNOWN)
Views:
710
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, November 1950
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. H. Cotterell, Jr. It was published originally in the November 1950 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 58. Photo Caption: "PRR rubber-tired, storage-battery switcher at Jersey City." Mr. Cotterell's Commentary: "No. 14379 is one of two rubber-tired, storage-battery locomotives used by the Pennsylvania Railroad for switching freight cars through the streets of the Paulus Hook section of Jersey City between the famous Colgate soap plant and docks located south of the Pennsy Station at Exchange Place. Each is steered by means of a large pilot wheel, similar to that on a boat." Tractor #14379 was built in Juniata about 1916.
Photo Date:
11/1/1950
Upload Date:
8/24/2019 3:31:45 AM
Location:
Jersey City, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 14379(UNKNOWN)
Views:
318
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 14380, Street Tractor, c. 1950
Description:
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad rubber-tired street tractor #14380, built in Juniata about 1916. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Produced and distributed by FJC Products of Newport, Delaware.
Photo Date:
11/14/1950
Upload Date:
5/24/2022 11:17:47 PM
Location:
Jersey City, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 14380(UNKNOWN)
Views:
131
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR 14380, Street Tractor, c. 1951
Description:
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken at the Harborside Terminal in Baltimore, Maryland, c. 1951. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (L to R) is Pennsylvania Railroad rubber-tired street tractor #14380 and another tractor whose road number is not recorded. Both were built in Juniata about 1916. (#11,500)
Photo Date:
11/14/1951
Upload Date:
8/3/2024 10:09:41 PM
Location:
Baltimore, MD
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
PRR 14380(UNKNOWN)
Views:
37
Comments:
0
Title:
"Trains" Magazine, December 1960
Description:
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Bernard L. Albert. It was published originally in the December 1960 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 9. Photo Caption: "'Switchmobile' 89240 of Pennsy was built by Le Tourneau-Westinghouse, switches in Jersey City, is rated at 1000 tons capacity."
Photo Date:
12/1/1960
Upload Date:
3/9/2017 3:20:14 AM
Location:
Jersey City, NJ
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
RollingStock
Locomotives:
PRR 89240(UNKNOWN)
Views:
322
Comments:
0
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