Here is a postal card entitled "Pennsylvania 5773." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "A run to the Jersey Shore with 5773 on the New York & Long Branch. The Baldwin-built PRR class BP-20 departs South Amboy, N.J. Photo by Mac Owen." Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5773 is a BP-20 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in August of 1948, rated at 2,000 horsepower, and retired in May of 1965 after just 17 years of revenue service. The date is not recorded. |
Date:
8/15/1963 |
Location:
South Amboy, NJ Map ![Show South Amboy on a rail map](/images/map_us.gif) |
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Thomas C. Ayers |
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Author: Thomas C. Ayers
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![PRR "Pennsylvania 5773," c. 1963](http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/128880/PRR_5773_53_A-Pb.jpg) |
Picture Categories: Station,Passenger |
This picture is part of album: PRR: PRR-PC-CR-AMTK Postal Cards ~ 1900-1999 |