PRR 8738, BS-12M, c. 1955         
Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #8738, a BS-12 switcher built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in September of 1952, rated at 1,200 horsepower, and retired in October of 1967 after just 15 years of revenue service. Note the trainphone apparatus. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. ("Stoneborobranch"; #5 of 9)
Date: 5/5/1955 Location: Philadelphia, PA   Map Show Philadelphia on a rail map Views: 68 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PRR 8738(S12)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PRR 8738, BS-12M, c. 1955
Picture Categories: Yard This picture is part of album:  PRR: Rose ~> PRR Switching Diesels (R)
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