| Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Timonium, Maryland, in May of 1948. Shown here (R to L) 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 rockin' 'n' rollin' with ten-car passenger train #524. |