Here is page 18 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Revised Caption: "PRR No. 6200, a Class S-2 engine, was the first direct-drive, steam turbine locomotive built in the United States. The result of cooperative research by the PRR and the [Baldwin Locomotive Works], it was built in 1944." PRR engine #6200 is the S-2 (6-8-6) "Steam Turbine" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during September of 1944, rated at 6,900 horsepower, and retired in January of 1952 after just eight years of revenue service. This builder's photo was taken on Sunday, 10 December 1944. |