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Owner: Chicago & Northwestern
Model:Alco 4-6-2Built As:CNW 1666 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:63891Order No:B-1588
Frame Number:25X28 cylinders, 75" driversBuilt:4/1923
Notes:Brooks, 1923, class E-late
Other locos with this serial:  CNW 1666(4-6-2)
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CNW 4-6-2 #1666 - Chicago & North Western
Title:  CNW 4-6-2 #1666 - Chicago & North Western
Description:  Long before an RSD5 unit carried the number 1666 for the CNW, this 1923 Alco-Brooks built 4-6-2 Pacific had that honor. An unknown photographer caught it at Keeler Avenue in Midlothian, IL. Original specs - serial #63891, class E-late, 75" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 25x28" cylinders, engine weight of 276,000 lb, tractive effort of 39,667 lb. The loco was rebuilt as a class E-S in March of 1940. It stayed on the roster to at least 10/1/1952. Disposition unknown. unknown photographer
Photo Date:  3/13/1939  Upload Date: 3/11/2019 7:37:36 AM
Location:  Midlothian, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CNW 1666(4-6-2)
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