| Title: |
CRIP 4-8-4 #5000 - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific |
| Description: |
This was the first 6-8-4 Northern type locomotive built by Alco-Schenectady in 1929 for the Rock Island RR. According to a note written by photographer Floyd L. Paige(?) on back "Rock Island No 5000 4-8-4, fast frieght (sic) type 9 largest engine road owns." Specifics - Class R-65a, Specnfics - 69" drivers, 250 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, 434,000 lb engine weight, 66,620 lb tractive effort. No date or location given for this photo and it appears to be a later, very contrasty reprint. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1930 Upload Date: 1/12/2015 6:22:26 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 5000(4-8-4) |
| Views: |
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