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PRR Baldwin and EMD Diesel Streamliners

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These models of transition-era Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) streamlined diesel locomotives were parked in a railyard at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's HO-scale layout.  From background to foreground (top to bottom), they are:
- Baldwin DR-6-4-2000/BP-20 "Sharknose" A1A-A1A passenger locomotive No. 5772 in Brunswick green livery (number illegible)
- EMD E8 A1A-A1A passenger locomotive No. 5804 in Tuscan red livery (once pulled President Truman's train)
- EMD F7 B-B freight locomotive No. 9673 in Brunswick green livery (A-B-B-A set)
- Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2 "Centipede" 2-D-D-2 freight locomotive No. 5821 in Brunswick green livery
As suggested by this diorama, the PRR initially bought both Baldwin and EMD diesels, but found the EMD locomotives better and stuck with those, contributing to Baldwin's exit from the locomotive manufacturing business in 1956 and complete closure in 1972.
Image size
3254x2085px 1.59 MB
Make
NIKON
Model
COOLPIX S9700
Shutter Speed
10/80 second
Aperture
F/4.8
Focal Length
13 mm
ISO Speed
500
Date Taken
Nov 27, 2015, 2:20:31 PM
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It's been said that when the Pennsylvania switched from steam to diesel, they broke their own rules of standardization.  Instead of settling with a single builder, they bought diesels from almost every major manufacturer during the first two generations of dieselization: ALCO, Baldwin, EMD, FM, GE and Lima.