Re: The last set of CN Ry Foreign Funny Gauge
| February 18, 2018 10:41PM |
Sorry forgot to attach the first two pics.
NP 42 BNSF 972554 with 'Fan" wheel.
69029 Schenec 12/1937 Fan style Northern Pacific 42; order 5-1792: rblt electric 2-1965 at livingston; 204,300 lbs total wt; 39’-4” long 13’-4”after
Rebuild; 12’ cut, 13’-4” with wings; 11’-2 ½” rotary wheel;BN 972554; assigned Havre, MT 9/1986; Used Stampede Pass 1-19-72; Used out of Minneapolis 3/2011
Rebuilt RELCO 2013.
GN X1509 BNSF 972555 with the "scoop" wheel modified
65423 Cooke 1/1925 scoop wheel Great Northern 95009 (2nd); X-1509 1926; converted to oil 1940 with tender X-1984:
rec roller bearings 1955; rblt Electric by GN 1960; Assigned Whitefish , MT 1-23-60 BN 972555; Assigned Essex, MT by 10/1986;
Used Mandan, ND 1-1997; used out of Glendive 12/03; 92 tons, 11’-6” wheel: wgt 192,000 lbs: 38’-9”; 12’-6” width of cut;
sent to Relco 2015 rebuilt and returned Sept 2016.
NP 42 BNSF 972554 with 'Fan" wheel.
69029 Schenec 12/1937 Fan style Northern Pacific 42; order 5-1792: rblt electric 2-1965 at livingston; 204,300 lbs total wt; 39’-4” long 13’-4”after
Rebuild; 12’ cut, 13’-4” with wings; 11’-2 ½” rotary wheel;BN 972554; assigned Havre, MT 9/1986; Used Stampede Pass 1-19-72; Used out of Minneapolis 3/2011
Rebuilt RELCO 2013.
GN X1509 BNSF 972555 with the "scoop" wheel modified
65423 Cooke 1/1925 scoop wheel Great Northern 95009 (2nd); X-1509 1926; converted to oil 1940 with tender X-1984:
rec roller bearings 1955; rblt Electric by GN 1960; Assigned Whitefish , MT 1-23-60 BN 972555; Assigned Essex, MT by 10/1986;
Used Mandan, ND 1-1997; used out of Glendive 12/03; 92 tons, 11’-6” wheel: wgt 192,000 lbs: 38’-9”; 12’-6” width of cut;
sent to Relco 2015 rebuilt and returned Sept 2016.
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