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Owner: Chicago & Northwestern
Model:Alco 4-6-2Built As:CNW 1579 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:50923Order No:S-864
Frame Number:25X28 cylinders, 75" driversBuilt:4/1912
Notes:Schenectady 04/1912 as # 1579, re# 579 in 1952
Other locos with this serial:  CNW 579(4-6-2)
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CNW 579 No Date No Location
Title:  CNW 579 No Date No Location
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Photo Date:  1/1/1953  Upload Date: 3/15/2005 5:17:22 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  ?
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Locomotives:  CNW 579(4-6-2)
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CNW 4-6-2 #579 - Chicago & North Western
Title:  CNW 4-6-2 #579 - Chicago & North Western
Description:  Built by Alco-Schenectady in April of 1912, the same month and year of the Titanic sinking, the loco originally carried the number #1579. It was renumbered in 1952 to CNW 579. No disposition date was given online for the loco. Specs - class E, 75" drivers, 185 psi boiler pressure, 25x28" cylinders, engine wt of 251,500 lb, tractive effort of 36,700 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  8/23/1953  Upload Date: 5/1/2023 4:06:58 AM
Location:  Barrington, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CNW 579(4-6-2)
Views:  87   Comments: 0


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