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Wreck of PRR Passenger Train #208 |
| Description: |
PRR Baldwin Sharknose 5778 lies on its side in Kokomo, Indiana. This was PRR passenger train #208, which ran from Chicago to Cincinnati. The train had made it's regularly scheduled station stop in Kokomo, and was accelerating southbound when the lead engine was diverted by a mis-thrown switch onto an industrial siding, the curvature of which caused the lead unit to tip over from inertia. Fortunately the train wasn't rolling at high speed yet, and the engineer and firemen both survived. None of the trailing cars tipped over, and there were no injuries among the passengers or train crew. Subsequent investigation determined that the switch had been thrown by a young boy (approx age 10-12) who had somehow obtained a switch key, unlocked the siding switch, and thrown it ahead of the train. |
| Photo Date: |
2/7/1956 Upload Date: 1/3/2010 8:03:37 PM |
| Location: |
Kokomo, IN |
| Author: |
Maynard Krug |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000) |
| Views: |
4134 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wreck of PRR Passenger Train #208 |
| Description: |
Baldwin Sharknose PRR 5778 lies toppled on an industrial siding in Kokomo, IN |
| Photo Date: |
2/7/1956 Upload Date: 1/3/2010 8:06:55 PM |
| Location: |
Kokomo, IN |
| Author: |
Maynard Krug |
| Categories: |
Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000) |
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5313 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
"Railroad" Magazine, April 1960 |
| Description: |
Here is a photo taken by Mr. Bud Rothaar. It's the cover illustration on the April 1960 issue of "Railroad" magazine. Photo Caption: "A dramatic night repair job on the cab-signal receiving bar of a Pennsy sharknose diesel at the South Amboy, N.J., enginehouse." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5778, a BP-20 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in October of 1948, sustained damage during a wreck on 7 February 1956, and retired in March of 1964 after just 16 years of revenue service. (N.B.: See Maynard Krug's RRPA page for photos of this wreck in Kokomo, Indiana.) |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1960 Upload Date: 8/28/2019 9:15:35 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Night |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000) |
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311 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5778, BP-20, 1960 |
| Description: |
Here is an image of a photo by Edward Kaspriske that was taken near Rahway, New Jersey, in 1960. Shown here (R to L) is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5778 and a "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. #5778 was constructed in October of 1948 and retired in March of 1964 after just 16 years of revenue service. Edward Kaspriske Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1960 Upload Date: 6/15/2023 11:48:25 AM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000) |
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80 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR DRS-4-2000 #5778 |
| Description: |
The nickname "Sharknose" sure does fit the front styling on this Baldwin DRS-4-2000 unit. An unknown photographer took the color photo. No exact day in 1961 was listed. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1961 Upload Date: 6/7/2022 11:44:36 AM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000) |
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219 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5778, BP-20, 1963 |
| Description: |
Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in South Amboy, New Jersey, in February of 1963. The photographer is not identified. Shown here (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5778 and another 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. #5778 was constructed in October of 1948, sustained damage during a wreck on 7 February 1956, and retired in March of 1964 after just 16 years of revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/1963 Upload Date: 1/26/2022 10:37:07 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000) |
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156 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PRR 5778, BP-20, c. 1963 |
| Description: |
Oil Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5778, a BP-20 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in October of 1948, sustained damage during a wreck on 7 February 1956, and retired in March of 1964 after just 16 years of revenue service. The names of the photographer and the Trainman at the right, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/1963 Upload Date: 2/16/2022 1:26:47 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 5778(DR6-4-2000) |
| Views: |
136 Comments: 0 |
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