| Title: |
CRIP 4-8-4 #5027 - Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific |
| Description: |
Here is another example of a 1930 Alco-Schenectady built 4-8-4 Northern type locomotive for the Rock Island RR. According to Drury (1993) in Steamlocomotives.com, this design's size and weight limited their operation to the Chicago-Des Moines corridor, the Chicago-Dalhart, Texas line, and the segment between Herington, Kan and El Reno, Okla. Later bridge-strengthening allowed these heavyweights to pull freights and passenger trains to Denver, Fort Worth, Tucumcari, and Minneapolis. Specifics - 69" drivers, 250 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, 434,000 lb engine weight, 66,620 lb tractive effort. Wesley Krambeck photo |
| Photo Date: |
5/30/1933 Upload Date: 1/12/2015 6:26:10 AM |
| Location: |
Herington, KS |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 5027(4-8-4) |
| Views: |
1373 Comments: 1 |
