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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:BLW DR6-4-2000Built As:PRR 5780A (DR6-4-2000)
Serial Number:73515Order No:
Frame Number: Built:10/1948
Notes:PRR Class BP-20.
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5780(DR6-4-2000)
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PRR 5780, BP-20, c. 1953
Title:  PRR 5780, BP-20, c. 1953
Description:  Here is a photo by Wayne P. Ellis via Rail Photo Service. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5780 and a "Shark" 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. #5780 was constructed in October of 1948 and retired in May of 1964 after just 16 years of revenue service. The exact date and the location are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #14 of 15.
Photo Date:  8/15/1953  Upload Date: 6/15/2022 11:40:13 PM
Location:  Haddonfield, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5780(DR6-4-2000)
Views:  164   Comments: 1
PRR 5780, BP-20, 1956
Title:  PRR 5780, BP-20, 1956
Description:  Dziobko. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by John Dziobko, Jr., that was taken in Columbus, Ohio, on 14 August 1956. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5780, a BP-20 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in October of 1948, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and retired in November of 1964 after just 16 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  8/14/1956  Upload Date: 6/17/2018 2:51:35 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 5780(DR6-4-2000)
Views:  717   Comments: 1
PRR 5780, BP-20, c. 1964
Title:  PRR 5780, BP-20, c. 1964
Description:  Wallin. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Richard R. Wallin. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5780, a BP-20 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in October of 1948, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and retired in November of 1964 after just 16 years of service. The date and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/15/1964  Upload Date: 6/23/2021 12:50:06 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  PRR 5780(DR6-4-2000)
Views:  402   Comments: 1


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